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03/25/2010, 12:09 PM
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Location: Rochester, NY
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Please Recommend a Substitute Pump for JBJ 12
I use a JBJ 12 gallon tank for quarantine, but the pump died. When I took it apart, the part of the impeller that fits into the hole was all corroded and broken off, so I need a new pump. I'd like to use something readily available at my LFS, but am unsure about the size. I have good luck with Maxi Jets; what size should I buy? Thanks.
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"You can't learn this hobby one question at a time." (Mr. Tuskfish) Eileen Current Tank Info: I'm out of the hobby, but used to have a60 gal. reef, refugium in sump, Internal Mag 9 return, SC 302 skimmer, two Maxi-Jet 1200's modded, four bulb T5 Lighting, Reefkeeper Lite Controller with three PC4's, Little Fishes GFO reactor. |
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03/25/2010, 12:10 PM
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Mmmmmm Goats !
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: North Carolina
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Mj 900
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If I get more obsessed with reefkeeping I will be divorced, living in the back of my LFS ! Been keeping fish (salt and fresh) since the 1970s. Started reefing in 1998 . 40 Breeder Club AP24 Club Current Tank Info: AP24 soft coral tank & JBJ Nano 12DX, 40 Breeder |
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03/25/2010, 02:48 PM
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a 900 is good, and a 1200 is probably just as good. personally i dont think the two differ so much in terms of gph, but every bit of it does seem to help. only thing with the 1200 is that it heat the water more than the 900.
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03/25/2010, 03:50 PM
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This tank will never support such large pumps. I was hoping to hear from somebody that owns the same system to recommend a small pump that equals the one that comes with the tank originally. I guess I'll try a little 404 and see if that works. Thanks anyway.
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"You can't learn this hobby one question at a time." (Mr. Tuskfish) Eileen Current Tank Info: I'm out of the hobby, but used to have a60 gal. reef, refugium in sump, Internal Mag 9 return, SC 302 skimmer, two Maxi-Jet 1200's modded, four bulb T5 Lighting, Reefkeeper Lite Controller with three PC4's, Little Fishes GFO reactor. |
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03/25/2010, 04:01 PM
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Marquis de Carabas
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Evansville, IN
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I honestly think you may be OK with the 900. I have a MJ 400 in a 10 gallon and it seems pretty weak. just my .02
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Jeremy Brown liquor never hurt anybody “Je n'ai pas besoin de cette hypothèse" Pierre-Simon Laplace I should want to cook him a simple meal, but I shouldn't want to cut into him, to tear the flesh, to wear the flesh, to be born unto new worlds where his flesh becomes my key. Current Tank Info: broken and dry |
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03/25/2010, 04:34 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Gill Mass
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Ehiem and Tunze make small pumps in the size you would need.
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Will miss you Wild Bill RIP Tessa Best friend of 14 years Bob Dog my buddy of 12.5 years Current Tank Info: 90 Gallon Dt, 150 gal sump, 100 gal frag tank and 12000 gal koi pond and 1200 goldfish pond. |
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03/25/2010, 04:58 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Boynton Beach, FL
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The MJ900 is the standard "upgrade" pump for the NC12 recomended by the guy's on the Nano-Reef forums. I put a 1200 in my 24g Nano Cube and think it's great.
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