Are your...

[corrosive]

Are your pumps etc... loud? would they become annoying if in your living room and your trying to watch tv?

 

[bigphesta]

I have three tanks in my living room. Only the u/g filter on my 2.5 gal hex tank makes a noise that I can hear over the sounds of my a/c. I never notice any while watching TV

 

[corrosive]

ok cool thanks.

Just my mum is considering having a 4ft tank in our front room, possibly one of the ones on the big cabinets.

 

[~FairyAngelFish~]

My little tank is in my bedroom! It's not loud. Pretty soothing.

 

[Aquascaper]

What you are referring to is 'White' noise.

This is background noise that can come from electrical equipment, road traffic, trains, planes, etc.
Because it is a constant noise your brain will stop recognising it after a while (to a certain extent). I have 2 x 30g tanks and a 15g tank in my living room and i hardly notice the noise anymore.

It's an interesting fact that a lot of UK nuclear power stations use a constant noise as a safety device rather than a siren or klaxon that only goes off when there's a problem. This is because if you work there full-time you shut out the constant 'white' noise but when it stops you pick up on it immediately.

(Why do i know these stupid facts? They only every come out when i'm drunk or on a forum )

 

[FishDan]

Of course this also depends a great deal on your equipment. I have two tanks, one in my living room and one in my dining room. The living room tank has a much louder filter than the one in the dining room, which is silent. The living room tank isn't so loud to bother me, but it is deffinitly noticable.

\Dan

 

[StrontiumDog]

personally I think after a bit u get used to hearing the sound in the background ie:white noise

It's an interesting fact that a lot of UK nuclear power stations use a constant noise as a safety device rather than a siren or klaxon that only goes off when there's a problem. This is because if you work there full-time you shut out the constant 'white' noise but when it stops you pick up on it immediately.

its not just NPS that use this a lot of big manufactures do this even though it costs them more money, it saves on the complaints.

(Why do i know these stupid facts? They only every come out when i'm drunk or on a forum )

wish i could remember all that when im drunk.

 

[cjmartin_72]

mine aren't because I just bought new ones.

 

[Black_Tetra]

I have and air pump on my ten gallon that buzzes so i just wrapped a dishrag around it...nobody can see it so it works