Opinions about power heads

Lillyan

Lillyan

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So here is a list of PHs, what do you guys think is the best one? I have a Topfin 30, it kinda sucks and it clogs easily which makes it stop, but that would be my fault, lol.
I'd like to order tonight, so please post your insight.

Aqueon Circulation Pump
JBJ SP-1300 Power Head or the 2500
Maxi-Jet Pro 1200
 
I have a couple maxi's that have been running a long time, I also have Aqueon but as a recent acquisition, I can't really comment on its long term durability, but so far they seem pretty nice.
 
Well, I want to know if they really get the water moving or not. The Topfin 30 even cleaned out doesn't really do anything..plants hardly wiggle.

Are they rated the same, if so, does the Aqueon have a stronger current than the Maxi?

Took the JBJ out of the running.
 
They both move the water, the maxi's came with the setup when I bought it so I'm not sure on the model number, the 2 aqueons are great they're 1250's in my 90g reef.
 
The Maxi-Jet's move water quite nicely. I recently changed mine back to powerhead mode and it still pushes pretty nicely from one end of the tank to the other (in a 5' 60g tank). Had it in circulation mode and it pushed a lot of water. Kept getting complaints that the fish were hiding in the rockwork too much. :rofl:

They are a bit on the big side though.
 
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