Korilas and wavemakers...

I have 4 Korila power heads running on a wavemaker.
They work ok, however, they have trouble starting, so I don't have the times set very low (2 mins alternating).
I would suggest unless you are going with the Korila wavemaker box and associated power heads.
To go with Maxijets or Tunze power heads, as I have heard that they do not have this issue.
Someone also told me that if you cut a small piece of plasic tubing and put on the powerhead shaft that it would make the noise and will start up in the right direction.  I have not tried this yet, but plan on it.

 

Koralia now has 12 volt powerheads made to solve the problems with putting them on a wavemaker. I saw them running on a Koralia wavemaker at the Frag Conference at Dr F&S in June. I planning on replacing my 3's with them in the future. I think they cost about $15 more a peice.

 

Make sure you research this carefully.  My understanding was that the new Koralia's only work on the Koralia's wavemaker and not any other system. 

 

I havent heard anything bad about them. They are really nice and the controller has lots of options on it. I have a kit instock that includes the controller and 2 of the #4 12V powerheads on sale for only $349.99. Compare to DFS at $419.99.  A 12V system is worth the extra bit of money for better control over your tank. 

 

I have not said I have heard anything bad about them.  All I said was that they those powerheads only work with a Koralia wavemaker box and not any other brand of wavemaker. 
Though in my honest opinion, for that kind of money you are better off to get a controller that will do much more then just a wavemaker function.  You would probably spend another $100 over the $419, maybe even $150 but would get a lot more out of it in the end.

 

I think CyberJester is right. The new Koralias only plug into their own wavemaker. I imagine you could cut off the ends and put them on another 12V power source, but that would probabaly be a stupid thing to try.

 

I'm hoping that they come out with some kind of solution for hooking them to a AC/AquaController

-JB