return pump suggestions??

[mike31154]

Originally Posted by i have crabs

ive always been to scared to run an external, to many chances of water ending up outside the tank i think, ive always used mag pumps with never one problem so far, and i just bought a red dragon 4.5 that ill be running as an internal also.
is thier any advantage to running a external over an internal return?

One more consideration with external vs. internal is that with external there's one less electrical cord in the water. External will make more noise though, water is a pretty good muffler.

To the OP, currently I don't have a sump but will have a basement sump when I set up a 90 in the future. I purchased a minimally used Pan World NH-150PS (external use only) from a fellow hobbyist on this forum. Larger models are available. It's a pressure rated pump and will do well up to 20 ft of head +. Max. head is 30 ft I think. I've read that they are comparable to Iwaki pumps but not as costly. Apparently one of the engineers for PanWorld used to work for Iwaki.