Pump Question...

[rich_one]

Okay... so now that I finally have my 125 gallon, soon-to-be discus tank up and running, due to the setup in my basement, I will need to use a pump system for my water changes. Basically, I plan to keep some sort of Rubbermaid-type trash can to age the water, and use a pump (thinking submersible) to pump that water into the tank. At the same time, I am thinking of using a separate pump (inline... won't be submerged, though, can be a submersible pump, if it can also be uses inline), to pump the water out of the tank and into a draing during the water changes.

I am looking at pumps on kensfish.com... and there are many choices. So, I was hoping for a bit of guidance here, in soliciting what others are using and/or recommend for what I am describing above. I really appreciate the input.

The pumps I am looking at are at:

http://www.kensfish.com/waterpumplinks.html (http://www.kensfish.com/waterpumplinks.html)

Thanks all, in advance for your insight!

-Rich

[andyjh]

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=215751&highlight=dolly

Hi Rich- I do my water changes in s similar way to your proposed method. I'm using the RIO 1400, also from www.kensfish.com (http://www.kensfish.com)
I like it because it pumps the water at a reasonable flow rate. So far so good.
Andy

[rich_one]

that's awesome info, man... thanks!

-Rich

[rich_one]

Think I'm gonna go with the Maxi-Jet 1800 for pumping the aged water from the container to the tank, and a Maxi-Jet 1100 for pumping from the tank to the tub. The pump sending water from the tank to the tub doesn't need any head, while the pump sending water from the container to the tank would need about 5 feet... the 1800 has 7.5 feet.

Sound good?

-Rich