Near Disaster - Aquarium Advice

stusclan · 04-30-2005, 10:26 AM

So, I came home from a wonderful night out with my daughters, and the lights in my kitchen are out. That means the everything in the tank is out also. So, I switch the breaker in the box (husband taught me how to do this since he travels) and I get everything back online. Ten minutes later - no lights and something is burning. My new Rio 800 [acronym:4873dfda33="power head or Measure of the concentration of hydrogen ions, depending on context"]ph[/acronym:4873dfda33] shorted out and has burned up my power master. Everyone in the tank is very stressed - yellow tang looks grey - and clowns are hiding.

So off to Home Depot to get a new power master. Is this normal behavior for the Rio [acronym:4873dfda33="power head or Measure of the concentration of hydrogen ions, depending on context"]ph[/acronym:4873dfda33]'s? They are the best things locally - everyone here sells top fin and the other expensive, but I would never buy, garbage.

electrikat · 04-30-2005, 12:08 PM

rio's are notorious for having problems. I'd rather have topfin if there were no other choices.

stusclan · 04-30-2005, 12:36 PM

I can't blame the power head. As I was putting everything back together, I noticed a leak - my new phosban 150 leaks like a sieve. Water was dripping from the top ring and from the bottom seal. I've emailed Darin at Captivereefs to see what we should do. I guess the water hit the power strip and into the rio's plug. What a combination of mistakes. I'm just lucky that I noticed it before we had a big fire - once again GFCI has saved me.

maxamillion · 05-01-2005, 10:07 PM

RIOs haven't caused me any problems, I have had them in for about a year now.

04-30-2005, 10:26 AM	#1
stusclan Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: phoenix arizona Posts: 168	Near Disaster So, I came home from a wonderful night out with my daughters, and the lights in my kitchen are out. That means the everything in the tank is out also. So, I switch the breaker in the box (husband taught me how to do this since he travels) and I get everything back online. Ten minutes later - no lights and something is burning. My new Rio 800 [acronym:4873dfda33="power head or Measure of the concentration of hydrogen ions, depending on context"]ph[/acronym:4873dfda33] shorted out and has burned up my power master. Everyone in the tank is very stressed - yellow tang looks grey - and clowns are hiding. So off to Home Depot to get a new power master. Is this normal behavior for the Rio [acronym:4873dfda33="power head or Measure of the concentration of hydrogen ions, depending on context"]ph[/acronym:4873dfda33]'s? They are the best things locally - everyone here sells top fin and the other expensive, but I would never buy, garbage. __________________ 55 [acronym="Gallon"]gal[/acronym]. Coralife lunar lights 4 x 65, 120 lbs [acronym="Live rock"]lr[/acronym]., 3" sand bed, Aqua C. Remora, 3 power heads ( total 770 [acronym="Gallons per hour"]gph[/acronym]) Fred and Ether (perculas), Assorted hermits and snails.shrimp, Xenia [acronym="Broken or cut pieces of coral which will eventually grow into a new animal"]frag[/,cut pieces of coral which will eventually grow leathers and mushrooms.Galaxea, Penelope the yellow sea cucumber, Seabea anemone - split once already And last but not least - the creature that lives in the rock, never comes out, but his feathery tentacles feed him once a day. And the miserable mantis that I can hear across the house, but no matter how many I times I take the tank apart - I cannot find him! Terry

04-30-2005, 12:08 PM	#2
electrikat Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: texas Posts: 1,474	rio's are notorious for having problems. I'd rather have topfin if there were no other choices. __________________ Good luck! Kat 90 malawia cichlid 55 planted tropical community http://www.aquarank.com/in.php?id=fishfree

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04-30-2005, 12:36 PM	#3
stusclan Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: phoenix arizona Posts: 168	I can't blame the power head. As I was putting everything back together, I noticed a leak - my new phosban 150 leaks like a sieve. Water was dripping from the top ring and from the bottom seal. I've emailed Darin at Captivereefs to see what we should do. I guess the water hit the power strip and into the rio's plug. What a combination of mistakes. I'm just lucky that I noticed it before we had a big fire - once again GFCI has saved me.

05-01-2005, 10:07 PM	#4
maxamillion Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Milwaukee, WI (any others?) Posts: 148	RIOs haven't caused me any problems, I have had them in for about a year now.