How do I reduce water pump vibration in my house?

[fishorama]

That's great!! Thanks for the update!

What is the size/brand of your reinforced tubing? That might work for me too in a much lesser way.

 

[Pinkey]

F fishorama I used this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B7MTCS28/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Any negative pressure pump hose will do. I didn't even know that was a thing until I came across this. It's great on the suction side of the pump because it doesn't collapse. There are no turns in it so no reduction of water flow. It's also too big for the pump so I used PVC adapters meaning the bottleneck in the whole line is the pump itself which dramatically reduces friction inside the tubes. I've never had as much water flow through this pump as I do now. I will use piping one or two sizes too large from here on out for every aquarium project. I've improvised an air suction (venturi-ish) setup near the intake so it sucks a controlled amount of bubbles through that get broken up into microbubbles by the impeller in the pump. Both tanks are highly aerated and I have no loud air pump. I said this six years ago when I upgraded to the system I just replaced but that won't stop me from saying it again today: This is the best setup I've ever had.

 

[fishorama]

Thanks!!