using a dcp 6500 to replace my 1262 so far so good, very quiet and little vibration probably 2-3 months now.
Just that i feel 125g tank and 50 g sump is abit pushing for a solo 1262.
this is true. Will be ordering tonight along with the pond boxesSomething to consider. I think all of these pumps dcs, dcp, and dct are going to be within the ball park as far as quality.
The sound aspect maybe a little over stated. Reason im saying this is i dont think you need to put to much intp worrying about it. Since your not doing auto drip the sumps water level will drop thus making the overflow level drop inbetween wc's i sont bother messing with the gate becausr its just a slight trickle sound that actually sounds nice any humm from the pumps is minute
What would you replace them with?Im gonna do some sump cleaning sometime over thr next few days. I want to see if the pond boxes are holding a ton of crud. If so im gonna remove them
Nothing. I've had other sumps set up the same way. Pretty sure ragins sump is like that and i know duanes has had many set ups this way.
Sump on my current 150 is just socks and the media bags placesld over and around the pump