Rio Polario powerheads

[CJBDFRAZ]

Does anyone have any information on these new powerheads? where you can buy them? How much they cost? Are they decent powerheads? All I can find is an ad on the back of a magazine.

[annewayne]

same here, i tried google but nothing but a link to numerous threads..

[CJBDFRAZ]

This is all the info I have, which sounds pretty good

[aninjaatemyshoe]

Best I can tell is that it is not released yet.

From what I can discern, it either a turbine or propeller-based pump that alternates flow from one end to the next. Seems that it is rather high-powered; one add I saw mentioned 80,000 lph (>20,000 gph). That is ridiculous if it is true. Also, I believe it is supposed to be able to be plumbed into 2" piping. If that is the case, it would be great for a closed-loop. I just hope that it is a better product than Rio/Taam's other products...

[CJBDFRAZ]

-Flow up to 5,500 gal.
-Pre-programmed in all settings to gradually increase flow
-variable time and output settings
-alternating water currents can be set to switch every 15sec. to 30 min.
-Preset feeding times 8 and 16 mins.
-magnet mount included
-16 volt UL listed transformer included
-single or dual outputs
-energy efficient
-Bi-directional outputs to simulate natural wave and current actions of the ocean

[luke33]

20k gph....lol.....the morons! There's a good informative thread on premium aquatics sponsor forum.