Stupid Rio pumps

[rant]Am I the only one that continues to be surprised when these things cr@p themselves and shock the living piss out of me when I put my hands in the tank? And why am I then surprised that it's the rio pump causing the problems? How many times do I legitimately go through this before I START the troubleshooting at the stupid rio pump? So after an evening of electric shock therapy, I have no skimmer. [/rant off]

So looks like a maxi-jet 1200 mesh mod coming soon to a CPR bak pak near me. In the mean time i'll be running carbon on the tank to hopefully neutralize chemical waste before it stacks too high. As of this morning nitrates still holding under 5 ppm.

Oh that sucks. I wish there was a consumer's review type of forum that posts opinions/reviews of fish keeping equipment.

dam dude that blows!
i hope i never experience that in my tank!!
so when you plan on the new maxxi jet?

Friday when I get time to go buy one. Eventually everyone has something leak electricity

good luck man! hope nothing craps out on you again.
how are the chromies? have any of them killed one another yet??

and were any corlz effected by the leaky powerhead?

I lost a chromis, but I think the regal killed it. I watched in awe as my CUC dismantled the corpse. Nothing lasts dead in my tank for more than 6 hours. Everything coral wise looks fine.

good about the coral!
dude get that fuggin tang out of their! lol you sure the tang killed it and not the other chromies?

you should try getting an mp10! they wont stray voltage in your tank becuase the drivers outside of the tank! i might come up on one from some dude on NR:)
i hope everything goes as it should!!!

mp10 won't run my skimmer.

yeah! that will work...I have 3 MP40's on my skimmer..... sorry I couldn't resist.

Come on now! Some people won't get that joke. 700 dollars worth of fans to run a 100 dollar skimmer.

i meant for the tank and flow.........ma bad
im at work so i have to type fast and what not

my boss is havin one of those days were "everything: is my fault.........

grr does this mean I will have to replacemy rio 1700 return pump..

I have had trouble with the Rio pumps too. I have had the cords burn of them and the bare wire in the sump while it was pluged in. I switched to Mag Drive pumps.

I've got 2 koralia 1's for flow and a viaaqua pump running my aquafuge. Flow and movement aren't much of a problem, and certainly don't warrant the expense of vortecs in my nano. Rio is just that brand you hear everyone talking about on boards but shrug it off and figure you'll use until you get burned too. I felt like homer simpson... "DOH! Not that one! ... DOH! Not that one!"

well looks like I will be looking for a new return pump, and a pump for my skimmer.

Right so opinions?

1.) Replace the Rio 600
2.) Buy new Accela pump that's shipping with the CPR bak pak
3.) MaxiJet 1200 mod

3.)

what is the marineland 1200 mod... is that the new propeller to make a circulation pump.