HBtank
02/05/2013, 02:58 PM
I am looking to replace the pump on my DAS EX-1 (Deltec APF-600 clone), due to serious vibration/age. The pump is an Aquabee 2000/1. It is set up as a gravity fed recirculating skimmer, running external to my sump. It fits my tank/stand perfectly, I really do not need a different design, just a pump.
There are little to no direct replacement options for the pump that are not very espensive. Even a new impeller is well over $100, which may well be the only problem. Regardless, I do not feel like buying another or getting replacment parts since this pump is dissapearing and harder and harder to maintain without spending sily amounts of cash/time. I tried getting a Red Devil SP3 with no luck, and the more I look the less I find in terms of places that deal with it.
So... I would like to adapt another more common pump to my skimmer. What are the current pumps that can be reliably run in-line, and externally?
I was thinking of a Sicce PSK-1000 until I read it runs HOT and should be submerged. The other problem is the inlet and outlet can't be off-set. I was looking at the Bubble Blasters, but they have that issue, which would make adapting it a much bigger PITA.
Any ideas?
There are little to no direct replacement options for the pump that are not very espensive. Even a new impeller is well over $100, which may well be the only problem. Regardless, I do not feel like buying another or getting replacment parts since this pump is dissapearing and harder and harder to maintain without spending sily amounts of cash/time. I tried getting a Red Devil SP3 with no luck, and the more I look the less I find in terms of places that deal with it.
So... I would like to adapt another more common pump to my skimmer. What are the current pumps that can be reliably run in-line, and externally?
I was thinking of a Sicce PSK-1000 until I read it runs HOT and should be submerged. The other problem is the inlet and outlet can't be off-set. I was looking at the Bubble Blasters, but they have that issue, which would make adapting it a much bigger PITA.
Any ideas?