What is a good reliable return pump

[Palmer]

I have had good success with RIO in my freshwater tanks. My first RIO I used for my 125 gallon for 10 years and it still works well. I wanted to upgrade and turnover the tank more so I upgraded to a RIO with higher flow rates and am pleased again with this brand.

Palmer

[megs_clark]

I was just reading the adds for the eheim and noticed their not self priming. Living somewhere where the power goes out often, do you think this is a bad thing or not a big deal?

[RuGlu6]

Originally Posted by megs_clark

I was just reading the adds for the eheim and noticed their not self priming. Living somewhere where the power goes out often, do you think this is a bad thing or not a big deal?

Not a problem if you have it in the sump, or at lowest water lewel.

[Skimmerking]

IME you want simple go with a internal pump like A MAG i have this mag 12 its been going on 5 years same impellar and its quiet ,but in the end its up to what you want.

[Sebae again]

I have an Eheim and a Mag. Both reliable but the Eheim runs much quieter and cooler. You only have to prime it the first time unless you take it out of the water.

[Doug]

Ocean Runner

[fkshiu]

My Eheim has been bulletproof for years even though I only clean it maybe once a year. It's underrated too - I've got it on a manifold supplying 2 phosban reactors, my calcium reactor, flow for the refugium and I still have plenty of flow up to the display. It's vastly superior to a Mag and runs much cooler as well.

[RuGlu6]

if you want silent and reliable get eheim.
MagDrives and "quietone's" are very noisy pumps.
i used to have magdrives and now switched to Eheim.