Hydor Koralia Giveaway

The Hydor Koralia was the first affordable propeller pump to really put great water flow within reach of reefers world wide. This year Hydor launched the 3rd generation Koralia and it’s packing a ton of great new features to help…

More details about Hydor’s Koralia Gen3 including pricing

Hydor’s third generation of their Koralia is the most compact and energy efficient propeller water pump that the company has ever created. This new breed of water movers benefits from a few creative features, including a very novel way to attach the…

Hydor releases teaser video for the new Third Generation Koralia pumps

The third generation Koralia pump has taken the reef world by surprise, showing us all that Hydor has the chops not only to build one of the most popular propeller pumps of modern reefing, but also to improve and innovate…

Sneak peek at Hydor’s third generation Koralia water pump

The third generation Koralia pump is Hydor’s latest breed of propeller pump which really bring with them a next generation level of refinement. Any pump manufacturer can deliver incremental improvements to their newest pumps, kinda like what hydor did with…

Koralia SmartWave pump controller is perfect for producing desirable gyre flow

The Hydor Koralia SmartWave pump controller had the potential to be a really average product, even at $69 but everything about Hydor’s pump switching device indicates that attention was paid to the details. The user experience of the SmartWave begins…

Propeller pump study reveals big differences between flow ratings and actual output

Now that we have some real independent data on the flow output of propeller water pumps, it is possible to compare real world performance to the rated output of several propeller pumps. In the graph above produced by Sandford, Straka…

New comprehensive flow study produces surprising data about propeller pump flow rates

A new article by Michael Sandford, William Straka and Sanjay Joshi has just produced some of the first real trustworthy independent measurements of the flowrates of propeller water pumps. The comprehensive flow study was published in Advanced Aquarist featuring the…

Koralia Smartwave pump controller coming soon from Hydor

The Hydor Koralia SmartWave pump controller is a sharp looking device that just oozes with good aesthetic design. As the name implies, the SmartWave is designed to be a simple pump timer, alternating the current between two channels, or driving…

Koralia Evolution pumps adds a lot of tricks to Hydor’s best selling product

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…

Hydor working on new “better” Koralias?

It sure looks likes Hydor is set to launch a new set of  Koralia pumps soon. A recent ad has appeared in CORAL magazine that sheds some light on the “new” pumps. They are said to be a shaft-less design…