Greetings Earthlings! Lookin for the best pump for my 135 wet/dry biological filter, priorities in this order price, runs cheap, quiet, gph Tell me what you think!!!
?? BEST PUMP FOR A 135 ??
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Hey Ray, checked the web, looks great, can get one delivered for around 85 bucks, its more than i wanted to spend, do they do pretty well on the electric bill:??
kiss and redundancy are my mantras
o) figure out your target GPH.
o) figure out a pump that at the feet of head in your system will pump 1/2 the target GPH.
o) get two pumps and plumb twice.
o) this way if one pump goes out you don't kill all your fish.
o) this also lets you work on one or the other pump to do maint.
more expensive, but a large aquarium is a long term install and you have to plan accordingly.
try to think of all the things that could go wrong in 10-20 years of operation. try to think of ways to reduce the likely hood of these things happening. try to think of ways to reduce the impact if any of these things DO happen.
I'm still working on the install of my 180G and 60G tanks, but once they go in and are started up I'm not planning to take them down for a L O O O O N G time!
o) figure out your target GPH.
o) figure out a pump that at the feet of head in your system will pump 1/2 the target GPH.
o) get two pumps and plumb twice.
o) this way if one pump goes out you don't kill all your fish.
o) this also lets you work on one or the other pump to do maint.
more expensive, but a large aquarium is a long term install and you have to plan accordingly.
try to think of all the things that could go wrong in 10-20 years of operation. try to think of ways to reduce the likely hood of these things happening. try to think of ways to reduce the impact if any of these things DO happen.
I'm still working on the install of my 180G and 60G tanks, but once they go in and are started up I'm not planning to take them down for a L O O O O N G time!
mag drives are awsome ive had the same running on my 125 for 5 years and it still pumps like a champ.... mag 9.5