Shopping for a 'return pump;.

[Gungo]

Never had a Jebao Return fail on me, but I have one on storage just in case.

 

[dfarr67]

Vender has high end ones for sale as well and said if you don't need the additional functionality beyond throttling-u can't beat the value of the jebao- very rare to have problems with them.

 

[Cory]

Get an external magnetic drive pump, even a used one in good shape will outlast those cheap brands. Iwaki, pan world, blueline. Every internal pump ive had eventually leaked current in the tank. I dont do in tank electricity anymore its all external. Good luck.

 

[dfarr67]

Installed today. Impression wasn't thrilling- felt cheap, the rear cover kind of fell off with very little persuasion, but it's sealed unit so I left it off. Takes down very easily, cleaned some plastic molding flash off and detailed the parts a bit with a fine file and used silicone lube on the seals and threads. I have no way to measure flow but I suspect the unit on 30% (min) is pumping double what the cannisters did on their own. at 100% the pump is cavitating and in between you can hear it sucking the Sicce into a vacuum. It runs very quiet, cannot hear it over anything else- we'll see how long it lasts. Pump itself is built like a power head like all aquarium pumps I've seen- essentially a mag drive. The reason I ended up with this size- spec'd myself a 5000, always like to go up a step with cheaper items, then the 8000 was on sale $144cdn delivered, so I can't complain.....except for the warranty, pretty cheap butt. Overall, if it lasts- I'd buy again.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Try Hygger off Amazon. I have two of their DC pumps running for over a year. Don't get me wrong, I love my Sicce for return pumps. But sounds like you are seeking supplemental flow in addition to canisters? If so, your system isn't dead if one pump fails.
I run a Hygger 1350 inline with a Oase Biomaster 850 Canister at roughly 65%. It boosts flow nicely. You will need a DC pump so you aren't sucking air into the canister system with an overpowered booster pump.

This is a jebao dcp with a different name

 

[dfarr67]

An update- I run the pump at 30% minimum mostly- with occasional bumps to 50%. Quiet, lots of flow, I run Eheim caged foam intake which shortly collapsed the foam inserts- I now clean the foam twice weekly and increased the count to five modules. Hope the pump has a decent service life.

 

[vetteguy53081]

www.reef2reef.com/threads/brand-new-air-pump-and-return-pump-both-high-output-for-one-low-price-shipped.860162/

 

[dfarr67]

Still happy with the pump- very quiet.