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http://www.reefvideos.com./ i;ve been following the duplex sump concept in the advanced topic section. seems very well thought out, and logical
What's your return pump turnover
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Capt_Cully
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I've been reading some reviews on the Quiet One. What I generally look at are the bad reviews. Is the person disgruntled or are there genuine quality control issues. I don't like the sound of the heat they generate, or potential paint chipping and wearing away.
Can anyone comment on that?
Otherwise, I'm thinking Mag 9.5 or so. Should give me maybe 4 x through the sump.
Can anyone comment on that?
Otherwise, I'm thinking Mag 9.5 or so. Should give me maybe 4 x through the sump.
Capt_Cully
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Dave, would you consider it noisy?
daveverdo
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Not as load as the water running through the drain from the tank upstairs. Because it is in the basement I really do not hear it. It is just sitting on the bottom of the sump and is not as quiet as the Velocity I have. Because of my setup I wanted a submersible and it is in the basement so I wasn't worried about noise. Sorry I didn't really help. Someone else may respond that has it under the tank.
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Capt_Cully
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Quiet is definitely my first priority.
Mag 9.5 I have running under tank sump,Id say its quiet.
Maybe a real slight hum but its not noticable over the fan noise from my light fixture.I prefer the heat generated by insump pumps a plus.Heat is only an issue in july aug.(ime anyway) and even then its easy for me to deal with.
I realize the noise level is subjective and maybe different for each to whats to loud.Asking Jen ,she says she doesn't hear it either.
Good luck with whatever you decide.
Maybe a real slight hum but its not noticable over the fan noise from my light fixture.I prefer the heat generated by insump pumps a plus.Heat is only an issue in july aug.(ime anyway) and even then its easy for me to deal with.
I realize the noise level is subjective and maybe different for each to whats to loud.Asking Jen ,she says she doesn't hear it either.
Good luck with whatever you decide.
Capt_Cully
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I'd used Panworld/Blueline's in the past. Loved em. Cheap. Quiet. I haven't ruled out external's yet. I feel better schooled on them than with submersibles. Externals do take up just that much more space, however. Since I'm doing an under tank sump this time around, that square foot a pump and plumbing takes up, can be appreciable. My skimmer is in-sump and the tank's 4x3 footprint may provied me the room to go external. Decisions, decisions......
SkiFletch
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TBH, I'm not really a fan of the rap that a lot of pumps get regarding heat. The heat a submersible generates is really just a result of the amount of work it's doing and it's electrical wattage. Any pump that's made it to market is going to be pretty well designed from a mechanical efficiency standpoint, so as long as you're not running it at ridiculous head pressures compared with what it's capable of, the heat it generates is going to be more a function of it's electrical wattage. A MAG 9.5 is a 93 watt pump which can generate 15' of head. You didn't say which quietone you were interested in, but the 4000 high head is similar with 13' of head and 50 watts. Since you're running under-tank you'll be looking at ~5-6 feet of head pressure assuming you don't run some crazy devices with lots of pressure drop. That puts either pump doing about half their workload capacity which will not over-stress or over-heat them. As such I'd expect the quiet one to actually run a little cooler due to the lower power rating, although it will put out less flow...
Anyway, I wouldn't worry much about heat and would concentrate more on noise if I were you Cully. That too is somewhat subjective, and really depends on what the source of the noise is. If it's the case vibrating against the sump, that can be mitigated, but if it's shaft or impeller rattling, well that's just crappy design.
FWIW I run a Mag 5 under my 65g and am happy with it. It's reliabile as hell, not terribly noisy and the heat it generates isn't an issue outside July/Aug, but that's pretty typical to anyone who uses internals. I often wish I had room for an external and a heat reclaimation loop that I could turn on in the fall/winter/spring and off in the summer. But as you mentioned, I have not the space for such an option. However I constantly dream of unobtaineum
Anyway, I wouldn't worry much about heat and would concentrate more on noise if I were you Cully. That too is somewhat subjective, and really depends on what the source of the noise is. If it's the case vibrating against the sump, that can be mitigated, but if it's shaft or impeller rattling, well that's just crappy design.
FWIW I run a Mag 5 under my 65g and am happy with it. It's reliabile as hell, not terribly noisy and the heat it generates isn't an issue outside July/Aug, but that's pretty typical to anyone who uses internals. I often wish I had room for an external and a heat reclaimation loop that I could turn on in the fall/winter/spring and off in the summer. But as you mentioned, I have not the space for such an option. However I constantly dream of unobtaineum
