Never Trust a RIO Pump!

canadawest · #1 07-14-2002, 05:35 PM

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Originally posted by farmerjo90:
Boy are you ever lucky! It just goes to show that it is well worth it to do research and buy the best quality equipment you can. Andrew where can I get a TDS meter. I see reefpure is gone.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Amen to that Shirley!

For the TDS meter, try AJ at AquariumPros.ca. I know that he's offering them with his RO/DI specials, and I'm sure he'll sell them alone as well. Not as cheap as Reefpure was selling them, but they are in CDN$ and shipping wont be bad. Tell him that canadawest sent you, he might give you a better deal?

Doug · #2 07-14-2002, 06:15 PM

Glad it never hurt the tank Andrew. After similar problems about 4 years ago, I have not used one since.

Jeff · #3 07-15-2002, 02:09 AM

Never had a problem with em. Have one driving the input into my refugium, and one driving my protein skimmer right now. They've been working for years.

Had a powerhead go on me in that manner though...was either a maxijet or a hagen. Black scummy stuff on the top of the water. Was just a circ pump in a bucket of spare rock though [img]smile.gif[/img]

canadawest · #4 07-15-2002, 04:20 AM

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.

farmerjo90 · #5 07-15-2002, 04:56 AM

Boy are you ever lucky! It just goes to show that it is well worth it to do research and buy the best quality equipment you can. Andrew where can I get a TDS meter. I see reefpure is gone.

cheers
shirley

Jacoda · #6 07-15-2002, 02:00 PM

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My RIO 2500 pump exploded and spilled oil everywhere!

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I guess you got an useless impeller I can have.....:-)

Please let me know if you still have it!

[ 15 July 2002, 10:00: Message edited by: Ace ]

naesco · #7 07-15-2002, 10:29 PM

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[ 15 July 2002, 21:39: Message edited by: naesco ]

naesco · #8 07-16-2002, 01:37 AM

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Originally posted by naesco:
Another one.
There ought to be a law against the sale of this product.
It is just a matter of time before a reefer who loses his reef, sues Rio and the LFS who sold it to him

canadawest · #9 07-16-2002, 08:07 PM

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I guess you got an useless impeller I can have.....:-)

Please let me know if you still have it!

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sorry Jack, unfortunately the whole unit went into the garbage that day, and is in a landfill somewhere by now. (Pretty much where it should be)

[ 16 July 2002, 16:07: Message edited by: canadawest ]

Jacoda · #10 07-16-2002, 10:57 PM

Oh well.......had to ask.... :D