I would love to get some lightly used pumps because it is much cheaper and you pay no tax. Unfortunately, those good deals were gone too fast before I had a chance to send them a PM. I was always behind from someone. If too old or no history behind it, I prefer to just pay for a new one, maybe a 50 to a hundred more but I know I have a waranty for 1 year. That's why I have decided to take advantage of this Boxing day coming up to get a decent pump. But learning from my many mistakes I have made, I would love to hear your comments before I buy it. So please, anyone with your experiences, please help me this time.
Thanks for the link :biggrin:

Thanks for all of your inputs, I think I am going to get a new model Tunze 6095 to match with my other 2 Tunzes.
Thanks and have a Merry Christmas everyone.

Just thought i'd chime in quickly on the vortec's reliabilty; i'm not a vortech fanboy by any means (they were well suited to my tank, so that's why i have an MP10 ES and an MP40 ES W) but here's my experience with them in the 8 months or so that they've been running. I've had to do zero maintenance on the MP40 despite having to clean heavy calcium deposits out of all 5 of the othe pumps, 3 of which had actually stalled out, including a smaller MJ, a koralia, and the MP10. That being said, after figuring out how to disassemble the wetside and giving it a quick cleaning it's back up and running, no big deal. The MP10 i bought new and it's always had noisy bearings, but it's running on glass that's too thick so i haven't tried to warranty it. The MP40 i bought new but 2nd hand from a fellow Canreefer and has been awesome, nearly dead silent and zero problems despite running in less than ideal conditions.

Edit: looks like i'm a little late with this comment, but have a merry christmas and good luck with the boxing day shopping!

No you are not late, thanks for your comment about the MP40 ES. I am looking for a good used one in the future, if I am fortunate enough to get it before someone else send a PM to the seller.

Edit : I also see that the Vortech keep their value well and re-sell it fast if compared with Tunze today.

MP 40 esw. it's save room, easy maintainance-just clean the wet side propeller, no worry electricity leaks, powerful too (i'm only running 60% of the power for 72 g BF). i can see the coral make a big difference after i installed this. so far the best investment i made.

Can you guys stop telling me how good is MP40 esw, you made me drooling on my keyboard here.

well I work for a LFS and we see our fair share of warranty issues with the vortechs and sell lots of wet sides.....I think the thing is, when people spend $500 on a powerhead that breaks they tend to keep their lips tighter on the forums:wink:......far less warranty issues with the tunzes......

did that help with your drooling?:lol:

... hahaha ... thanks fishytime, you really made me feel much better now :mrgreen:

dude...
Get a wavebox.

Even the Nano wave box will work in your tank.

Honestly, the motion in your tank is incomparable to anything else once you've had a wavebox, its tough to look at a tank without one.

+1 After lots of reviews and talk a wavebox is going to be my next investment.