DIY Wavebox!
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Greg Hiller
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>Greg two problems I could see with that one being the powerhead should face the long axis of the tank to be more effective ( assuming your overflow box is in the back of the tank )<
I thought a little bit more about this and I don't think it would be easy to use my overflow box on my tank. Though plenty large, they are made of acrylic, reinforced by glass. Drilling the glass with the tank full of stuff would be a real pain.
Does anyone have feel for about how large of a box would be required for a 400 gallon system?
I thought a little bit more about this and I don't think it would be easy to use my overflow box on my tank. Though plenty large, they are made of acrylic, reinforced by glass. Drilling the glass with the tank full of stuff would be a real pain.
Does anyone have feel for about how large of a box would be required for a 400 gallon system?
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smcnally
Tankless
I would make one with a controllable Tunze. It would still be cheaper than buying a wavebox, and I found instructions on how to do it HERE. For a giant tank, you could always have one one one end of the tank, and then a pump on the other end on an alternate cycle. Or maybe one large box with 2 pumps so it can empty the box faster.
delta
Impatient Reefer
tunze wave boxes does it both ways the tunze wave box controller does the work. Oppsite end or next to each other at one end
FWIW: if anyone has a set of tunzes on a multi controller and wants to see the wave action. You can produce a wave by alternating the pumps on a short cycle if they are at opposite ends of the tank.
But the wave box is only supplimental flow that keeps detritus in suspension
so it's not an option to run your tunzes pump this way for any period of time
with out additional flow.
maurod
Non-member
Greg H -
Why not use a surge setup with a large bucket or narrow verticle tank and a durso style flush?
As a side note, the Tampa Bay aquarium produces a wave surge with a 300 gal vessel that gets flushed by a piston. (This is on a 200Kgal tank!)
It has the advantage of not taking a lot of space and being floodproof. (As is the wavebox (I love the pulsing action it causes, pretty neat) )
M.
Why not use a surge setup with a large bucket or narrow verticle tank and a durso style flush?
As a side note, the Tampa Bay aquarium produces a wave surge with a 300 gal vessel that gets flushed by a piston. (This is on a 200Kgal tank!)
It has the advantage of not taking a lot of space and being floodproof. (As is the wavebox (I love the pulsing action it causes, pretty neat) )
M.
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smcnally
Tankless
That's what I was basically saying...Making a larger box with 2 pumps is like having to boxes in there. The suggestion I made about the pump at the other end wasn't a box, but just a pump. Some people have had luck with a pump at the other end on an opposite cycle.
muddskipper
Non-member
whats the update on this!? did anyone actually order one of these Taam MVT Wave Maker
Multi-position switches.On/Off time setting between 0 - 210 seconds
and try this out? Hows it work out for those who did order it, and is it worth it?
Multi-position switches.On/Off time setting between 0 - 210 seconds
and try this out? Hows it work out for those who did order it, and is it worth it?
fanaglethebagle
Not-so-old Sea Dog
Would you make/sell any?
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smcnally
Tankless
Cool! I built my own wavemaker timers a long time ago using the 555 timer chip and a pair of solid state relays. I used a potentiometer to vary the length of the cycle.
Has anyone tried putting the wavebox so it rises above the tank? Then use the powerhead to push water up into the box. When it turns off, the water would gravity flow back into the tank.
