Which return pump for a 210?

[Snaphook]

Which return pump is the best for a 210g 72 x 24 x 29? I need it to be silent as well as the water coming into the sump.
But I want to make sure that I have enough flow.
I do have a couple of tunze 6100's in there for circulation. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

[xabo]

The Reef Flo Dart works well.

 

[staninct]

Really depends on the size of your sump and whether or not you are doing a fuge or just sump. You'll have to adjust the volume needed for how much turnover you are looking for. And don't rely on your return for too much flow!

 

[Snaphook]

Pretty big sump....40 x 20 x 16. Haven't decided on a fuge or not. My concern is if you do a Dart will the water crashing in the sump be loud?

 

[mkarston]

I have a 210 display (~300gal total water volume) and had a Pan World 50PX-X as my return pump until recently. It is a really nice pump with a decent amount of flow and is really quiet.

 

[sjm817]

Internal or external?

 

[Snaphook]

Can be either Internal or external. I guess I am just loking for the gph that should be flowing through the sump.

 

[sjm817]

I'm not the high flow sump type. 600 - 800 GPH or so would be what I would use. An Eheim 1262 would be a nice internal pump.

 

[GSMguy]

I'd say something like an eheim 1262 or ATB flowstar 1500 would be good, there is no "right" amount of flow, it depends on your tanks design.

 

[ChuckLawson]

I'm not the high flow sump type either -- I'm running an Eheim 1260 on my 210; 55 gallon sump with approximately 30 gallon refugium; this gets me quiet and no microbubbles.

For flow in-tank, I'm using a wavebox, vortech and some korallias.

 

[dj9264]

I use a Poseidon PS3 External Pump on my 210. With eductors and waveboxs.