New Marineland Maxi-Jet Submersible Pumps - Anyone Tried?

[lhoy]

I am referring to the new submersible pumps and NOT the powerheads. I am looking for something for my chiller and top-off units. I find the powerheads to just stop working at times. Of course, they would run continuously on the chiller and only as needed on the top-off.

If you have used, what is your experience so far? Has anyone seen them at the LFS's in Austin?

Lee

[caferacermike]

Why not just buy Eheim and buy a known quality the first time?

[lhoy]

They won't fit in the back chamber of my Current Solana. I will be running my chiller which will be about 3' below the top of the tank.

I love eheims but I don't think their smaller submersibles will provide enough flow.

Lee

[caferacermike]

Ah I see.

I just have a very hard time trusting anything labeled "Marineland". Somehow they seem to make products that perform worse than Coralife. I thought all that Marineland stuff was sold at the pet retailer stores.

[lhoy]

It is weird, if you check their website it is like they have two lines, the typical "crap" like penguin powerheads and then Maxi-jets. I suspect they do have a "cheaper" line for the typical pet stores and then there new tanks (which are pretty awesome with low iron glass) and these new pumps which have a 3 YEAR WARRANTY!!

Lee

[coraline79]

one of the lfs's here in town told me they are german made. I think the same as ehiem. + they make them in more gph

[lhoy]

Yea, I saw that they were called "Euro" so I ordered the 1800 model off of That Fish Place. It was like $30 cheaper than the same model at MarineDepot. I will let everyone know what it is like and post some pics.

Lee

[lhoy]

Well, I bought the new marineland maxi-jet submersible pump (model 1800) best price by far was That Fish Place. This pump is DEAD silent, powerful and running my Current 1/10th HP chiller quite well. I LOVE the pump body on this thing.

It pushes 474 gph at 0' head and you can swap the cover for a another that will let you run tubing off the intake and outtake. It is smaller than the eheims and MUCH cheaper.

I was impressed with the construction of this thing. It is sitting above my return pump in the back of my Solana.

I did have to buy a 3/4" garden hose adapter for 1/2 tubing to match the in and outs on my chiller and it is working fine. Got that at home depot for $1.50.

Lee

[fjr_wertheimber]

If you don't mind my asking, how much did you pay for that pump?

[lhoy]

It was $48.98 at That Fish Place.

Lee

[cpreefguy]

Nice, I saw one at a workshop at MACNA.
I think I will order one too. Do you have any pics of it in your back chamber?

[lhoy]

Sean,

Here is the best I could get. You can see the adapter I added from Home Depot and the tubing. You can sort of see the stock pump below the Maxi-Jet pump. The gray thing is the JBJ ATO float and the other gray is extra holders from JBJ ATO that I connected the outflow tube to.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/lhoy/Tank9_19_2008022.jpg

Lee

[cpreefguy]

Does the pump run your chiller and return? Or just the chiller?

[lhoy]

Just the chiller, the return pump is the stock pump that came with it (not even sure the brand). Since I don't use the return pump for flow, I just kept the stock pump that came with it.

Lee

[cpreefguy]

Hey Lee,
How is the pump holding up?

I just ordered the 1100 to replace my mag 5 return, can't wait to try it out!