[canadawest]

Well I've heard the stories, but now have the first hand experience! :eek:

My RIO 2500 pump exploded and spilled oil everywhere!

I never did trust this pump in the first place because of stories I had read on reef boards (got it with the used Berlin HOT skimmer) so I immediately replaced it with a better Mag 7 to run the skimmer. Have been using the RIO only to mix water for the past 6 months.

I am so thankful that it was just mixing water in one of my large buckets, and not actually in my tank otherwise I suspect I would have lost all my livestock.

Basically it made a bunch of chattering noise, then a pop, then silence. A nasty smell of burnt plastic arose and I went to investigate. The mixing bucket was an ugly cesspool of black oily residue. The pump had cracked and even popped the back cover right off. :mad:

So it is true, the RIO pumps do have some sort of oil in them, and when they go, THEY GO! I wouldn't trust one in my tank EVER! Just a warning for those who have em. The attage, "you get what you pay for" holds true here I guess.