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Great

Good Pump by Acropora

Experience Level: Intermediate

Posted on 4/2/2008

Comments: This is a good pump, use it as a return pump on me 30 gallon reef. Starts well almost all of the time, everyo once in a while you have to fool with it, but it pumps great, does good under head pressure. I have only had mine about 9 months so I do not know how long it will last but, so far so good Yes, I would recommend this product to my friends.

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

Unsatisfactory

This Pump Is The WORST by Psychosmurf

Experience Level: Expert

Posted on 4/1/2008 from SAN FRANCISCO, CA UNITED STATE

Comments: I've never had a worse pump in my aquarium. It came with my AquaC Remora and I got it because it got such great reviews and it was high output. It bumped the cost of the skimmer almost 60 bucks but I thought my animals were more than worth it. Now I regret ever having looked this piece of garbage. When we first got the skimmer assembled the pump was making a loud popping noise. Note that the only thing we had to do to the pump was wash it and attach it to the skimmer - no assembly required. I took it apart, cleaned the impeller and housing and put it back together but it was still popping. Everything we found on the internet said that it would eventually stop and it did but here it is six weeks later it's well on it's way to an early death. When we do water changes, the skimmer is unplugged and when we plug it back in the pump won't start circulating water until it's been removed from the water and allowed to pump air for a couple of seconds and then put back into the water. We've taken it apart, cleaned it, cleaned the housing and the same results. It powers on because we can feel the motor vibrating but the pump will not circulate until we lift it out of the water. And those are just the mechanical defects: This thing sticks out a quarter of the way into my aquarium from the back glass; it's way bigger than it needs to be and it so ugly that I went back and bought the surface skimmer just to hide the power head. Don't waste your money here; go with a Maxi-Jet. You'll be much happier and have a much longer power head life. To give proper credit, the surface did help with the skimming . . . it increased the output from our tank about thirty percent. Yes, I would recommend this product to my friends.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Below Average

Lasted about 2 years by HotHotHot

Experience Level: Expert

Posted on 3/18/2008 from PHOENIX, AZ UNITED STATES

Comments: It's an ok pump, however it only lasted about 2 years for me. I use mine on a top-off system so it's not even working full time. Pump stopped working after 2 years. Tried replacing the impeller, which is usually what fails. Turned out it was the main part of the motor that failed, so I had to replace the whole thing. I now have 2 spare impellers. Still beter than a REO though. Yes, I would recommend this product to my friends.

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Average

Mag Drive Pumps by RAY WELLS

Experience Level: Expert

Posted on 12/19/2007 from Lakedallas Tx. US