Jul 24/07 - Koralia Pumps in stock, all sizes

[albert_dao]

All models of Koralia are on the shelves. Lots of stock, killer prices, here's the upgrade to the old SEIO's that everyone's been waiting for.

Pricing is as follows:

Koralia 1 (400 gph @ 3.5 watts)- $32.00
Koralia 2 (600 gph @ 9 watts) - $40.00
Koralia 3 (850 gph @ 10 watts) - $47.00
Koralia 4 (1200 gph @ 12 watts)- $58.00

For anyone who hasn't tried them yet, here's a link to the product page:

http://www.hydor.it/inglese/koralia.htm

Silent, reliable, wide gentle flow patters; these powerheads are definitely a great, cheaper alternative to the Tunze Nano Streams (which are also stocked at Gold Aquariums).

[i have crabs]

i finaly broke down and got one and they are sweet,i replaced a seio 820 with a Koralia 3 wich is 850gph and it made a tornado compared to the crappy flow my seio was pushing out plus it has a magnet holder so its nice and compact in all those biocube out thier.

[Der_Iron_Chef]

I agree. I replaced my Tunze Nanostream 6025 with a Koralia 3, and so far I've been very happy with the change. The bracket that held the Nanostream in place finally broke in two places. Considering the impellar that needed replacing twice, a broken bracket clip, and now a shattered bracket....I'm done with the Nanostream.

Long live Koralia!

P.S. Having railed against the Nanostream, I will say that when I had a problem, their customer service was amazing.

[04scoobysti]

i replaced a Koralia 1 with a Tunze nanostream 6025, and it was a huge upgrade in flow. Although it seems more linear than the wide flow created by the Koralia 1. I've had the Tunze break in the same spot, the clips that secure it to the magnet, but have had no problems as of yet with the impeller. As soon as it goes, the Koralia is going back in.

[Skimmer Juice]

Plus there is a lot less chance of fish getting stuck to a Koralia.

[ClubReef]

can these be placed on a wavemaker?

[albert_dao]

Not a traditional one. You can only use them with wavemakers that are able to throttle down an AC current without actually shutting it off (eg. SEIO controller... which also happens to be the only product on the market that can do this at the time of speaking).

I believe Hydor will be releasing a wavemaking unit for their Koralia's by the end of this year in addition to both a smaller and larger Koralia model.

Also, because it needs mentioning:

A lot of people may be turned off by the very low pricing vs output of these pumps. I've seen a lot of uneducated assumptions about these things being the poor man's Tunze. The truth is, as is evidenced by a few posts above this, these things are rock solid, put out a more desirable flow pattern and have a much more robust mounting bracket (weaker magnet, though). Definitely not a poor man's anything.

[albert_dao]

Originally Posted by 04scoobysti

i replaced a Koralia 1 with a Tunze nanostream 6025, and it was a huge upgrade in flow. Although it seems more linear than the wide flow created by the Koralia 1. I've had the Tunze break in the same spot, the clips that secure it to the magnet, but have had no problems as of yet with the impeller. As soon as it goes, the Koralia is going back in.

One thing to bear in mind is that the Koralia 1 only puts out 400 gph, while the 6025 does 1189 gph. Comparitively, it would be more appropriate to contrast the 6025 with the Koralia 4.

However, I will say that Tunze has some very ingenious engineering on the Nanostream series as the 6025 has an energy consumption of only 8 watts vs the 12 of the Koralia 4. But in the grand scheme of things, who really cares, eh?

[ClubReef]

How does the size of they Hydor 4 compare to the Seio 1500?

[albert_dao]

About the same, better mounting bracket though. I can show you next time you're in the store man. I have all sizes running atm.