best feed pump for CRx?

Mike de Leon · 10/31/2010, 06:01 PM

I have a Vertex Double chamber. I need something strong enough to handle the large reactor. Any advice highly appreciated. Thanks in advance....

Mike de Leon · 10/31/2010, 08:26 PM

bump..

RokleM · 11/02/2010, 08:19 AM

Doesn't really take a "strong" pump per say to feed a reactor. Stability is more important.

GEO and similar quality units suggest a maxijet, which work perfectly fine. I personal tap the return pump line.

Mike de Leon · 11/02/2010, 03:13 PM

Well thanks for responding! I do have a maxijet now but the flow keeps changing on me. A peristaltic pump is supposedly more constant and this is what I am looking for...

Mike de Leon · 11/02/2010, 03:38 PM

Has anyone out there used a Litemeter for feed pump???

tkeracer619 · 11/02/2010, 03:57 PM

The litermeter 3 is a good one.

I use a cole-parmer peristaltic. They are medical grade. Got mine off ebay.

Peristaltic is much more accurate then any standard type pump. You remove the needle valve and control effluent flow with a digital keypad. It doesn't change as the media dissolves.

10/31/2010, 06:01 PM	#1
Mike de Leon Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Ont. Canada Posts: 2,308	best feed pump for CRx? I have a Vertex Double chamber. I need something strong enough to handle the large reactor. Any advice highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.... __________________ Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.. Current Tank Info: 180 Gallon, 3 G4 Radions

10/31/2010, 08:26 PM	#2
Mike de Leon Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Ont. Canada Posts: 2,308	bump.. __________________ Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.. Current Tank Info: 180 Gallon, 3 G4 Radions

11/02/2010, 08:19 AM	#3
RokleM Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,687	Doesn't really take a "strong" pump per say to feed a reactor. Stability is more important. GEO and similar quality units suggest a maxijet, which work perfectly fine. I personal tap the return pump line. __________________ -Eric-

11/02/2010, 03:13 PM	#4
Mike de Leon Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Ont. Canada Posts: 2,308	Well thanks for responding! I do have a maxijet now but the flow keeps changing on me. A peristaltic pump is supposedly more constant and this is what I am looking for... __________________ Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.. Current Tank Info: 180 Gallon, 3 G4 Radions

11/02/2010, 03:38 PM	#5
Mike de Leon Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Ont. Canada Posts: 2,308	Has anyone out there used a Litemeter for feed pump??? __________________ Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.. Current Tank Info: 180 Gallon, 3 G4 Radions

11/02/2010, 03:57 PM	#6
tkeracer619 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 17,289	The litermeter 3 is a good one. I use a cole-parmer peristaltic. They are medical grade. Got mine off ebay. Peristaltic is much more accurate then any standard type pump. You remove the needle valve and control effluent flow with a digital keypad. It doesn't change as the media dissolves. __________________ Hobby Experience: 9200ish gallons, 26 skimmers, and a handful of Kent Scrapers. Current Tank: Vortech Powered 600G SPS Tank w/ 100gal frag tank & 100g Sump. RK2-RK10 Skimmer. ReefAngel. Radium 20k. Last edited by tkeracer619; 11/02/2010 at 04:07 PM.

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