whooo hoo about Ben! and the new frog as well! glad to hear that things are working out much better now!

definitely a soultion to the noise of the water splashing (water flow) from the filter, would be to add more water... less distance for the water to fall... i also use a WHISPER filter, which seems to be a little more quiet in my opinion.

my firebellies, do not have an aquatic set up anymore, therefore they do not have a filter. but my red eared slider, does infact have one, and when i let the water get anywhere near the minimum amount of water required. it makes an obnoxious amount of noise. right now since we just did a tank cleaning, the water drop is about 2 inches and i cannot hear it much at all..