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Old 01/07/2008, 02:36 AM
manderx manderx is offline
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i really like aqualifters for cheap&easy topoff pumps. they are only 12 bucks and give you a nice slow drip so you can dose kalk with it. plus it can use 1/4" poly for the intake and outlet hoses so it's really easy to route and mount. make sure you wire in a relay rather than pushing full 120v current through the float switches (even though they say they are rated for it). we tried that on reefdad's tank and bad things happened after a few months.

a nice step up if you can get lucky is a cheap lab-grade peristaltic off ebay. i've gotten a couple masterflexes for 35 bucks each.