Basement sump. Need energy effecient pump advice.

[MarineGirl411]

I was thinking of putting my sump in our basement. I was wondering if there is a somewhat energy efficient pump to use for the return? It will be my 180 gallon reef. It will be traveling about 15 feet. I would appreciate any help. TY

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Gina

 

[monotreme_man]

in the same situation, i use a pan world 150ps (whatever the high head one is).
it just works.

 

[johnnyroastbeef]

Im using a reeflo barracuda, it draws around 225 watts.
http://www.reeflopumps.com/images/600_BARRACUDA-label-08.jpg

 

[prop-frags]

Gina,
tell us a little bit more about how much flow you need. Our sump is in our garage, and there is somewhere around a 10' vertical rise (although it is over a long 17' slope rather than straight up like from a basement sump). We have been using the PanWorld 150ps for several years and it has performed beautifully - plenty of flow, runs cool, and used 160w average (which for us was about $7 per month).

 

[MarineGirl411]

I just need a basic return. I will have plenty of flow in the tank. I am just curious as well, if you do not heat your basement or garage in the winter, how often are the heaters on? All the time? Just wondering if there is a downside to having a basement sump. =) TY all.

 

[Drewcipher]

I have a 180 with the sump in the basement. I use a Reeflo Barracuda for a closed loop, and a Reeflo Goby gold as my sump return pump. They are both pumping around 13 feet.

 

[Furnman]

I have used a Blueline 40 pump in my basement sump going to my first floor location ~9' vertically. I think the Blueline 40 uses about 140 watts; I paid $75.00 used.

You may want to play with the RC head loss calculator: http://reefcentral.com/index.php/head-loss-calculator