Replacing Biocube 29 return pump and power heads.

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Currently I have a marineland pump in mine, and have no idea of what the gph on it is. I was looking at a couple options to replace it with. If I am not mistaken the OEM pump you can pick up from Coralife is at 265 gph.

Is 500 to 6 00 going to be overkill? What should I look for? Anyone have a favorite out of the 3?

1. Marineland maxi-jet 110 - 500 gph
2. SICCE Syncra Silent 2.0 - 568 gph
3. Jebao DCP-2500 - 660 gph

Anyone have a favorite out of the 3?

As for the power heads I was thinking picking up of these, to replace the Koralia 425 and Evo 750 gph ( in a box somewhere, missing parts) or something as a pair that is bit less powerful at the same price range. Opinions welcome here again.

1. AI Nero 3 - 2k gph
2. Jebao SLW-10 4k -gph

I worry about blowing the tank up with this much force. :D
 
for the return I would either go with the sicce or the jebao and here is why: I have had experience with both brands, sicce are of higher build quality and more reliability. while jebao are also very good and have my wavemakers from them with no issues. I also do believe that the jebao comes with a controller (not sure about that).
for the wavemakers the jebao is an excellent budget friendly option but if you don't mind paying the extra buck I would go with the nero you cant beat them, silent, app controllability, slim profile, etc...
 
for the return I would either go with the sicce or the jebao and here is why: I have had experience with both brands, sicce are of higher build quality and more reliability. while jebao are also very good and have my wavemakers from them with no issues. I also do believe that the jebao comes with a controller (not sure about that).
for the wavemakers the jebao is an excellent budget friendly option but if you don't mind paying the extra buck I would go with the nero you cant beat them, silent, app controllability, slim profile, etc...
Awesome thanks for confirming what I was thinking. I ordered the Sicce yesterday.
I was looking on Amazon for the AI Nano 3 it was $249 LOL, not finding it in stock at the other places I would generally use, maybe ebay but I would rather not pick it up from there. I think its supposed to retail for $150 to $170
 

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