Return pump for 180

mtrull1515 · 05/31/2006, 06:10 PM

Should I get a Velocity t4 pump for my return or a MD40RLXT Japanese Motored Iwaki Water Pump for my return on a 180 gallon tank. I am looking for a farely quiet pump since it will be going in a dentist office and I am looking for around 1200 gph since there are 2 1" drains. Or are there any other pumps people would recommend?

DaveG99 · 05/31/2006, 06:19 PM

Dont get a genx pcx 30. It is strong as hell but really noisy. I am using a quite one 5000 (1330 gph) and its pretty good. Its weird how my gen x was rated at 982gph and it was much stronger. I guess it has something to do with the pressure rating. I think most the external pumps are loud. I would go with a strong in sump pump. Maybe a mag 18 or a something of that caliber.

mtrull1515 · 05/31/2006, 07:44 PM

I wasnt ever considering the gen-x. I already have the sump and and everything and its drilled for an external pump so I want to get one of those. (I got a 180 gallon tank with sump, skimmer, stand, MH lights, calcium reactor, uv sterilizer, auto-top off all for free) I just have to replace the pumps.

jnc914 · 05/31/2006, 08:01 PM

Pan-World 100-PX-x. It is fairly quiet and doesn't transfer heat. They are made by one of the guys who left Iwaki to go into buisness for himself. Got mine from Premium Aquatics for $163.

Jason

steveo32 · 05/31/2006, 09:23 PM

The iwaki's make a loud hmmmm noise. I have a 70 and its in the basement and from time to time I hear it in my bedroom on the third floor. I think sequence's are quite. I thinking of getting the hammerhead since I need the accomdate for the head pressure

dead beat reef · 05/31/2006, 11:43 PM

I am sitting 10 feet from my reef. its run by a dart that also
powers the skimmer. the fan on the comp. is louder. as I post
this thred. dbr

Island Hopper · 06/01/2006, 12:06 AM

I'm running a Iwaki 70 for my return and can hardly here it. If u can here it on the third floor and it's in the basement somethng's not right. I think I would get it checked out before u have a major problem.

steveo32 · 06/01/2006, 07:48 AM

Well I am no longer running that pump just when i did I could here it for some reason. Maybe since its an old house idk

mtrull1515 · 06/01/2006, 02:43 PM

Yeah I think that I will get the the Velocity it seems to be the quietest and thats what im looking for

05/31/2006, 06:10 PM	#1
mtrull1515 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 50	Return pump for 180 Should I get a Velocity t4 pump for my return or a MD40RLXT Japanese Motored Iwaki Water Pump for my return on a 180 gallon tank. I am looking for a farely quiet pump since it will be going in a dentist office and I am looking for around 1200 gph since there are 2 1" drains. Or are there any other pumps people would recommend?

05/31/2006, 08:01 PM	#4
jnc914 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,008	Pan-World 100-PX-x. It is fairly quiet and doesn't transfer heat. They are made by one of the guys who left Iwaki to go into buisness for himself. Got mine from Premium Aquatics for $163. Jason __________________ "Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion." -Jack Kerouac 13 years strictly salty Current Tank Info: 180 gallon FOWLR Angel dedicated tank

05/31/2006, 06:19 PM	#2
DaveG99 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Forney Texas Posts: 1,597	Dont get a genx pcx 30. It is strong as hell but really noisy. I am using a quite one 5000 (1330 gph) and its pretty good. Its weird how my gen x was rated at 982gph and it was much stronger. I guess it has something to do with the pressure rating. I think most the external pumps are loud. I would go with a strong in sump pump. Maybe a mag 18 or a something of that caliber.

05/31/2006, 07:44 PM	#3
mtrull1515 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 50	I wasnt ever considering the gen-x. I already have the sump and and everything and its drilled for an external pump so I want to get one of those. (I got a 180 gallon tank with sump, skimmer, stand, MH lights, calcium reactor, uv sterilizer, auto-top off all for free) I just have to replace the pumps.

05/31/2006, 09:23 PM	#5
steveo32 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: new york Posts: 344	The iwaki's make a loud hmmmm noise. I have a 70 and its in the basement and from time to time I hear it in my bedroom on the third floor. I think sequence's are quite. I thinking of getting the hammerhead since I need the accomdate for the head pressure

05/31/2006, 11:43 PM	#6
dead beat reef Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 279	I am sitting 10 feet from my reef. its run by a dart that also powers the skimmer. the fan on the comp. is louder. as I post this thred. dbr

06/01/2006, 12:06 AM	#7
Island Hopper Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southern Il. Posts: 198	I'm running a Iwaki 70 for my return and can hardly here it. If u can here it on the third floor and it's in the basement somethng's not right. I think I would get it checked out before u have a major problem.

06/01/2006, 07:48 AM	#8
steveo32 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: new york Posts: 344	Well I am no longer running that pump just when i did I could here it for some reason. Maybe since its an old house idk

06/01/2006, 02:43 PM	#9
mtrull1515 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 50	Yeah I think that I will get the the Velocity it seems to be the quietest and thats what im looking for