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<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?

Never Trust a RIO Pump!
 

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

Never Trust a RIO Pump!
 

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]

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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.

Never Trust a RIO Pump!
 

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

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<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 ]

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

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<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 ]

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