Return pump for a 60g cube setup - suggestions needed

[WiscoFishNut]

Hey folks,

I'm in the equipment gathering phase for my next setup, a 60g cube with corner overflow. The sump is a Fiji Cube Fiji-20 2nd gen. Currently I have a Jebao DCT4000 on order, but it won't arrive until somewhere between July 22nd - August 12th. I'll have everything else for the setup by July 11th, so I don't really want to wait around that long lol. My inpatient side got me looking for an alternative that I can get sooner. Also, the low price point of the pump kind of scares me.. What are some other pumps that I should consider? I know I want a controllable, DC pump for sure.

Thanks in advance! I'll start up a new build thread here in a week or two once all the pieces arrive.

 

[EmdeReef]

Jebao is by far the cheapest I’ve found and honestly they work great.

Skimz is probably another underrated brand IMO. I’ve had one running for 2 years without cleaning it once.

, probably gonna be on sale for the 4th. If you don’t want to spend too much as it’s a temporary solution, may just pick up a sicce syncra and then replace with jebao once it arrives.

 

[pelphrey]

I just took my neptune cor20 off my tank (partial tank partout) and installed the jecod 4000 and... It's silent! As far as long term I can't speak to that but its working!

 

[EmdeReef]

I just took my neptune cor20 off my tank (partial tank partout) and installed the jecod 4000 and... It's silent! As far as long term I can't speak to that but its working!

I’ve had it for about 6 months feeding the clarisea filter without a single cleaning so far.

 

[WiscoFishNut]

Jebao is by far the cheapest I’ve found and honestly they work great.

Skimz is probably another underrated brand IMO. I’ve had one running for 2 years without cleaning it once.

, probably gonna be on sale for the 4th. If you don’t want to spend too much as it’s a temporary solution, may just pick up a sicce syncra and then replace with jebao once it arrives.

I just took my neptune cor20 off my tank (partial tank partout) and installed the jecod 4000 and... It's silent! As far as long term I can't speak to that but its working!

I’ve had it for about 6 months feeding the clarisea filter without a single cleaning so far.

Thanks for the feedback everyone! I'll wait till the 4th and see if BRS has a sale going and pull the trigger then.