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Return Pump Probably Toast

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BigRed

Hi all,

Sorry to put this in the emergency thread, but I'd like to get this right the first time.

I have a 65g DT with a 75g sump. The sump is in the basement, about 6ft below the DT (split level, thru the wall).
The whole system is powered by a Reeflo BlowHole 1100 external pump. Tonight it stopped while running. It had previously gotten stuck once when I turned it off for some maintenance, but it was quick and easy to get it back up and running.

Tonight it was very hot to the touch when I saw that it was stopped. I'm still waiting for it to cool completely to try and restart it.

To the point: I need some suggestions that would be available tomorrow evening or Friday as a replacement. I've looked into the EcoTech M1 as an option. I'll have to mess with the plumbing no matter what I do, so I'm not locked in to internal or external. I've got about 10ft of head pressure from my calculations. The pump is also plumbed into a manifold in the sump and powers the other filters their.

There's no hole in the sump, so it's up and over (how it is plumbed now) or internal.

I live near Summit, so I'm kind of in between Aquatic Obsessions and Absolutely Fish.

If anyone has any suggestions or knows of somewhere else I can go to purchase that would help a lot.

Thanks,
Brett
 
redfishbluefish

redfishbluefish

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Sunny said:
Get a mag 9 and you should be good. Will at AO should have one.
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Sunny, I don't think he'll have close to the needed flow.....a dribble. MAG's are not pressure pumps. I have a MAG 18 in a 55 gallon drum to empty it, and it struggles to go maybe 5 feet or so.
 
Sunny

Sunny

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redfishbluefish said:
Sunny, I don't think he'll have close to the needed flow.....a dribble. MAG's are not pressure pumps. I have a MAG 18 in a 55 gallon drum to empty it, and it struggles to go maybe 5 feet or so.
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That is very strange, Paul. You know where my fish room is in my basement and where my FOWLER was? I was using a mag 18 to pump water to the FOWLER for water changes. It was slow but worked well. He said he is 6 feet out so a Mag 9 sounded good choice to me.

However, the pan 100 you have should work better..
 
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BigRed

Paul,

I think the pan 100xx is probably just what I need. That has 1" in and out right?

Can I come pick it up this evening?
I'm off work at 4, and can come down anytime after that.

Thanks
 
redfishbluefish

redfishbluefish

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Yes, it's 1" and 1" out. I'm retired and home pretty much all the time.....so today after 4 works for me. I'll PM my address.
 
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