pump

[beckdg]

a rio 1700??? i had a 2100 and would not think of putting it in a viv that was not huge... and then there's the electrical thing... 300 gph should be more than enough for most vivs though i would think.

[froggsong]

How about one that is 6-8 feet tall? lol... I want a somewhat powerful flow on a water fall going up from the bottom all the way to the top.

I'm probably going with one that's around 300 gph, I just need to do a little more research on how the whole height flow things work so I know what I am buying is going to do what I want it to.

I ended up not buying the pump and other equipment from craigslist, so I'll just have to spend the 40 bucks on a new pump.

[beckdg]

i'd say check out the stats... like 100-300 gph at a 6' head should be fine... so yeah that would be fine i think... maybe not enough (barely)... also the 2100 is the first in the rio line where the amperage and wattage jump up... so try to stay under that and it should give you pretty good flow for almost half the monthly bill... that actually made me mad... i bought mine by the stats that were everywhere and when i got it i checked again and a few sites had already updated... i had bought one size higher than i wanted due to wattage... they bumped it up and i got stuck in the middle... argh... anyway ur welcome for the history lesson... don't buy rio for the risk... they work great imo... but bzzzt is not worth it!