what would be an affordable, quiet, submersible pump to use on a 120g

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  1. rgoedhart

    rgoedhart Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    All,

    I'm looking for a return pump for my 120 gallon tank (40 gallon sump)

    Since the sump is directly under it, I do need it to be quiet..
    Low power consuming would be a plus.

    What do you guys use? what could you recommend?
     
    rgoedhart, Jan 19, 2013
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  2. Alohastate335i

    Alohastate335i Fire Worm

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    I use an Eheim 1262 submersible pump for my 90gal. Noise is non-existant.
     
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  3. Jlobes

    Jlobes Coral Banded Shrimp

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    +1. solid advice right there
     
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  4. rgoedhart

    rgoedhart Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Is the flow enough for a 120? I will have 2 mp40s in the tank
     
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  5. symon_say

    symon_say Astrea Snail

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    i have used rio hyperflow with great success, Rio use to be a bad brand aand most of the info you'll find will be bad reviews, but the hyperflow have been working for me for 1.5 years without any problem.
     
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  6. pja24

    pja24 Bristle Worm

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    I also have 120 gallon with 2(mp40). I have the eheim 1262. Does the job and can't hear a thing.
     
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  7. gcarroll

    gcarroll Zoanthid

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    The Eheim 1260 and 1262 are always good choices. I might be able to recommend more but I would news to know how many GPH you are wanting.
     
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  8. jerry26

    jerry26 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    I use a quiet one 6000. Ive ran it submerged and its extremely quiet. I now run it external and its still very quiet. It flows enough that i have the flow restricted a little bit. Soon ill be using it to drive reactors.
     
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  9. vtecintegra

    vtecintegra Fire Worm

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    I use a Quiet One 4000. 120g with 2 MP40s.
     
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  10. thepanfish

    thepanfish Flying Squid

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    I'm not sure how much GPH you need but I use a Waveline DC5000 and love it. Compact and low wattage. I got mine on sale for $179 a couple weeks ago.
     
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