Need help to find a pump for a skimmer.

Flyflicker · 04/26/2006, 11:53 PM

I need a new pump for my skimmer. It has to be submersible since I do not have enough room underneath my tank for an external. The inlet to the skimmer is 1/2 an inch. I currently have a quiet one 4000 pump http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Produc...&N=2004+113041
and it is not pushing nearly enough water. I am thinking that I could double the water output and be just fine.
So I was thinking about buying a quiet one 9000 pump but was concerned about necking 1 1/2 inches down to 1/2. The thing that I did like about the quiet one pumps is that I can get good output without the watts because I cannot afford to have the water heated up, or the electricity bill for that matter.
The other pump that I was thinking about is a mag drive 2400 pump. http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Produc...&N=2004+113041
The reason that I liked this one was that it was high output with a smaller neck so I wouldn't have to neck it down so much and loose some of that power. The down side is the wattage... 265 vs 145 with the quiet one.

Can anyone give me some good advice. Or maybe another pump that solves both my problems.

04/26/2006, 11:53 PM	#1
Flyflicker Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 203	Need help to find a pump for a skimmer. I need a new pump for my skimmer. It has to be submersible since I do not have enough room underneath my tank for an external. The inlet to the skimmer is 1/2 an inch. I currently have a quiet one 4000 pump http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Produc...&N=2004+113041 and it is not pushing nearly enough water. I am thinking that I could double the water output and be just fine. So I was thinking about buying a quiet one 9000 pump but was concerned about necking 1 1/2 inches down to 1/2. The thing that I did like about the quiet one pumps is that I can get good output without the watts because I cannot afford to have the water heated up, or the electricity bill for that matter. The other pump that I was thinking about is a mag drive 2400 pump. http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Produc...&N=2004+113041 The reason that I liked this one was that it was high output with a smaller neck so I wouldn't have to neck it down so much and loose some of that power. The down side is the wattage... 265 vs 145 with the quiet one. Can anyone give me some good advice. Or maybe another pump that solves both my problems.