anybody use pond pump from lowes in their aquarium sump?

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I was at Lowes today and saw that they had a 2500 gph pond pump with 20' Max Head for $129. It's a great big sucker. Anybody use one of these for a tank? I'm going to have a ball valve on my return so I could tune it back.
 
I was just looking at the utility pumps from lowes today. They have 1/4 hp and 4/10 hp pumps, between 1800 and 2500gph, for between $100-150. Doesn't seem like a bad deal to me, but they might use up a bit more juice than some other made for the hobby.
 
mine worked great for about 9 months then just up and died...
 
Some of these 'pond' pumps create an ample amount of heat also.
 
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