Last week, I started a weekly column, taking advantage of the new Comparison Shopping tool at The Reef Tank.

As I mentioned last week, my goal with this column will be to emphasize the importance of researching before buying anything for your tank. I was in for a few surprises when I focused on Protein Skimmers.

This week, I am focusing on Water Pumps. I checked more than half of the 136 products in stock in this category. 

But with even more products in stock, I figured there would be even more drastic price differences.  Nevertheless, many of the differences again ranged from 10 to 20 % for most products.  

But there were quite a few big surprises.  I did find many brands where the price differences were as high as 40 and 50% for the same product between stores. Some were even higher.

Take a look at the big differences in the Little Giant products (particularly the Little Giant 3-MDQ-SC Pump and the Little Giant 3-MDQX-SC Pump),  Reeflo pumps (check out the huge range in the Reeflo Dart)and pumps from Iwaki (i.e. the Iwaki MD20RLT Water Pump w/ a Japanese motor.) 

Upon noticing these price differences though, I realized that a lot of the reason for the really really inexpensive price was that a lot of the pumps could be found on EBay and Amazon. Again, that goes to show you that like the protein skimmers last week, it might just be worth it to buy used stuff, especially when you don't want to pay a hefty sum.  

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