broken pump; replacement pump for wet/dry?

I am a noob, in personal uncharted territory. Bear with me. I hit a road block in setting up my new tank.

Well, as the world turns/spins out of controll sort of speak, in cleaning the wet/dry that was giving to me(yey) I noticed a crack across the bottom of the OLD pump(booo). I started it up and it was frozen. Finally got it spinning(yay again!!!), but it does not seem to move any water out of the wet/dry. It would trickle out quite slowly, I would guess 3gph. Maybe it is supposed to be that slow, since I have never seen one? but I got the feeling it was far too slow, the damn pump wieghs like 12lbs. The water wheel thingy spins quite fast though, so no clue.

So to clarify,

Am I correct in assuming its should be easily pushing water out of the of the filter?

Also, I am not sure I am going to use this wet/dry filter(may sell it) One factor would be me trying to figure out a pump that would push enough water up 4-5ft for cheap, as some of em seem quite expensive. how many gph would I need... a maxi-jet or azoo work? What sort of formula am I looking at here? pipe diameter make a differece?

thanks,
Ser

 

55gal

This thing is so old...has to be 10 years old(lifegard). It looks to be made out of glavanized steel. I have not taken it apart yet, but I guess I have to. it looks like it went to war. rusted, no cracked and lots of corosion. I am more then positve the screws will just snap or strip off...project tomorrow I guess

 

I can... will have to be tomorrow though, about to fall asleep

Thanks for the help apreciate it

 

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I am trying to calculate the gph I need for a new pump.

I messed with that one some more and it doesn't work when I tighten it down. Old thing.

 

u want a pump that will turn over atleast 10 times yer over all water per hour <10 x 55= 550 GPH> make sure u buy a pump specifically for salt water any metal will lead to headaches

if that pump has any metal parts on it throw it out ASAP u dont want it

 

Why are you saying that? This is not a submersible so metal is fine as long as it isn't on the inside, which it isn't on a Quiet One. Many, if not most, external pumps have metal on them. As an example, Iwakis have a metal chassis.

Throw the pump away, by all means, but do so because it's cracked and would be a scary proposition to put on a tank, not because it's got metal on it.

The pump you've got is likely older than 10 years. That chassis of the Quiet One is the older style.

Unfortunately I don't believe that model of pump is still made. They were quite powerful for the size/cost and seemed to have run pretty well. I had one on my 90G reef that worked well. They were a good value. The main downside was that they created a lot of heat. I had to have a cooling fan on mine.

 

Thanks guys

yeah it is pretty old.

 

That pumps a relic! wow The wet/dry is fine. just get a new pump, like a MAG drive