Suggestions for return pump

CalmSeasQuest · Apr 19, 2011

btkrausen said:
FWIW, I'm going to be trying the water blaster 7000 on my tank probably. I have a mag 9.5, but not sure its enough.

I've been running a Wasterblaster 5000 for the past 6 months and LOVE it. Very efficient (1300GPH using only 60W) and it ALWAYS restarts.

Paul_N · Apr 19, 2011

AZDesertRat said:
I have literally had two Quiet Ones go up in flames so no more for me.
Ocean Runner or Eheim is all I will use, both ate top quality products that will last a lifetime. I have an OR 2700 and OR 3500 that were both used when I bought them and I've been running them non stop for over 7 years now myself and they just keep going. Very efficient power wise, low heat gain, very quiet and no restart problems.

Paul, I'm not sure the Laguna 900 GPH version would be a good choice. According to their manual its shutoff head is only 6'4" so it does not handle head well and the GPH probably drops off sharply. In a normal sump/display installation you probably have close to 5 feet of head with tubing and fittings so its probably not pumping much at that point. The larger versions have higher head ratings so the 1500 GPH version is a better choice but maybe more than the OP needs.

EDIT: I found a listing on ebay for the 900. At 0' feet it does 900 GPH, at 2' its already down to 686 GPH and at 6 ' its only 92 GPH. Not very good for our uses.

Thanks for the info. I thought I had my pump all picked out..lol

Dave3112 · Apr 19, 2011

WOW! Great responses y'all! I still have to decide on what to use and it looks like Eheim, ATB or Ocean runner. Now to chose which will feed both the display and frag tank together........ Thank you all for the suggestions! This is just another reason why I love this forum, y'all always give great advice.