RE: RIO Power head

[Sisemore, Chris]

Ben When these pumps burned up, did any of them cause a problem or poison anything in your tank?   All My skimmer came with a Rio rejuvenation venturi pump installed & all this bad press is making me nervous! Does anyone know of a replacement venturi pump?   TIA Chris -----Original Message----- From: Ben Holt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 10:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RIO Powerhead I have used rio's before because they were pretty inexpensive.  This was before I was on this list.  In all I have used 4 rio 2500, 2 rio rio 2100, and 4 rio 180,  All but 1 ended up leaking into the motor and ended up burning out.  In that same time frame I have had a mag 350 that has run perfectly for me for about 6 years now.  Stay away from the rio.  I really like the mag pumps for a submersible pump.  I use 2 mag 7's for my main tank and the mag 350 pumps into my refugium. Ben