pump world record held by Mag7!!

[unit91]

wow, I wasn't expecting so many responses for my world record holding POS pump. I am curious about flow rates of the Eheim 1260 and 1262 with a 3'6" head loss. Would the 1262 surpass my 600GPH max flowrate with that head?

 

[nts9]

take the pump back to the lfs and tell them you want another one
make them compare another one with yours until you are convinced it is truley broken
jmo

 

[James87]

I have a mag 9.5 in my bedroom four feet from my head for my 55g tank and it doesn't keep me awake.

 

[chadfarmer]

mag 9.5 works great but suggest a eheim for my next pump

 

[Ti]

Mags are far from SILENT. They are relatively quiet, but not SILENT.
I hear mine all the time, Ehiems are much quiter.

 

[sjm817]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6948201#post6948201 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by unit91
Would the 1262 surpass my 600GPH max flowrate with that head?

yes

 

[Alaskan Reefer]

Yes, well more than 600 gph from a 1262 at 4' head. I'd guess more like 800.

 

[DHyslop]

I've only ever heard noise complaints from Mag 5/7 owners. There have been a number of these threads and it always seems the Mag 9 is considerably quieter. Go fig.

My fiancee is willing to chip in for the Eheim if it means we can watch TV in the living room without having to turn the volume up to "50."



Dan

 

[5thtonbench]

I'm going to chime in and agree that mags are definitely not the "silent choice" but they are pretty quite when submerged and secured so they arent vibrating all over the place.

I think the mag pump is a great beginner or budget minded return pump. Enough experience is out there to help people line the proper model up with their setups, they seem to be the only tried and true reliable submerged pump (although there have been bad apples), you dont need bulkheads to run it and there isnt much sticker shock associated with the purchase.

The larger mag pumps I believe get the worst reps too, because they stay relatively compact but the output keeps going up and I think the trade off is noise etc vs a large external pump. But as far as the smaller ones, I've had a mag 9.5, 7, 5 AND 3 in my past, and they all did the job to satisfaction at the time. I use all external pumps now, but thats preference, not neccessity.