Near miss, and saved by J&L

[The Guy]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

The "red dragon" BK Mini pumps are simply rebranded Laguna/Askoll pumps. Those are about $150 retail, I'm guessing. Then BK adds their own sticker to it, that adds a few cents on. For the skimmers, they then add a custom volute, which probably incurred decent R&D costs, so now double the Laguna cost. Add some profit, re-shipping back to where the Lagunas started from, it all adds up.

The Red Sea pump is made by Sicci and rebranded so I was able to use the Sicci replacement impeller from a #3 pump which has exactly the same the flow rating. Not cheap but cheaper than a new pump replacement.