Pool pump for tank

[kendragon]

Please post the two pumps you are considering. We can compare the two curves to see if the flow rate is there that you need.
Pond and Aquarium pumps operate at a low RPM to save energy and doesn't do well with head pressure.
Pool pump are high RPM motors that consume a lot of energy but can handle high head pressure.

The key is to save energy and yet get the flow you need.

 

[Tj203]

Please post the two pumps you are considering. We can compare the two curves to see if the flow rate is there that you need.
Pond and Aquarium pumps operate at a low RPM to save energy and doesn't do well with head pressure.
Pool pump are high RPM motors that consume a lot of energy but can handle high head pressure.

The key is to save energy and yet get the flow you need.

Thank you for the offer but it was not the flow rates I was questioning. I got my answer it is yes but depending on the model chances are it's less efficient then the reeflo.

 

[rocco1100]

You also have to consider the noise. Pool pumps are pretty loud, Reeflo pumps are pretty quiet

 

[Oughtsix]

All the pool pumps that I am familiar with are shaft drive which makes them unsuitable for aquarium use.

1) Sooner or later the seals around the shaft are going to leak and you are going to get drips. Not gushing leaks but drips.
2) The shaft transfers the heat from the motor into the water it is pumping, this helps cool the motor. In a 40,000g pool, no big deal. In a 200g aquarium you are going to need a chiller to keep from boiling your fish!

 

[twentyleagues]

You mean to tell me a reefflo hammerhead isn't strong enough for your tank? Call reefflo get a referb for around $250. It only uses 350w and puts out 5400gph at 0 all the way up to 12' of head and starts to drop off at that point but not by much.
I've used reefflo products for years and they are seriously underrated, those things work hard!

 

[yzf450motoxrider]

Dont know where you got 3/4 inch returns it would be at least 1 inch or bigger and I Could not find the power draw for the pool pumps but I know 1 hp is 746 watts at 80% Efficiency that's not 1500 but If they really are that Inefficient you right the other one should be better. But the 3/4 hp and the reeflo I was looking at was about the same power draw around 750

746watts = 1hp, 1 hp of usable energy @ 80% efficiency = 1/.8=1.25hp or 932 watts. Below is a link to a replacement motor for a pool pump. Look at the motor nameplate and you will see the pump is labeled at 1 hp but it consumes 12 amps at 115volts or 1400 watts far more than the reefflo or equivalent pond pump.

Century (A.O. Smith) 1.0 HP Up Rate, Motor, Round Flange 56J Frame, Single Speed - Model B228SE - INYOPools.com

Century 1.0 HP Round Flange 56J Up Rate Motor - B228SE

www.inyopools.com