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Lance 08-14-2009 02:52 AM
Most disappointing equipment purchase
 
Ok, let's hear them. We've all done it:

Veng68 08-14-2009 03:04 AM
early 90's........... new to the hobby............... one word............. Skilter [hangs head in shame]

Cheers,
Vic

Myka 08-14-2009 03:10 AM
Bahahaha I bought a Skilter too, and was severely disappointed!! Here I thought I was soooo cool because I had a protein skimmer now! LOL

However, I think my biggest disappointment was buying a Remora. Boo on them.

Lance 08-14-2009 03:31 AM
Mine was a Quiet One 4000 HH. I bought it for a return pump and the thing was a piece of crap! Noisy and would never start up again after being turned off. I finally took it off line and now use it to drain my fish pond for cleaning. About all it's good for.

PoonTang 08-14-2009 04:23 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lance (Post 441015)
Mine was a Quiet One 4000 HH. I bought it for a return pump and the thing was a piece of crap! Noisy and would never start up again after being turned off. I finally took it off line and now use it to drain my fish pond for cleaning. About all it's good for.
Wow thats odd, mine has been great. My worst one is a very noisy prism pro on my qt tank.

Bryan 08-14-2009 05:26 AM
Quite One 3000. Same thing, will not restart after a turn off.

Snappy 08-14-2009 05:47 AM
Mine was an Aqua Medic heater. The control unit went on the original and then again on the replacement and almost cooked all my corals on two seperate occasions so I finally just threw it in the trash where it belonged.

I would say the same about several Aqua Medic products I've bought over the years and have since asked a friend to give me a good swift kick if he ever catches me buying any more of that brand's equipment.:twised:

fkshiu 08-14-2009 05:54 AM
Sea Clown = worst . . . purchase . . . ever.

TrailFish 08-14-2009 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by fkshiu (Post 441044)
sea clown = worst . . . Purchase . . . Ever.
+1

Treebeard 08-14-2009 02:34 PM
I have two of them working great. I have each of them on separate valves which I close before I switch them off. When I restart them I open each valve slowly and let them build up pressure to counteract the back pressure from the line going to the tank.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lance (Post 441015)
Mine was a Quiet One 4000 HH. I bought it for a return pump and the thing was a piece of crap! Noisy and would never start up again after being turned off. I finally took it off line and now use it to drain my fish pond for cleaning. About all it's good for.

Treebeard 08-14-2009 02:40 PM
Same here. I cannot believe retailers sell those POS!
I also bought a Remora Pro from Canreefer who was quitting the hobby and assured me it worked great. That's 90 bucks I'll never see again.


Quote:
Originally Posted by fkshiu (Post 441044)
Sea Clown = worst . . . purchase . . . ever.

Tom R 08-14-2009 03:38 PM
I have thought about this for a while now and the list is numerous fortunately the majority of these items are from my early days in the hobby.

Not sure if it is the worst (because I did buy a Sea Cone Skimmer that Eric of King Ed's swore it would do a 135G) but one of the first return pumps I purchased was a Mag-Drive 18 and it not only was the loudest grinding noisiest pump it also produced major heat problems in my tank.

Tom R

fragNplug 08-14-2009 04:35 PM
Brine shrimp hatchery
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Lance 08-14-2009 05:13 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Snappy (Post 441040)
Mine was an Aqua Medic heater. The control unit went on the original and then again on the replacement and almost cooked all my corals on two seperate occasions so I finally just threw it in the trash where it belonged.

I would say the same about several Aqua Medic products I've bought over the years and have since asked a friend to give me a good swift kick if he ever catches me buying any more of that brand's equipment.:twised:

This would be my second worst purchase. Same thing happened to mine. Lasted about 2 months and the controller went.

whatcaneyedo 08-14-2009 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Lance (Post 441112)
This would be my second worst purchase. Same thing happened to mine. Lasted about 2 months and the controller went.
AquaMedic replaced two of those heaters and one of those controllers for me before my current ones actually worked. However I've never owned a heater that was reliable... Ebo Jager and Hagen are no better in my experience.

I'd have to say that my worst purchase would be the three Coralife 65W PC fixtures I've bought. On two of them the ballasts just blew after less than a year of use for no reason. I've owned a lot of different light fixtures, pendants and retro fits and no other one has ever done that.

mseepman 08-14-2009 11:25 PM
Worst had to be a Prizm skimmer at LFS pricing. This thing never skimmed, though I re-tried it at least 10 times.

lastlight 08-15-2009 12:06 AM
My depressing story was my last tank. 400 gallons built on site. It was also cut apart and sold for cheap (lost about $3000 on that deal) after I finished sledge-hammering the marble tile wall i had it in. Only ever saw fw a few times to leak-test.

Good news was we were moving to a new house and I took that opportunity to build my current tank on the main floor.

Snappy 08-15-2009 03:19 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo (Post 441122)
AquaMedic replaced two of those heaters and one of those controllers for me before my current ones actually worked. However I've never owned a heater that was reliable... Ebo Jager and Hagen are no better in my experience.

I'd have to say that my worst purchase would be the three Coralife 65W PC fixtures I've bought. On two of them the ballasts just blew after less than a year of use for no reason. I've owned a lot of different light fixtures, pendants and retro fits and no other one has ever done that.
I actually kept the titanium heater part but trashed the controller and now I just use it on a timer to come on for a few hours at night if it's cold.

banditpowdercoat 08-15-2009 03:29 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Snappy (Post 441241)
I actually kept the titanium heater part but trashed the controller and now I just use it on a timer to come on for a few hours at night if it's cold.
I put a regular heater on the controller. Darn thing goes nutz with power bumps. Once it set itself for 294C Yes, 294C I caugfht it at a tank tamp of 92. Lost all LPS and my shrimp.

So ya, worst purchase Aquamedic temp controller.

Ian 08-15-2009 03:33 AM
Yup same here quiet one 4000....POS

fencer 08-15-2009 04:53 PM
Any PC light fixture.....

I'd kill for a Brine shrimp hatchery ;)


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