i need a powerhead

[daytrper]

my two powerheads are starting to die. i have a 55 gallon, and am wondering who makes a good powerhead thats not too expensive. i heard that "RIO's" are a piece of s**t, but i always hear about everyone having them. are "AQUACLEAR" any good? i found the aquaclear 402 for $19 at FISHSUPPLY.COM.
will 2 of these be good for my tank?
HELP ME.....
[This message has been edited by DAYTRPER (edited 09-06-2000).]

 

[mr . salty]

Can't beat that price. In my 40gallon hosp, I have two cheap penguins,15bucks apiece,they have never failed. My 125 has Haggen(I think) But they are high dollar,and have nothing but trouble with them. GO FIGURE STEVE

 

[bobsingh1]

The reason a lot of pople use RIO's is because of the price. As far as reliability is concerned, I think because a lot of people use it, the negatives also tend to rise. I am sure other pumps also have failures. I use RIO's and have had no problems so far. And get this, my lfs, has a tank that has a RIO in it running now for almost 3 years. The pump is covered with with as much purple algae that there is on the live rock.

 

[ktwheet]

Zoomed makes a new powerhead that is self rotating and creates currents. I have three of them on my 75 and it's nice. Online, they are about $18 (at my lfs they are $35). Unfortunately, they don't come above 160 gph which is not a very fast current or high output number.