ATO pump recommendation

I am getting ready to have ATO. I will hook it up to Apex with either float switch or Avast Marine works. Now, which pump should I use? I have maxi jet 400 or should I get those aqualifter pump?

Maxi jett is 100gph and Aqualifter is 3.5gph.

Thanks

 

I'd get an aqualifter or hydor nano, more reliable and SLOW. I'd hate to have a powerful pump on an ATO that may fail

 

Thanks cosmo. Why would it fail? because it's designed to be ON all the time?

 

I have an aqualifter and it does the trick. The cool thing about them is that they can be run dry so if your ATO tank goes dry, you don't burn a pump.

 

things fail, floats stick, electronics go whacky, stuff happens. At least with a slwoer pump, you'll have a chance of stopping it. And Daniel brings up a point I forgot. I just dont trust maxijets for much of anything outside of mixing water.

 

I use an Eheim compact 300 pump. It works well and flow rate is adjustable. The intake is also on the bottom of the pump, so it sucks almost all of the water out of my ATO container without running dry.

Frankly if a float switch or something sticks, I don't think flow rate will matter much as most likely you would be at work or asleep.

 

Yup, I'll be one day into a weeks vacation when mine fails. Stupid luck..

 

Though the nice thing about a controller is (or any good one) is that if a float/sensor sticks on it should be smart enough to not only kill the pump but alert you to the problem. Of course assuming you programmed it to do so.

 

risk management my friend, plus theres no need for that much flow, go ahead and use it, and depending on the ATO, you should be able to invert a float to prevent a failure. IMO, use whatever pump you want, just an aqualifter is kinda great for this purpose

 

I use a rio 50 and have two float switches in case one fails. At some point I'd love to get my digits on a controller.