Return Pumps

tcp316 · 02/17/2010, 03:34 PM

I am getting ready to get a return pump for my 90 gallon tank. I am leaning toward a mag 7. Any thoughts on other types that are your favorites? Also, what do you do to cut down on pump noise in your sump? I was thing about a layer of rubber like a mouse pad to sit it on. Is that safe?

LS1 WS6 · 02/17/2010, 04:49 PM

I run an Ehiem 1260 and it is very quiet, sits on the bottom of the sump with no feet at all, no vibration at all. Really like it, I have run a Mag 9 before it was noticeably louder I think.

tcp316 · 02/17/2010, 05:15 PM

What size tank do you have? Mine is a 90 gallon. I am in the process of setting it up. I just picked it up before I went out of town. I had just enough time to get it cleaned up good and the back and stand painted.

BWIPlumbing · 02/17/2010, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by LS1 WS6

I run an Ehiem 1260 and it is very quiet, sits on the bottom of the sump with no feet at all, no vibration at all. Really like it, I have run a Mag 9 before it was noticeably louder I think.

i would take any Ehiem over a mag in a second... Little more money but they last unlike mags

02/17/2010, 03:34 PM	#1
tcp316 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Swartz Creek, MI Posts: 78	Return Pumps I am getting ready to get a return pump for my 90 gallon tank. I am leaning toward a mag 7. Any thoughts on other types that are your favorites? Also, what do you do to cut down on pump noise in your sump? I was thing about a layer of rubber like a mouse pad to sit it on. Is that safe?

02/17/2010, 05:15 PM	#3
tcp316 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Swartz Creek, MI Posts: 78	return pump What size tank do you have? Mine is a 90 gallon. I am in the process of setting it up. I just picked it up before I went out of town. I had just enough time to get it cleaned up good and the back and stand painted.

02/17/2010, 04:49 PM	#2
LS1 WS6 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Spokane Wa. Posts: 92	I run an Ehiem 1260 and it is very quiet, sits on the bottom of the sump with no feet at all, no vibration at all. Really like it, I have run a Mag 9 before it was noticeably louder I think.