Small Pump for water changes

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OffRoad322

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What pumps do you use for water changes? I'm still using buckets and it would be nice to use a very small Pump instead of dumping buckets.

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I use an Aqua One maxi. They come in a range of sizes and I currently use the smallest as I already had one I used to use my freshwater tank as a circulator. If I was buying one now I would get one a little larger, just to speed up the fill process.


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It would help to know how much water you want to move and how fast. I do 60 gallon water changes and it takes about 15 min. Danner 18 to put water in the sump. Sicce 5 to remove it.
 
lapin said:
It would help to know how much water you want to move and how fast. I do 60 gallon water changes and it takes about 15 min. Danner 18 to put water in the sump. Sicce 5 to remove it.
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I use a mag18 as well, but my 55g barrel is in the basement, the DT in the living room. When this pump dies, I'll replace it with something that moves more, faster, but I tend to get impatient waiting for it to do it's job.
 
I just bought a CHEAP pump off amazon, I'm talking like $15. IMO there is no reason to go expensive on the water change pump. It doesn't have to be super reliable or efficient because it is not getting used much. I think I actually went too big on mine and will likely order a smaller one in the near future.
 
If your not moving a whole lot of water very far you can't go wrong with an Aquaclear 402 or maybe an 802 powerhead. Everybody carries these, they're not very expensive and they last forever.
You can also use it to blast your rocks on occasion too.
 
Just need something simple to pump out of 5 gal buckets...my only concern is running it dry so I am hoping find a small pump that draws from the flat bottom.
 
What type of hose do u guys use to attach to the pump? I saw a 50ft 100ft 1/4 inch garden hose at dollar store, can these be use for water change, u guys tjink tjis is safe?
 
aznflyfisherman said:
What type of hose do u guys use to attach to the pump? I saw a 50ft 100ft 1/4 inch garden hose at dollar store, can these be use for water change, u guys tjink tjis is safe?
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1/4" is way to small and would be hard to fit to a aquarium pump. 1/4" is what you see on RO/DI units
 
The more you do these water changes you will realize the faster you want to get them done. I'd recommend buying a pump large enough to be your return pump back up for your tank should your primary fail. Not only will you have a backup, but you'll have a kick butt water change pump. Just to drive home my point...I wanted to speed up my water changes so much I installed an entire utility sink in the closet of the nearest bathroom just so I could run the Python Siphon!
 
I use a Dc pump and serves as a back up in case my return pump is down, and 50ft of garden hose.


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