work up at 2am to find my Rio 2500 died
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Topic: work up at 2am to find my Rio 2500 died
Posted By: ctreeftank
Subject: work up at 2am to find my Rio 2500 died
Date Posted: April 17 2014 at 6:02am
| work up at 2am to find my Rio 2500 pump died. So I had to turn off my protein skimmer and use the pump off of their |
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Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: April 17 2014 at 7:37am
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Rio powerheads are famous for stopping and then having start up problems. Try unplugging it and replugging it quickly in succession several times until it starts turning. Otherwise check the impeller. Most of the time the impeller just needs a cleaning or it has gone bad and needs to be replaced. Aloha  ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: ctreeftank
Date Posted: April 17 2014 at 1:06pm
| Thanks the pump buruuned out. Any suggests on a better pump |
Posted By: Jeremyw
Date Posted: April 17 2014 at 1:18pm
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I think those are good little pumps. I actually have a spare one if you are looking to buy a new one. J
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Posted By: ctreeftank
Date Posted: April 17 2014 at 1:19pm
| New |
Posted By: Jeremyw
Date Posted: April 17 2014 at 1:20pm
| Yup new. |
Posted By: ctreeftank
Date Posted: April 17 2014 at 1:21pm
| How much for the new one |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: April 17 2014 at 1:47pm
 I hope it didn't pollute the tank with the carbon and other stuff that comes out of those when they burn up. Or was it a power cord burn? Electricity running through the water? Be sure to use AC to clean up the polluting chemicals expelled in the process and the pollution that comes from electrocution death.Aloha ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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Posted By: ctreeftank
Date Posted: April 17 2014 at 7:15pm
| Yea I know I got shock I when pulling it out of my sump. Thank goodness everything survived. I have had tanks crash before with cheap coral. But now having expensive coral I could not imagine the loss |
Posted By: ctreeftank
Date Posted: April 18 2014 at 8:46pm
| An update I have my new pump running and protein skimmer back |