new sump tomorrow

[paulg]

Anyone know about the rio 3100 pump? I`m buying a used sump and this pump is with it. I have a 90 gallon, as far as the over flow I have no clue what it is. My concern is the pump itself, anyone had some experience with this model? Also I have to buy a return line for it, I do believe its 1" I.D tubeing for the return?

Thanks ahead of time

[omard]

Originally Posted by paulg

Anyone know about the rio 3100 pump? I`m buying a used sump and this pump is with it. I have a 90 gallon, as far as the over flow I have no clue what it is. My concern is the pump itself, anyone had some experience with this model? Also I have to buy a return line for it, I do believe its 1" I.D tubeing for the return?

Thanks ahead of time

Not knowing age and use of pump, you may want to make sure to pull out and check impeller...maybe even just order a new one and replace just for sags...you can keep old one for backup if looks ok.

[paulg]

Thanks for the tip!

Is it a decent pump though? I heard this model can sometimes run a bit warmer then some others.

[devgru]

i have x3 rio's(no 3100 tho) and they have been on setup for over 14mos now w/o any problems.i do maint. on all of them x1 a month.my return is a hf26,a2500 on a berlin PS,and a 2100 running a UV,4' reactor and a phosban150.my tank is also a 90g,but my return has x2 3/4 loclines and i feel that im not getting the output id like.thinking of adapting the 3/4 down to 1/2 locline.