Water blaster 5000 or 7000

dirtybird29 · Apr 12, 2015

I'm looking at replacing my return pump.
Let me get yalls opinion on which pump I should use(water blaster 5000 or 7000)
I have a 180 gallon mixed reef with left and right corner over flows with a 36 gallon sump
I would also like to plumb in my gfo reactor with this pump also. I know I'll have to throttle it down to do this.
Let's hears yalls opinions!!

redfishbluefish · Apr 12, 2015

I'm not crazy about either one. They are not pressure rated pumps and their flow drops off quickly with head. Here are the head loss graphs on both pumps.

If you're stuck on one of these two pumps, I'd go with the 7000.

dirtybird29 · Apr 12, 2015

Whats pump would you suggest?

dirtybird29 · Apr 12, 2015

redfishbluefish said:
I'm not crazy about either one. They are not pressure rated pumps and their flow drops off quickly with head. Here are the head loss graphs on both pumps.

If you're stuck on one of these two pumps, I'd go with what would you suggest then?

dirtybird29 · Apr 12, 2015

dirtybird29 said:
redfishbluefish said:

I'm not crazy about either one. They are not pressure rated pumps and their flow drops off quickly with head. Here are the head loss graphs on both pumps.

If you're stuck on one of these two pumps, I'd go with what would you suggest then?

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What pump would suggest?

redfishbluefish · Apr 12, 2015

I would go for one of the DC pumps......quite, controlable, low energy consumption. More specifically, I'd most likely go for the Jebao DCT 12000 pump for you're 180 gallon DT. Here's the headloss for three of the Jebao's pumps

dirtybird29 · Apr 12, 2015

redfishbluefish said:
I would go for one of the DC pumps......quite, controlable, low energy consumption. More specifically, I'd most likely go for the Jebao DCT 12000 pump for you're 180 gallon DT. Here's the headloss for three of the Jebao's pumps

Thanks for the info

dirtybird29 · Apr 12, 2015

I do hear people say there having trouble with the jeboao dc pumps only after a year or so. This comes from more than on forum. What your thought on that?

sc50964 · Apr 13, 2015

Try deepwater dc pumps. They are higher quality pumps that are low in power consumption rate and high in flow output.

sc50964 · Apr 13, 2015

Or fluval sp pumps. Those are nice too.

reefndude · Apr 13, 2015

No issues with my jaebo DC 9000. Been running for about 1.5 yrs.

AZDesertRat · Apr 13, 2015

I love my WaterBlaster HY-5000. I think like many reputable manufacturers, the pump curve is very conservative and they actually do handle head very well. If you are thinking about a constant speed pump that is efficient I would highly recommend them.