Need to know what is the quietest & highest GPH return pump

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by fishytime

Look into the gold line of reeflo pumps Greg.... Whisper quiet and won't break the bank......... Or if you wanna break the bank get a red dragon

That is what I think I have is the hammerhead Gold. Got it from Brett for 3 bills.

[fishytime]

Ooops ....You find it loud????..... Have you got it sitting on any foam or something????.... Hard plumbed????

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by fishytime

Ooops ....You find it loud????..... Have you got it sitting on any foam or something????.... Hard plumbed????

Put it this way, I can hear it on the second floor of my house. The pump has 1 1/2" ins & outs but I had to reduce them down to 1" & the only way to change it is to empty the tank & that won't happen for a month or 2 yet.

I started with a 1200 GPH pump then switched to a Dart (2400) but wanted more flow hence HAMMERhead

I have some sound dampening pads so I think I will see if I can get one under it & cut a thick piece of foam or sound proof padding to go under the plywood but can't do that until ATO tank is empty.

[reefwars]

i find this works well

[lastlight]

There's no way any of the larger reeflo pumps are livingroom quiet. I'm not up to speed on the newer pumps but the largest red dragon is 900 plus dollars and likely won't flow quite as much. There are the even more expensive abyzz pumps. I don't think the tunze have near the flow you're after either...

Quiet and normal flow is pricey. Quiet and hammerhead equivalent flow is crazy pricey!

Your pump is not the gold version btw. also, to my knowledge the gold versions flow a bit more and aren't any quieter. The best you can do with reeflo pumps for noise is get the better baldor versions which yours is.

[The Grizz]

I couldn't remember if it was the gold version but it has kick arse flow & have no doubt that it will be much quieter in the new tank, not reducing the inlet & going with 2 - 1" outlets on each of the 4 outlets from my OM 4way, which has a 1 1/2" inlet.

Just looking for something a little quieter for a short spell as this tank will be getting broke down into a 90 gal & 120 gal while I do a granite floor for under the tank & build the new one.

[lastlight]

Missed the part about you reducing the inlet. I'm no expert I only know that's really bad for any pump and there's no way it's pushing what it's rated for. I'll bet it's pulling all the watts though. So to find an equal pump to the flow you're probably pulling thru one inch pipe... You might not have to aim so high.

The restriction Might be making it noisier as well.

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Missed the part about you reducing the inlet. I'm no expert I only know that's really bad for any pump. Might be making it noisier as well.

Kind of what I was thinking too.

[hillegom]

As fishytime alludes to:
Put your pump on some foam and place a piece of rubber hose between your pump and plumbing, intake and out. If your pump is isolated, vibration will not easily rattle everything in the house.

[mark]

2 Darts in parallel?