Rio Pumps

[jblaze]

Please be advised they are known to quit working/not restart and kill everything in your tank by electrocution.

[mikebo502]

Rio pumps hardly seem worth while. I only use them for mixing salt and water changes.

[lth03]

I have rio pump and have both luck and bad luck with them.The bad luck one is the one with regular power cord seem to has alot of problem with quit working,electrocution but the UL list with 3-sponge power cord cost about $7-16 more last a long time,I owned about 6 Rio pump and only have bad luck with one Rio 2100 with regular power cord.

[ManTis]

yea he sold it to me...........hahahaha joking.......:D

still works fine for me.......not a problem yet...........


I have rio pump and have both luck and bad luck with them.The bad luck one is the one with regular power cord seem to has alot of problem with quit working,electrocution but the UL list with 3-sponge power cord cost about $7-16 more last a long time,I owned about 6 Rio pump and only have bad luck with one Rio 2100 with regular power cord.

[SDguy]

RC is littered with accounts of them nuking tanks. Please don't use them for your tank.

[coral diver]

If you dont want to end up the same faith that i had change it now!!!!!!!

[lth03]

Sorry again to hear your story Jojo,the hammer coral you sold to me few months ago doing good in my tank.
Mantis,the Rio 3100 you bough from my brother is doing fine,remember this:do not shake the pump when it is quit working,you have to take it out of your tank,disassemble it,clean and put them back together,sometime they get dirty and stuck.Last time my Rio died when it quit working,I try to shake it and get shock from electricity,I guess when they stuck they got heat up and when I shake them they broke out.

[Jasonincuritiba]

Rio has had a bad name in the past, but since they have changed all their pumps to be UL-Listed, I have not had one problem with them, neither has any of my servicing accounts. I really like the Hyper Flows, I have a 12HF on my 70 gallon and two 6HF on my 28g Nanocube. I am sure most of the problems are people using old pumps and rehashing old outdated information. An example of this would be the Rio Pumps leak oil into your tank. Maybe ten years ago that was the case but since then they have sealed their pumps just like every other manufacturer. Hydor Pumps also use to have a bad name, but they have also changed. They did have a recall on the Koralia Pumps (2s,3s) when they first came out but have since corrected that also, so if you buy a used Koralia be aware of this.

[jblaze]

IMO-Its not worth the risk. It it works-great, if it doesn't-everything is dead. I'd rather buy a maxijet and have peace of mind.

[lth03]

Is maxi-jet offer anything more than 295 gph 1200 model?

[ManTis]

hung it was a joke........rio 3100 it is in my FW set up not reef........everything doing fine.........thanks

[coral diver]

Actually i switch power head already from seio to maxi jet with eco mod i like the flow pathern its about 2.5 time more flow

[Techknowledgy]

Replaced my UL listed Rio 2500 with two Koralia 4s. Just a water changer now. Nice powerful pump though!

[davocean]

Friends don't let friends buy Rio's!!!
I will never own one, and I can't believe AW sells/recommends them so much.

[DaveMorris]

A MJ1200 with an MJMod is pushing at least 700gph. Absolutely no problem with flow on one of those. I have a Rio600 for topoff and that is all I would do with them. Too hot and heavy for me.

[GoTakuF1]

A MJ1200 with an MJMod is pushing at least 700gph.

Oh yeah, 700gph is a very modest estimation. With a high flow mod, the MJ1200 can do 1100-1500gph quite easily. I was shocked when I read this estimation when the DIY first became popular. However, after playing around with them for awhile now, I'm convinced it truly is a beast!

[GoTakuF1]

Friends don't let friends buy Rio's!!!

Nice! :D

[DaveMorris]

Yeah, I used the med flow mod on a 1200. Just ask Justin how one of them tore up his 29 gallon when we put it in there.

[SDFISHMAN]

Yeah, I used the med flow mod on a 1200. Just ask Justin how one of them tore up his 29 gallon when we put it in there.
View My Video (http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=6llsro2&s=1)

[lth03]

That is impressive Justin it look like driving a car against 100mph wind and it blow you off the road.I have to try that.

[Sam Maghsoodloo]

this is exactly why we have forums. :) I'm glad i didn't buy that rio i was thinking of putting on my remora pro. Probably saved me a lot of stress and money in the future.

[Bogg]

I had this happen to me also, for weeks I was having problems, then one day I had my head down near the water surface and smelled a burning smell. I pulled out my rio and it was frying the tank. I have ran others for years though w/o problems, I think the key is keeping them real clean, others have posted to just run the sponges on them, best to stay away though in fear of a toasting.

[tom619]

i dont understand what's suppose to happen in justin's video. all i see is strong current?

someone explain plz

[SDFISHMAN]

That video was a 1 MJMod. (MaxiJet 1200). Out of the box 295GPH. Mod it and you get 1200+GPH.

[barometer]

i dont understand what's suppose to happen in justin's video. all i see is strong current?

someone explain plz

That's a modded MJ in there. He's showing how much a modded MJ can truly push.....alot more than their rating :)

edit: COKE Justin! :D

[tom619]

ahhh. thats impressive.

by the way,
im currently using a rio (thanks bro), but i have an empty emergency overflow sump under my table, so if it were to stop working like some ppl said in this post, the carpet would still be dry. we'll see.

right now it's doing quite fine. quiet too

[barometer]

ahhh. thats impressive.

by the way,
im currently using a rio (thanks bro), but i have an empty emergency overflow sump under my table, so if it were to stop working like some ppl said in this post, the carpet would still be dry. we'll see.

right now it's doing quite fine. quiet too

It's not just their reliability that's in question on the Rio pumps. They tend to leak voltage as well and can be frying your tank without you even knowing it. Some have been lucky and used them for years with no incident, but I say better safe than sorry. I only use them for mixing. As was earlier mentioned, friends don't let friends use rios. ;)

[Sam Maghsoodloo]

i've got a rio on my skimmer temporarily, and the thing won't restart unless i bang it up against the glass.

[tom619]

that means the impeller is not properly centered i think. the magnetic power has be equal all around. i have the same problem with my whisper filter on my freshwater tank.


i've got a rio on my skimmer temporarily, and the thing won't restart unless i bang it up against the glass.

[Sam Maghsoodloo]

so does that mean it needs a new impeller or what?

[Bogg]

i've got a rio on my skimmer temporarily, and the thing won't restart unless i bang it up against the glass.

LOL I remember doing that!.

[tom619]

.....not sure. usually hitting it works. lol
for my whisper, i pull up the impeller then put it back in and it works.



so does that mean it needs a new impeller or what?

[slafer]

Ive used rio's for over a year with out an incident. I have have heard similar complaints about the pump destroying a tank due to the oil that it leaked on the older models. That issue should have been cleared up with its magnetic motor, which sounds like direct drive although the manufacturer doesn't use the term "direct drive". From my understanding they switched motors 2 years ago. And I haven't heard any complaints from the new models.