TNreefguy Posted September 10, 2002 Share Posted September 10, 2002 anybody know of a good powerhead that will not stall easy to clean and reliable. cause rios sux Link to comment
Crakeur Posted September 10, 2002 Share Posted September 10, 2002 technically, rios suck and blow. Link to comment
NaNO ReeFiN Posted September 10, 2002 Share Posted September 10, 2002 I've been using Rios for 9+ months now and I've never had a problem with them. Link to comment
Strife Posted September 10, 2002 Share Posted September 10, 2002 i have been using Rios for 2 years now, and i have not have problems with it... I always hear people saying that its not good, but most of them has never kept a rio before. its all past along by other people that have had bad experience with them... i have heard too many reasons like, rio's will release oil when it burns...it will release copper, it breaks...etc.. but no proofs , which really sucK...it causes other people to hate products that are actually good...so please, base your opinions on personal experience, and not from other peoples mouth.. Link to comment
Dave ESPI Posted September 10, 2002 Share Posted September 10, 2002 Originally posted by Crakeur technically, rios suck and blow. yes, yes they do VERY MUCH... I hate them. . I like OTTO pumps ( OLD STYLE) they ran forever. As well as hagen reversable flows and any Aquarium System mini jets. My Duetto internal filters are still running like new and some are nearly 4 years old. Link to comment
Glenn Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 Go to reefcentral and do a search on "broken Rios". It was a thread posted awhile back. There ended up being about 4-5 pages of people with personal experiences of them breaking, and some pic's of some that just melted! FWIW, I have a Rio running my skimmer, it came with it and I am keeping a close eye on it. Link to comment
JIM27 Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 I've heard a lot of bad things about rio's although I have no bad experience, exept they are hard to start back up sometimes. I use two rio 2500's in my shark tank. Not the best pump IME(not the worst either though) Link to comment
printerdown01 Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 Been using rios for years, and no complaints yet... but hey we all have our favorites... not to mention different experiances! Link to comment
Bocephous Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 For the record marineland powerheads will shoot a piece gravel 20' across the fishroom consistantly while out of water. It's my favorite weapon. Damn it's a good thing you dont know what Petco I work at. Link to comment
Rocket_155 Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 well rio do suck : but you could try an Atman the are great they have a changable output range. I've had no probs with them. Link to comment
Mnesarchus Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 I havent ever used a rio, but my maxi-jet kicks ass. Link to comment
jjharrisx4 Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 I have a bunch of rios and they all work great, but my faves are the aquaclear 402 or 802....I've had some for over 12 years running 24/7 with no problems. Link to comment
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