Koralia Evolution pumps adds a lot of tricks to Hydor’s best selling product
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The Koralia Evolution water pumps are the next generation successor to the wildly popular Koralia line of water pumps from Hydor. Oftentimes a product refresh can be a simple as some new packaging and fancy new numbers and letters but the Koralia Evolution brings some fresh game. The new Koralia EVO is loaded with enough new tricks to make you think about upgrading your current Koralias even if they are in perfectly good working order. Reduced size, startling efficiency and decreased noise are the major advancements of the Koralia Evolution propeller pump which “will hit the US market shortly”. The Koralia Evolution pumps will be available in 3 sizes from 750 to 1400 GPH. Their power draw seems especially amazing considering they will require less power to push even more water. The 6 watt Koralia 1400 is being compared to the old Koralia 4 which draws 12 watts while pushing 1200 GPH. Follow the break for the full run down of this exciting new product refresh from Hydor.
The most physically noticeable difference between the EVO Korallias and the legacy pumps is their reduced size which will hopefully make the Korallias look a lot less like toy footballs.
Korallia’s nnovative combination magnet and suction cup mount now features some built in silencing into the base for an even quieter water pump. This new mount will probably eventually trickle down to all the Korallia pumps.
One of the biggest technical changes is the incorporation of a shaftless propeller design which reduces friction and noise and helps the EVO Koralias achieve their astounding efficiency numbers.
Another advancement in the EVO Korallias is that “All 3 models are controllable: can be safely and “silently”
connected to a timer!” Not sure what the “oo:15″ below stands for but we presume that this is meant to represent that a minimum interval time of 15 minutes would be ideal for the EVO Korallias.
I hope they strengthen the plastic shaft than connects the pump to the mount. I’ve had to repair three Koralias where that’s snapped due to *some* clumsy oaf trying to adjust the pumps direction when the ball joint is jammed up from algae/CaCO3 buildup. Said oaf wasn’t applying much pressure either.
January 13th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
haha, you misspelled “korallia” in the title.
very interesting to see them coming out with newer pumps. i hate the magnums…they’re too freakin’ big.
January 13th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
When I read that they are controllable I was sold, what will the retail price be?
January 13th, 2010 at 7:46 pm
I’ve been using the Magnums for about eight months now and I’ve got them hooked up to a Reef Keeper Elite that controls them. The turn on and of with three second intervals with no problems at all. I love these pumps. I’ll be upgrading just for the power savings and reduction in size. Kudos once again Hydor. (Hi Corlis)
January 13th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
OK?
January 13th, 2010 at 11:12 pm
SWEET! I love my controllable K4s but really wish they were smaller.
All they need to do now is start selling extension cords for the controllable units. The 6 ft. length they come with is annoying as hell.
January 14th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
@pickle, are they even 6 feet long? I think they are shorter than that.
January 14th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
I think they are somewhere around 6ft. I have a peninsula style 90 gal with one in the top corners of each end of the tank and the controller in one side of the stand. The unit at the end closest to the controller is fine, but the cord length is too short for the one at the far end to run down the corner of the tank and under the stand to the controller, so it has to drape down on the outside of the stand– and my 2 year old daughter LOVES to pull on it. Would be nice to drill a hole at the end of the stand and run the cord completely underneath it to the controller. It’s just too short to make the vertical and horizontal distrances required to do that.
To be fair, I did call Koralia and they did say they have extensions you can buy directly from them but they aren’t available at retailers (why, I don’t know). Would be nice to be able add a couple to my next order from Marine Depot.
January 14th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
@Pickle
Hydor does sell extension cables for the controllable Koralias.
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January 18th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Has anyone heard a date when the 1400 Evolution model can be purchased? If so where can I get a couple?
thanks
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