Need Advice, Any Suggestions?

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

What's the pump that you want to replace, Rick?

The most common pump I've seen that has needlewheel impellers is Sedra, which is probably what you already have.

Do you run mesh already? If you want I have a little PF4 mesh leftover from a roll I bought. It would make your current skimmer skim more, so it's like a size upgrade without the cost ... but it won't help with the noisiness issue though.

I would love to do the mesh mod, but don't want to destroy my impeller. Reason for looking at a new pump, the one I have works fine, but I find it a bit noisy compared to the Hydro skimmer or my return pump. Becuase I have alot of gear, just want to quite things down a bit.

If I don't change the pump, is the mesh mod easy to do? I have seen it on the web, but I just don't want to mess up my impeller trying to mod things.

That is why I thought maybe putting a bigger pump on, as EuroReef works great but I find the pumps a little under powered, and also getting a quieter one.