Most disappointing equipment purchase

Myka · #1 08-14-2009, 03:10 AM

Bahahaha I bought a Skilter too, and was severely disappointed!! Here I thought I was soooo cool because I had a protein skimmer now! LOL

However, I think my biggest disappointment was buying a Remora. Boo on them.

Lance · #2 08-14-2009, 03:31 AM

Mine was a Quiet One 4000 HH. I bought it for a return pump and the thing was a piece of crap! Noisy and would never start up again after being turned off. I finally took it off line and now use it to drain my fish pond for cleaning. About all it's good for.

PoonTang · #3 08-14-2009, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Lance

Mine was a Quiet One 4000 HH. I bought it for a return pump and the thing was a piece of crap! Noisy and would never start up again after being turned off. I finally took it off line and now use it to drain my fish pond for cleaning. About all it's good for.

Wow thats odd, mine has been great. My worst one is a very noisy prism pro on my qt tank.

Bryan · #4 08-14-2009, 05:26 AM

Quite One 3000. Same thing, will not restart after a turn off.

Snappy · #5 08-14-2009, 05:47 AM

Mine was an Aqua Medic heater. The control unit went on the original and then again on the replacement and almost cooked all my corals on two seperate occasions so I finally just threw it in the trash where it belonged.

I would say the same about several Aqua Medic products I've bought over the years and have since asked a friend to give me a good swift kick if he ever catches me buying any more of that brand's equipment.

fkshiu · #6 08-14-2009, 05:54 AM

Sea Clown = worst . . . purchase . . . ever.

TrailFish · #7 08-14-2009, 02:15 PM

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sea clown = worst . . . Purchase . . . Ever.

+1

Treebeard · #8 08-14-2009, 02:40 PM

Same here. I cannot believe retailers sell those POS!
I also bought a Remora Pro from Canreefer who was quitting the hobby and assured me it worked great. That's 90 bucks I'll never see again.

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Sea Clown = worst . . . purchase . . . ever.

Lance · #9 08-14-2009, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Snappy

Mine was an Aqua Medic heater. The control unit went on the original and then again on the replacement and almost cooked all my corals on two seperate occasions so I finally just threw it in the trash where it belonged.

I would say the same about several Aqua Medic products I've bought over the years and have since asked a friend to give me a good swift kick if he ever catches me buying any more of that brand's equipment.

This would be my second worst purchase. Same thing happened to mine. Lasted about 2 months and the controller went.

whatcaneyedo · #10 08-14-2009, 05:58 PM

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This would be my second worst purchase. Same thing happened to mine. Lasted about 2 months and the controller went.

AquaMedic replaced two of those heaters and one of those controllers for me before my current ones actually worked. However I've never owned a heater that was reliable... Ebo Jager and Hagen are no better in my experience.

I'd have to say that my worst purchase would be the three Coralife 65W PC fixtures I've bought. On two of them the ballasts just blew after less than a year of use for no reason. I've owned a lot of different light fixtures, pendants and retro fits and no other one has ever done that.