Rio 20 feedback

[whatcaneyedo]

I once used a CPR Bak Pak skimmer that came with a Rio 600 pump. The impeller shaft for the Rio is metal and rusts! For small pumps I prefer Maxi Jets and Danner Mag Drives.

[midgetwaiter]

Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo

I once used a CPR Bak Pak skimmer that came with a Rio 600 pump. The impeller shaft for the Rio is metal and rusts! For small pumps I prefer Maxi Jets and Danner Mag Drives.

Rio HF pumps have ceramic shafts. Maxijets rust too, double check yours.

[whatcaneyedo]

I just checked out of curiousity, no rust on the maxi jet shaft after a little more than a year. So far so good. The two Rios I have delt with that had metal shafts must have been quite a few years old. I see on their site that all of them use ceramic shafts now. Problem solved.