Water Pump Swimming In Resevoir?

My water pump doesn't want to stay stuck to the bottom of my res, it falls over and floats around and all. I was wondering if I could add some aquarium silicone to the bottoms of the sticky pads to keep it in spot, or if there was a better solution. Thanks

Cement a very smooth piece of plastic (maybe a cd) that you don't mind leaving there to the bottom of the res. Then the pump will probably stick better to that.

Aquarium silicone wouldn't work instead of cement?

Get a flat plate and stick the pump to that.

I got a plate and it sticks to the plate but now the plate just hangs sideways on the bottom. Would cementing the plate down really be the best option for that?

maybe you could also attach some kind of heavy weight to the pump so it can stay down. I'm thinking a big size rock tied the around the top.

most pumps come with suction cup feet

charon420 said:

maybe you could also attach some kind of heavy weight to the pump so it can stay down. I'm thinking a big size rock tied the around the top.

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theres your solution, just tie a weight like ceramic or clean rock with nylon ropes to the pump

Bwpz said:

I got a plate and it sticks to the plate but now the plate just hangs sideways on the bottom. Would cementing the plate down really be the best option for that?

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Fucking pump...

I don't know what to do now. I guess you'll have to silicone the damned thing.

What kind of gimmick pump did you purchase?

I have only ever used Mag-Drive(Pondmaster) pumps and they are heavy and stay on the bottom no problem! They also don't get warm even when running outside of your res!(same goes when in the res... they don't add any heat!)

Mine's a plastic 100gph $7 pump from an online hydro shop I have a bigger 200gph one but I doubt it'd make a difference xD

Would it be wise to invest in a heavy pump? Do they even make heavy 100gph pumps? I don't like the idea of tying a big rock to my tiny plastic pump to hold it down in my resevoir

I have never had an issue getting any "PondMaster" pump to every stay submerged.

ps. Just a FYI as well. The magnetic driven pump will last 100X longer than a shaft drive pump and will run much cooler. Money invested is well spent on a pump!