Jebao Jecod/DCT Marine Controllable Water Pump (DCT-12000)

I was a bit worried about ordering a pump from a brand I've not heard of but my experience with this pump so far as been great. Note that when I received my pump, I got the DCS model, rather, than the DCT model -- a bit of googling suggests that this is a slightly newer model. This is a brushless DC pump that has a nice electronic control with a convenient feed-mode which stops flow for about ten minutes. The electronic control is also really handy for dialing the power back for smaller tanks.

Everything is great

Works really well

So far this pump is working well for me. I have this pump installed on a Casco pet store aquarium system (like the ones they use at Petco stores). The system has 7 tanks, holding about 90 gallons of water. The tanks have a common sump, where the pump is submerged, that holds another 30 gallons. I am running this pump on about 3/4 of the maximum flow rate, which is very easy to set form the control panel. I use the feed hold daily and the slow start-up feature is easy on the plumbing and keeps my fish from getting blasted when the pump comes back on. The pump I replaced was a Reeflo Swordtail external pump. The Reeflo pump had a bit too much flow for the tank system, and wasn't directly controllable. The tank system's plumbing had a complex set of valves and return lines to help adjust the flow. It was hard to get the right balance of flow to each tank by adjusting all these valves. The Jebao pump's control panel has allowed me to remove the flow control lines and valves, and provides much easier push button flow control. Because it is submerged, the Jebao pump is super quiet. I would even call it silent. So far I am very satisfied with this pump's performance. The only thing that seems to be lacking for this pump is plumbing connection options. Even though the multiple size hose connector works, I would have liked to have the option to adapt this directly to the hard line plumbing of my system, without having to get creative at the hardware store buying parts to make an adapter. Using the included hose adapter in my system has the output sticking out the top of my sump instead of out the side where it belongs. It probably wouldn't be an issue if my sump were deeper, but it is only 13 inches deep. With the inclusion of some additional standard plumbing adapters, I would have rated this pump 5 stars.

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