what DC pump would U buy?
 

planning to run 2 as returns to a 6 footer thinking of a pump in the 1000gph range
What DC pump would U buy and why?
Thanks
VR

I would wait for the new line of DC pumps from RLSS. Their new features are worth the wait IMO.

Could be waiting a long time, I waited more then 8 months to get the pumps I have now after they where first released in the actual Canadian market.

You could easily just use one of the Dc10000 pumps ( Waveline or Speedwave ) as they are variable speed if you only want 1000 gph total.

They should be out before june 20th, but that does not mean much.

DC Pumps
 

I soke to a guy from RLSS earlier this week and they are still not giving any info on a release date for the new pumps. We are just starting a build and thought I could wait 4 weeks if need be. The vibe I got from him is that it may be early summer (June). I can't wait that long so probably going with a Speedwave for now. Those people just wanting to upgrade, it would be worth waiting but if you need them soon, probably would not hold your breath

A couple LFS that I know of that have delt with H2O / RLSS do not have good things to say there customer service & info so I would personally not even count on it being that soon. I will believe it when I see it.

going to use 2 return pumps...plan to built some redundancies into this system.. 2 of the 5000's would work... what makes these pumps better than others...?

I'm not really sure what other pumps to compare wavelines/speedwaves to. That's pretty much all we have on the market right now for DC, well without going overseas and spending big bucks.

How about water blasters?

water blasters are AC, I think you can buy the Diablos from reef octopus now but pretty sure they're the same as speedwave & waveline. When the controller is 100% identical I would wager the rest is the same as well, just slightly different pump housing but ultimately same pump. So now it's speedwave/waveline/diablo ;)