really quiet pumps?

[sillygoose]

I like my pumps the way I like my men. Strong and silent. :lmao: Any suggestions - for pumps that is?

 

[wsz594]

I like eheims mine are super quite.

 

[aquaph8]

I bought a water blaster but I havent got to try it. Ill let ya know.

 

[sillygoose]

What size eheims? A 1262 is not quite big enough for what I want.

 

[wsz594]

I think the 1262 is the biggest one. I have 2 of them on my 240. Red dragons are super quite but super expensive.

 

[Tanque Verde]

I used an Eheim compact plus for the return on my 57g and it was the least of my noise problems. If I were starting a new set up, I'd investigate that line.

 

[sillygoose]

I was looking online at Eheim compact 5000s.

 

[Tanque Verde]

happy with my 3000.

 

[sillygoose]

That's good to know. Of course we will need to push quite a bit of water so I think we would need the bigger one.

 

[jjk_reef00]

Don't rule out running two smaller pumps, I will probably do that on my next tank for redundancy...

 

[sillygoose]

Are they plumbed in sequence or something?
Could be a stupid question but I don't know about this stuff.

 

[wsz594]

Are they plumbed in sequence or something?
Could be a stupid question but I don't know about this stuff.

You would just run them seperate and parallel to one another, its just nice having piece of mind that if one failed and i was at school and work all day, my system would be fine. Nothing wrong with redundancy on a return pump imo.

 

[Satori]

Are you looking for your return pump? If so, you could totally do two pumps, one hooked up to each return. One drawback though is that an extra pump adds heat and you're trying to get by without a chiller.

 

[Mr. Right]

I run Sicce and it's quiet.

 

[sillygoose]

Hey Carlos - good to hear from you :wavehand: