what DC pump would U buy?

The Grizz · #1 04-19-2013, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by vanreefer

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

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.

halwake · #2 04-19-2013, 11:00 PM

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

The Grizz · #3 04-19-2013, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by halwake

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.

vanreefer · #4 04-21-2013, 02:17 AM

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Originally Posted by The Grizz

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.

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...?

sphelps · #5 04-21-2013, 02:19 AM

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.

vanreefer · #6 04-21-2013, 02:23 AM

How about water blasters?

sphelps · #7 04-21-2013, 02:31 AM

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