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overboard · 04-21-2008, 09:28 PM

I have had the Red Sea "500" reactor (the one that comes with the Pro kit) running in a 50 gallon tank for about a month. CO2 levels are OK, but I have a lot of algae and I want to step things up a little. When I open the needle valve a little more, the reactor hisses and spits every fifteen seconds, and shoots out small bubbles. It also torques itself over about 45 degrees during the course of a day, which seems to throw off the vortex inside. Running like this, I am up to 20 ppm, but the sound is driving me crazy. I can put it up against a rock to stop it tilting, but can anything be done about the noise?

04-21-2008, 09:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
overboard Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Carmichael CA Posts: 132 iTrader Ratings: 0 Plant Points:	Noisy Red Sea reactor I have had the Red Sea "500" reactor (the one that comes with the Pro kit) running in a 50 gallon tank for about a month. CO2 levels are OK, but I have a lot of algae and I want to step things up a little. When I open the needle valve a little more, the reactor hisses and spits every fifteen seconds, and shoots out small bubbles. It also torques itself over about 45 degrees during the course of a day, which seems to throw off the vortex inside. Running like this, I am up to 20 ppm, but the sound is driving me crazy. I can put it up against a rock to stop it tilting, but can anything be done about the noise?