Hydor Ario Turbo Air pumps....

Tommy Gun

Hey all!

I have been meaning to post this ever since this section was added to the forum, but better late than never, right?!?!?

Anyways, I bought four (4) of these air pumps in the middle of last summer because I was pretty much tired of listening to air pumps vibrating and I thought the added lighting feature was pretty cool (I have always been big on the whole moonlight type thing). In fact, I was so excited about these things that I spent the extra money to buy the largest model and I got all three colors (red, green, and blue).

However, when I put them in my tank, they only worked for about an hour....and it wasn't just one, it was all four of them. I even went as far as changing my entire aqua-scaping in order to make sure that they weren't too deep in the water but that didn't help at all. I basically played with them until I could not stand it anymore and sent off a diplomatic email to the manufacturing company but guess what? No response.

I am wondering if anyone else has used these air pumps/lights with any success and what the secret to keeping them working might be.

gm333

We tried them at the store and they didnt work very well at all, especially in fine gravel.

Tommy Gun

It is hard to believe that they can still be found. Like I said, I bought four of them about 6 or 7 months ago and so far everyone I have talked to say the same thing....they don't really work. Yet I see them at all of my LFS, so I was thinking there is something I don't know.