ZOO Med Power Sweeper

[fish head]

Now that we are onto pumps that suck. Has anyone else bought a Zoo Med Power sweep pump? Great idea; too bad it stops working after only a few days from opening the box. I called Zoo Med CS, who said they have not had any complaints about the sweeper not sweeping & it is salt water OK. I konw of one other person who experienced the same results.

 

[byrself]

my roomate has one that doesn't sweep anymore, and i had one for about a week and took it back cause it stopped once and was just a weak p.o.s. i got maxi-jets now and luv em! =) i like the idea of powersweeps but the design sux. imo

 

[musipilot]

I have a small one in my reef tank...it worked great for about a week, then the arm stopped moving. I removed it from the tank, cleaned it under fast moving water, and it started swinging again. This time it only took 2 days to quit! I gave up on the swinging, its now just a straight powerhead.

 

[reef starter]

Same for me too fellas...
LFS brought it to my attention.. and I thought.. hmm. Great Idea! Which it really is a good idea..
Too bad its a bad product..
Took 1 week.. Doesnt sweep anymore!

 

[msb27]

Ive had mine for four months and works great!!

 

[psumba]

i Just bought one but I havent taken the time to install it yet
doesnt sound like I should be too excited.
Was anyone able to get their money back?

 

[byrself]

i did. i had my receipt and it was no prob.

 

[adam & jeanne]

i bought one also. It swept but didnt have near the power I was hoping it would. Im gonna stick it in my mixing tank to prepare my water for water changes. Ive heard you have to be sure to run the pre-filter on it or it stops in a hurry.

 

[crispcritr]

i must have got a better one. i have had mine running for almost a year now, and u=it still works great. clean it once every two months

 

[mini-reefer]

I agree, you have to clean them very often. I've been using my 228 for about 5 months. It stops after a couple of weeks so I just remove the bottom and clean all the inner workings and it will be fine again for a couple of weeks. Its too bad they dont continue to work, because the idea and design are great.
Mini-Reefer

 

[scruz]

got 2 of them,good idea but high maintainence-got to clean them every 2 weeks or they slow down or stop even with the prefilter.

 

[slick]

I was going to get some but it sounds like to much hasstle to have to clean it. Great idea though maybe they will get enough complaints and re design it.

 

[eseow]

I guess I can be disappointed when the 3 pumps, me and my friends ordered come in. Oh well!