quietest submersible return pump?

gerry45

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what would be quietest return pump for my sump? tank is 120 gallon so 350-500 gph should be ok.

have a resun that pumps 550-1000gph now but is too loud
 
well i cannot tell you an exact model because i dont know the hieght it will ahve to travel, or the number olbows, ect. But i can give you a few brands and recomendations. I have heard that quite one and Rios are very quiet. However, rios dont have the best reputation for quality. quiet ones are the breatest, but are decent.
here are some recomendations to make yours more quite.
-take some eggcrates (not the stuff over your tank, but the foam stuff you put on your bed) or jsut another block of foam, make sure it is clean, and silicone it to the bottom of your pump. This will handle a lot of the vibrations.also, if you want to redo your plumming, if you switch some of your normal hard PVC pipe to flexed PVC like spaflex, that willalso absorb a lot.
 
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