I have a new tank larger tank coming. Somewhere in the 200gallon + range. I was contemplating my return pump situation. The new tank is going to have 3- 1” drains with 2- 3/4” returns.
Background:
I currently have a 100 gallon tank running a Jebao dct 4000 for just over 2 years. The pump has run FLAWLESS. It’s completely silent and has given me 0 issues. At $70 how do you beat that?
The new fad is redundancy. Which I understand! Especially when last year I left for 3 months from home on work and my ato dumped 10 gallons of saturated kalk into my tank because of a faulty sensor.
Option A. $200ish
run 2 Jebao dct 6k or 8k pumps. 1 to each return
Option B. $800+
Splurge on a high end pump. Red dragon or abyzz
Option C. $400+
Get one middle ground pump such as a reef octopus. It’s the only mid tier pump I’ve seen with a decent track record.
Would love to hear some opinions while I break out the popcorn
Background:
I currently have a 100 gallon tank running a Jebao dct 4000 for just over 2 years. The pump has run FLAWLESS. It’s completely silent and has given me 0 issues. At $70 how do you beat that?
The new fad is redundancy. Which I understand! Especially when last year I left for 3 months from home on work and my ato dumped 10 gallons of saturated kalk into my tank because of a faulty sensor.
Option A. $200ish
run 2 Jebao dct 6k or 8k pumps. 1 to each return
Option B. $800+
Splurge on a high end pump. Red dragon or abyzz
Option C. $400+
Get one middle ground pump such as a reef octopus. It’s the only mid tier pump I’ve seen with a decent track record.
Would love to hear some opinions while I break out the popcorn