Oh I dunno, hopefully everything gets sorted out with your build soon!
My return pump is my latest dilemma, I was dead set on a Reeflo Yellowtail which would have been perfect. But I've read more into the seal issue they have and having to replace a $75-100 Seal every year and a half has really turned me off on them. So kindof back to square one, DC pumps I'd need atleast an Abyzz A200 or a Royal Exclusive Speedy 230W neither of which are really what I wanna spend on a pump, A200 $2600 and the Speedy is $2000 +$300 if I want the controller adapter. Iwaki might be the ticket and they are around $800-1000 which is definitely better. I dunno, definitely something I need to throw some more thought into.
Hey Scott (Is this the evil Scott? There are a lot of Scott's kicking around here ) Welcome to the journey! I'm loving the shallow tank too, I'll love it even more when it's finally wet. So far it's looking like end of March, I have 2 weeks of vacation in March so I hopefully can spend the time and get some serious work done. The sump is certainly a dream sump, it's awesome to see it all come together from a very poorly designed image in my head to what it is now.
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I just can’t fathom spending that much on a return pump. Especially a DC one. I’ll stick with my cheap Jebao returns for less than 10% the price that seem to last me just as long any other DC pump. Just seems like that $$ could be better used elsewhere in the project.