For the 29 gal, not the 230 I presume.

I use a Sequence Dart and I think its great. Just another alternative to the Amp Master. It does depend how far up you need to pump in the end though.

I have a little giant 5....

des

Yup, that is true!

Its going to be tricky since it needs to be large enough for a 230G but small enough to use on a 29G for now....here's an idea. Why not get a pump now that you can use on a skimmer later? That LG5 Dez has would work, but there are many other choices out there...

Money is a huge factor here right now.

We're looking into buying Ed's stand for his 230 as to save us some $$ down the road. The 29 is only going to be running until we get the 230 in place and is cycled, which we are hoping will be early this summer.

Kevin was looking for a website on the mag series pumps, is there one?

Here's the manufacturs website... not a lot of info though.
http://www.dannermfg.com/

Whats the point of the website then if it doesn't showcase and provide information about the product?

What info are you looking for in particular? I've found to look up specs on magdrives it's better just to google it. Retailers will post some info like flowrates, power draw, etc. Check out premiumaquatics.com, they're pretty good about posting info about the products they sell.

better info on the pondmaster site. Pondmasters are the same pumps as a mag drive only with longer powercords

http://www.dannermfg.com/pondmaster/Pumps/pumps.htm