RickyRicardo1838
Hey everyone I'm looking for advice or recommendations on what to do for filtration for my 150 gallon tank. I currently have the 3 of the overhead trickle filters in the picture, but the noise they are making is insane. The actual trickle of the water is not loud at all, it's the noise made from the spray bar, and from the drain at the bottom. Is there much I can do to reduce the noise from this? Would drilling the holes bigger on the spray bar help? I'm honestly considering throwing the trickle filters away and going with something else, I would do a canister as they've been really quiet for me in the past but my tank is pretty heavily stocked and the mechanical filtration on the trickle filters clogs about once a week, but what I like about the trickle filters is that my flow is not reduced and as soon as I see water going to the overflow I know it's time to change the mechanical filtration. But in a canister filter once the mechanical filtration clogs the flow is reduced and it can be hard to tell sometimes, and I don't want to be opening the canister every week to replace filter floss to make sure the flow is not reduced. Unfortunately I can't do a sump, however an overhead sump has been on my mind. I sometimes feel like giving away my fish and replace them with shrimp and just throw in some sponge filters lol. Sorry if this turned into a long rant but I've just been frustrated with the noise my tank is making. Any help is appreciated