Rio 800 pump opinions?

[reefburnaby]

Hi,

I have one of those...and I think it is aweful. I built a HOT-1 skimmer and it works fine as a combine pump + venturi. However, the impeller tends to be a weak point in the design. Basically, the impeller blades is kept level via a plastic shaft. The plastic shaft sits on top of the magnet. The plastic shaft tends to wear out and cause the impeller blades to lean toward the plastic case and make a rattling noise. Over time, the noise gets worse until you either fix it or the blades break off. To fix the problem, I super glued the impeller blades to the shaft. No problems after that...until the super glue breaks off...and I have to glue it again.

So..either glue it when it starts making funky noises or get a Maxijet 1200 with turbo venturi. I have a couple of the Maxijets now...so far they are pretty good.

- Victor.

[ 17 December 2001: Message edited by: reefburnaby ]