Koralia Evolution running backwards?
- Thread starter therman
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Not doubting anyone's account, but I have two 1050's and one 1400 on a Red Sea wave maker. I haven't ever had a problem with them starting in reverse. I clean them, including the bearing and propeller, in vinegar about once every two weeks. It's odd that some would have this problem and some would not.
SomeDude12
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If you sent them an email, they used to send replacements for free. I've probably had 8 or so covers sent as replacements. I have 4 1050's and 1 1400 that have broken covers due to running them on a Digital Aquatics RKL, cycling every 30 seconds. I've sent them 3 emails in the last 4-6 months, with no response. I've even attempted to send an email from a different mailing address just in case they decided not to send me any more. Still no response. I highly doubt I'll be purchasing any more Koralia's, at least never adding them to any sort of cycling controller. I have 3 Vortech MP40's between my 150 and 92, I plan transitioning totally in that direction.
obet_carlos
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they replied once but after that i have not gotten any replies..
stephent89
New member
Ours ran in reverse once...we just took it apart and spun it in the the right direction...runs fine now
sail33
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HA ! I'm not going to make a romney joke, I'm not going to make a romney joke
bushing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushing
Whew ! that was close.
Cleancoupe
New member
I've contacted them for new grill covers. They break about every 6 months are so. They are slow to get back to you through email but after about 3 weeks of from the first email I had new covers.
windyridge
Fish Mother
Mine is about a year old and does it mostly when we start everything back up after a water change. I just pull the plug in and out until it reverses back. It's a pain. I won't buy another one.
Fish_Hobby
New member
Regular cleaning helped mine.
I had two brand new out of the box that started up the wrong direction 20-30% of the time. Sent one back to Hydor and they "fixed" it. It did nothing different once I received it back - still ran backwards 20-30% of the time. Replaced it with a Tunze Nanostream and never looked back. Does what it's supposed to do, 100% of the time.
Personally, I'm done with Hydor. In addition to the backwards Evos, I have had two of the Nano Evos where the potting around the coil was compromised. "Compromised" means flaked apart and let salt water into the electronics. The first one I found when corals started looking sickly. Luckily only lost one coral. I replaced that failed unit with another Nano. That one just was removed from my tank last month after I found out it too was "leaking" current into my tank. This time is was caught before any creatures showed signs of stress. (That doesn't include my own stress when I was lit up with 120V while one hand was in the tank and I unknowingly established a ground with my arm. Luckily I have GFCIs, and they work.)
Personally, I'm done with Hydor. In addition to the backwards Evos, I have had two of the Nano Evos where the potting around the coil was compromised. "Compromised" means flaked apart and let salt water into the electronics. The first one I found when corals started looking sickly. Luckily only lost one coral. I replaced that failed unit with another Nano. That one just was removed from my tank last month after I found out it too was "leaking" current into my tank. This time is was caught before any creatures showed signs of stress. (That doesn't include my own stress when I was lit up with 120V while one hand was in the tank and I unknowingly established a ground with my arm. Luckily I have GFCIs, and they work.)
