questions on Sicce pumps

BlueStag · 05/24/2008, 09:49 AM

Does any one know where to get Sicce pumps? Preferable with the mesh mod all ready done.

Also does anyone know the size of the output on the Sicce? I'm hoping it's around 3/4 inch.

BlueStag · 05/24/2008, 11:58 AM

Also anybody else upgrade from a Sedra 5000 with mesh mod to this pump? What kind of performance did you gain? Where you happy switching?

reefguard · 05/24/2008, 12:04 PM

I just ordered the PSK-2500 for my DIY 8" skimmer from Marine Solutions. They will actually mod the pump unless you tell them not to, and the venturi is included. I went from mesh modded Sedra 5000 pump from my 6" diy skimmer to QO 3000 and now to Sicce. The sedra was okay with my 6" skimmer but now that I went with a bigger one, I needed something that will pull a little more air that the first 2 pumps I mentioned. I will find out I guess when the Sicce shows up.

Noel

BlueStag · 05/24/2008, 01:55 PM

I'd really like to find out how they compare to the Sedra 5000. All I read is that it will "blow the sedra away" I'd like some numbers though. Like the Sedra pulls x amount and the Sicce pulls x amount. I've read the threads, but nothing really compares them.

alpine · 05/24/2008, 03:59 PM

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Originally posted by BlueStag
I'd really like to find out how they compare to the Sedra 5000. All I read is that it will "blow the sedra away" I'd like some numbers though. Like the Sedra pulls x amount and the Sicce pulls x amount. I've read the threads, but nothing really compares them.

Well thats easy to answer.My sedra 9000 pulls 12-15 scfh,and from what I have been reading in the MSX owners thread.The sicce pumps are pulling over 45 scfh.

I am really thinking about buying one for my asm G4+.

HTH

BlueStag · 05/24/2008, 04:38 PM

Is your Sedra 9000 mesh modded or stock needle wheel?

alpine · 05/25/2008, 06:40 AM

Stock needlewheel.From what I have gathered on the asm skimmer club thread,the mesh doesnt increase air pull but it does chop up the bubbles smaller.I have some mesh that I just got in yesterday,not sure if I willl waste any of it on the sedra though.

To be honest the sedra pumps imo are a complete waste for use as a skimmer pump.The air pull,high wattage,and price do not make them a good purchase.

BlueStag · 05/31/2008, 06:02 PM

reefguard I just got my Sicce from marine solutions. There was a hole drilled for a venturi, but nothing to go into the hole. What did you use and do you have pictures?

05/24/2008, 09:49 AM	#1
BlueStag Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Huntington Beach Posts: 1,054	questions on Sicce pumps Does any one know where to get Sicce pumps? Preferable with the mesh mod all ready done. Also does anyone know the size of the output on the Sicce? I'm hoping it's around 3/4 inch. __________________ Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts Current Tank Info: 180 Starphire, SWC 250A Cone skimmer, 14k 250MH, Tunze wavebox

05/24/2008, 11:58 AM	#2
BlueStag Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Huntington Beach Posts: 1,054	Also anybody else upgrade from a Sedra 5000 with mesh mod to this pump? What kind of performance did you gain? Where you happy switching? __________________ Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts Current Tank Info: 180 Starphire, SWC 250A Cone skimmer, 14k 250MH, Tunze wavebox

05/24/2008, 01:55 PM	#4
BlueStag Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Huntington Beach Posts: 1,054	I'd really like to find out how they compare to the Sedra 5000. All I read is that it will "blow the sedra away" I'd like some numbers though. Like the Sedra pulls x amount and the Sicce pulls x amount. I've read the threads, but nothing really compares them. __________________ Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts Current Tank Info: 180 Starphire, SWC 250A Cone skimmer, 14k 250MH, Tunze wavebox

05/24/2008, 04:38 PM	#6
BlueStag Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Huntington Beach Posts: 1,054	Is your Sedra 9000 mesh modded or stock needle wheel? __________________ Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts Current Tank Info: 180 Starphire, SWC 250A Cone skimmer, 14k 250MH, Tunze wavebox

05/25/2008, 06:40 AM	#7
alpine Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Jacksonville,FL Posts: 1,156	Stock needlewheel.From what I have gathered on the asm skimmer club thread,the mesh doesnt increase air pull but it does chop up the bubbles smaller.I have some mesh that I just got in yesterday,not sure if I willl waste any of it on the sedra though. To be honest the sedra pumps imo are a complete waste for use as a skimmer pump.The air pull,high wattage,and price do not make them a good purchase. __________________ Jorge We are the Reef Central....It is useless to resist. We will assimilate you into our collective. Resistance is futile. Last edited by alpine; 05/25/2008 at 06:53 AM.

05/24/2008, 12:04 PM	#3
reefguard Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Fairfield California Posts: 240	I just ordered the PSK-2500 for my DIY 8" skimmer from Marine Solutions. They will actually mod the pump unless you tell them not to, and the venturi is included. I went from mesh modded Sedra 5000 pump from my 6" diy skimmer to QO 3000 and now to Sicce. The sedra was okay with my 6" skimmer but now that I went with a bigger one, I needed something that will pull a little more air that the first 2 pumps I mentioned. I will find out I guess when the Sicce shows up. Noel

05/31/2008, 06:02 PM	#8
BlueStag Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Huntington Beach Posts: 1,054	reefguard I just got my Sicce from marine solutions. There was a hole drilled for a venturi, but nothing to go into the hole. What did you use and do you have pictures? __________________ Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts Current Tank Info: 180 Starphire, SWC 250A Cone skimmer, 14k 250MH, Tunze wavebox