Always like to give credit, where credit is due.
My two 1" sea swirls gave up (within 2 weeks of each other) after > 10 years of service. I opened them up and the "linkage" had decayed to nothing. I emailed Aquarium Currents (maker of Sea Swirl) for some spare parts, and they responded quickly with part availability, as well as a very reasonable offer to rebuild them. As I do not want to go through this again anytime soon, went for the rebuild (included new motors) and just received them back on Sat, and they are up and running.
FWIW ... outside of the flow patterns generated by the swirls, what I like is that I don't have to worry that when a Bubble Tip decides to take a walk, it won't get shredded by power head.
My two 1" sea swirls gave up (within 2 weeks of each other) after > 10 years of service. I opened them up and the "linkage" had decayed to nothing. I emailed Aquarium Currents (maker of Sea Swirl) for some spare parts, and they responded quickly with part availability, as well as a very reasonable offer to rebuild them. As I do not want to go through this again anytime soon, went for the rebuild (included new motors) and just received them back on Sat, and they are up and running.
FWIW ... outside of the flow patterns generated by the swirls, what I like is that I don't have to worry that when a Bubble Tip decides to take a walk, it won't get shredded by power head.