Rio 2100 quit, any ideas

[125intx]

Impeller is not turning and the pump is not humming. Is there any type of truble shooting I can do to fix this? Its less than a year old.
Thanks

 

[therock0861]

Welcome to the world of RIO, their powerheadsa are garbage. Replace it with a maxi-jet or equivalent.

 

[fishtanker]

throw it away and buy a mag drive
in all seriousness the RIO are know for failing.. i have one on my skimmer and whenever i shut if off it nevers starts back up without me smacking it around. my 2 mag drives have never failed
HTH

 

[banshee]

Mine caused the water to shock me when I stuck my hands in the tank. I've also heard that they have destroyed whole tanks when they have failed. I agree that Maxi-jet and MAG pumps work great.

 

[bdubbya]

Smack it a couple of times to see if it will start working. Then promptly replace it with a mag drive.
Good luck

 

[bigmac]

Be glad that's all that happended...The Rio 2100 is the worse one of the bunch....Either give the pump to your worst enemy or throw it away.

 

[125intx]

I dont understand, are you saying you dont like RIO? Come on dont hold back give it to me straight. I can take it. The trash it will be!
Thanks,

 

[elfdoctors]

Another vote against RIOs!
My LFS stocks RIOs. I have had 2 die in less then 4 months. I'm not going to get RIOs anymore. One died before with an electrical short and just yesterday the one I use to aerate my salt mixing container failed (which is not convenient when I am doing hypo and doing frequent water changes ).
Thanks fishtanker and banshee for suggestions on alternatives.

 

[iceburger]

heh, in personal experiances i've had the opposite happen to me, my magdrive 7 failed on me and i had a rio just layin around so i hooked that up and it ran till i broke down my tank, but when i was working in the LFS we returned more rio's than dead fish

 

[bigmac]

Originally posted by 125inTX
I dont understand, are you saying you dont like RIO? Come on dont hold back give it to me straight. I can take it. The trash it will be!
Thanks,

Its not about not liking them its about them wiping out peoples tank. I was lucky. Mine melted and polluted my fully stocked 55 gal reef right about the time I was getting ready to move to a bigger tank. I had a 150 cycled and half full of live rock. If you do some research you'll find that these pumps have crashed 100's of tanks.

 

[murray bmf]

RIO
MAG

 

[cprdnick]

WAIT, DON'T THROW IT AWAY!!!!!!!. I'm not one of your enemies, I don't think, but I'll take it. It'll certainly help keep the stock tanks from freezing over this winter.