I got the dreaded call today at ~5:00, "Jeremy, sorry to bug you but all of our fish are dead and the circuit keeps tripping, can you stop by and see what's up", of course I can I said. The tank is a weird in wall flat back hex somewhere in the 80 gallon range, a very difficult tank to stock, because you can't put tangs, and other large fish in it, but all the smaller fish look.... well... small...
As I was doing my least favorite, and thankfully least common job scooping out dead fish, I smelled that all too familiar smell, a dead Rio. Shizzle >, I thought (not exactly that word), this was one of the newer UL listed hyperflow models, the unit was only used for circulation as I filched a Mag 7 from an old fountain at the business, otherwise it would have remained the return pump. I did not do the installation as I do not use Rio crap, however sometimes it's difficult to convince people that they need to spend money to save money.
I am not happy right now >, losses include
Coral Beauty
a pair of barred gobies
a pair of percula clowns
six line wrasse
figi blue devil
and the saddest of all, the most beautiful X-Mas wrasse I've ever seen, it was 3 years old and ate out of my hand :'(
Bottom line, get rid of your crap equipment, I've only had this problem with Rio's and one mini jet in 18 years of doing service.
As I was doing my least favorite, and thankfully least common job scooping out dead fish, I smelled that all too familiar smell, a dead Rio. Shizzle >, I thought (not exactly that word), this was one of the newer UL listed hyperflow models, the unit was only used for circulation as I filched a Mag 7 from an old fountain at the business, otherwise it would have remained the return pump. I did not do the installation as I do not use Rio crap, however sometimes it's difficult to convince people that they need to spend money to save money.
I am not happy right now >, losses include
Coral Beauty
a pair of barred gobies
a pair of percula clowns
six line wrasse
figi blue devil
and the saddest of all, the most beautiful X-Mas wrasse I've ever seen, it was 3 years old and ate out of my hand :'(
Bottom line, get rid of your crap equipment, I've only had this problem with Rio's and one mini jet in 18 years of doing service.