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Old 01-27-2010, 05:04 PM
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my 2 cents:
If you can get the Red Dragon, Get it. IF not, but you can afford the eheim, get it. IF not, then get the Quietone or Sedra.
so would other people agree with this order

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Funny I have been running mag pumps for my whole hobby since 2002 and never had any problems with them.. i have ran the 3,5,7,9,12,18 with no negitive feedback
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Funny I have been running mag pumps for my whole hobby since 2002 and never had any problems with them.. i have ran the 3,5,7,9,12,18 with no negitive feedback
Usually the neg feedback on Mags is just the noise. Like someone else said on the forum here, they are very reliable. I previously tried Sedra's and I had three in a row seize within their first two weeks of operation. I gave up on them completely.
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Funny I have been running mag pumps for my whole hobby since 2002 and never had any problems with them.. i have ran the 3,5,7,9,12,18 with no negitive feedback

They are good pumps but I find they produce more heat and are noisier than the Eheim. On the flip side they are considerably cheaper though.
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Old 01-27-2010, 11:12 PM
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Had a quiet one and couldn't get rid of it fast enough as it was nothing but trouble and loud. Picked up an ehiem and could not be happier
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Old 01-27-2010, 11:37 PM
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i thought about getting a eheim but what one.
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I got some aqua globes from Mitch at bow valley and man those little guys move so much water and are reletivly quiet, they are mag drive.

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So I see lots of suggestions on pumps but what flow should his pump be putting out for his tank. How many gph should it be rated for? I would like to know this as well, how do you determine what gph have to be moved in the tank?
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Had a quiet one and couldn't get rid of it fast enough as it was nothing but trouble and loud. Picked up an ehiem and could not be happier
what was your problem with the quiet one
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I've been running Ocean Runners for years . Model numbers OR3500 and OR6500.
I've had a couple wear out, but that's after about 5 years of continual use.
I'm pretty happy with that. Not interested in looking at other brands.

It also depends what's available locally to you. If your LFS will give you good service and warranty, that should be a consideration.

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