Eheim pump versus versus external pump for sump

[caad3]

Hi everyone. Looking for opinions both positives and negatives about switching out and external gen-x pump for my sump with an eheim model 1262 which would be outside the sump. I'm looking for a quiet pump.

thanks James

 

[bigsink]

I run the eheim 1260 external and it is absolutely silent. I will be purchasing an eheim 1262 for my upgrade very shortly. It will also be external.

 

[smcooler]

I run the eheim 1260 external and it is dead silent works great plenty of flow to my frag system.


stan

 

[ZANYMASTER]

Quiet ones are pretty quiet and don't heat the water.

 

[reefman]

eheims flowrate is not too high(1200 is max i think)

 

[coralite]

I believe the 1262 does 900gph. Eheims are some of the coolest running and quietest internal or external pumps and they are almost always the pump of choice for DIY computer overclocking because of their cool running nature. Sounds like a good choice.

 

[smcooler]

I believe the 1262 does 900gph. Eheims are some of the coolest running and quietest internal or external pumps and they are almost always the pump of choice for DIY computer overclocking because of their cool running nature. Sounds like a good choice.

well put..

 

[caad3]

Thanks for everybody's opinion, you helped make my decision alot easier.

James

 

[TimberTDI]

In my setup, although internal, I went with two 1262 instead of one larger pump.

 

[OctaviousMonk]

Timber, what size tank are you running two 1262's on? I am upgrading soon to a 120 w/ dual overflows from a 72 and I was thing of doing the same.

 

[smcooler]

1262's are 900 gph each that's alot of return water.


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[caad3]

I in the process of upgrading to a 120 with dual overflows and was thinking that adding only one 1262 (900gphs) would be enough, with the addition of two Koralife #4's (1200 gphs rating each).

I'm I smoking crack, or do you think that would be sufficient water flow?

 

[OctaviousMonk]

No I think that would be fine as most people use there return for just that and not circulation. I want to try running the 2 returns with sea swirls and pendctors so I can eliminte a few power heads. Ideally I would love to do a closed loop but thats not possible right now