Wouldn't peoples experience with these pump (fires,melt downs, etc) show a good track record as to how defective these pumps really are? And how can this company keep ignoring all of these incidents? Over all I am amazed how so many have had an issue with these pumps compared to all the other pumps on the market. But yet people will continue to buy these and use them with suck a bad track record. This company should have been out of business a long time ago. I am in the process of researching for a new pump to replace my two Rio 2500 before I lose my tank due to some meltdown or worse my life. Take care
Let's Count the Broken RIOs
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"The new line of SEIO pumps do seem to have a MUCH better track record for the short time they have been on the market. Time will tell, but so far, so good."
I know of one person who has had problems with his seio leaking current into his tank but thats only one that I know of so far. Maybe just maybe they have improved their product. I am running two Rio+2500 as return pumps and once I had trouble getting them to start up once they were shut down but I have also had this problem with the maxi jets and the mags due to the build of from the stuff in the aquarium.
I know of one person who has had problems with his seio leaking current into his tank but thats only one that I know of so far. Maybe just maybe they have improved their product. I am running two Rio+2500 as return pumps and once I had trouble getting them to start up once they were shut down but I have also had this problem with the maxi jets and the mags due to the build of from the stuff in the aquarium.
coralnut99
New member
11 Rios of all shapes and sizes
0 failures of any other brand
dropped Rios about three years ago. that means no maxijet, 402, powersweep, or magdrive falures in over 6 years.
0 failures of any other brand
dropped Rios about three years ago. that means no maxijet, 402, powersweep, or magdrive falures in over 6 years.
physicslord
New member
This thread made me finally decide to replace my 6 mo. old RIO 400 which was working fine. I replaced it with a Maxijet 400, and as soon as I turned it on I noticed a sound I have never heard - the hum of the fans in my hood! If for no other reason, the noise reduction alone was worth getting rid of my p.o.s. RIO.
Wow - long thread!
I had to chuckle...after reading all the problems, I went to the Taam website www.riopump.net.
Go to the "resources" section and select "troubleshooting" and see what happens...nothing.
I had to chuckle...after reading all the problems, I went to the Taam website www.riopump.net.
Go to the "resources" section and select "troubleshooting" and see what happens...nothing.
The Grim Reefer
Ready for some NOBALL!!!
This thread is like 3 years old. I still see a whole lot of Rios being offered by online vendors.
The Grim Reefer said:
As well as the same old horror stories. Sadly, it appears little has changed.
Brett
The Grim Reefer
Ready for some NOBALL!!!
I ended up with one of thier Hyperflow pumps by mistake and it locked up for about 6 hours after a power flash one night. The pump wasn't even warm when I pulled it out of the sump so there is no issue with a meltdown with them. I now run it on my skimmer and it works great. We get too many power flashes to take a chance on shutting down my sump pump so I will stick to Mag drives for that but for a skimmer the Rio works great.
Funny thing is my Tunze Stream has locked up 3 times after power outtages. The Rio did it once and didn't try to beat itself to death when the power came back on like the Tunze did. I run a Seio 1500 that seems to work pretty good although it is a lot larger than the Tunze.
Funny thing is my Tunze Stream has locked up 3 times after power outtages. The Rio did it once and didn't try to beat itself to death when the power came back on like the Tunze did. I run a Seio 1500 that seems to work pretty good although it is a lot larger than the Tunze.
Well, I just read a thread where someone's Rio blew up and did a number on his tank. Then there was the usually Rios bad postings.
Not that I am defending the Rio pumps but I have to say I had the same pump running my BakPak skimmer for 13 years without a problem. It was running fine up until I took the tank down a couple months ago because I moved. My other Rio was on a CPR Refug and it ran fine for the 7 years I had it installed (again took it down with the tank).
Am I the exception or does CPR gets a better grade of pump? By the way, as I stated in an earlier post, I really didn't mess with them much (cleaning, etc). I did clean it after the shutdown - last time must of been a couple years ago. :eek1:
Not that I am defending the Rio pumps but I have to say I had the same pump running my BakPak skimmer for 13 years without a problem. It was running fine up until I took the tank down a couple months ago because I moved. My other Rio was on a CPR Refug and it ran fine for the 7 years I had it installed (again took it down with the tank).
Am I the exception or does CPR gets a better grade of pump? By the way, as I stated in an earlier post, I really didn't mess with them much (cleaning, etc). I did clean it after the shutdown - last time must of been a couple years ago. :eek1:
jpslickorocks
Premium Member
ok forgive me for not reading the whole thread (17 pages of kinda boring reading to be honest) Has anyone totaled it up or run a tally?
melev
Well-known member
Add one more that burned up, added smoke and excitement. I was there as it occured and got very lucky.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=8392011#post8392011
Even if you've run a RIO pump in your tank for years without issue, take it out now and thank your lucky stars. You got your money's worth. Get a safe pump now that you know better.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=8392011#post8392011
Even if you've run a RIO pump in your tank for years without issue, take it out now and thank your lucky stars. You got your money's worth. Get a safe pump now that you know better.
coralnut99
New member
Very good advice from a well respected member of the RC community. I'm just glad to read you didn't lose anything. It's scary to thinkm what would've happened if you weren't there at that exact moment. As I was cleaning up some clutter a while back, I threw away the last few smaller rios I had. I gave a away a couple of non-restarting seios earlier this year. In good conscience I couldn't sell them.
Not very long ago, I posed the question to a RC sponsor: You know the track record Taam products have. Why do you still carry them and risk having someone blame you for not telling them about them?
The response I got was about what I expected. Volume driven business. People want them because of the price, so we carry them.
It's the kind of stuff that truly makes me wish this hobby wasn't such a money pit, that people (myself included) will cut corners on some things.
Not very long ago, I posed the question to a RC sponsor: You know the track record Taam products have. Why do you still carry them and risk having someone blame you for not telling them about them?
The response I got was about what I expected. Volume driven business. People want them because of the price, so we carry them.
It's the kind of stuff that truly makes me wish this hobby wasn't such a money pit, that people (myself included) will cut corners on some things.
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