My new Wavebox!!

[Jameshong]

$700???

u wait long long ar....

Wow ! It's S$699.00 by Reef Depot (SRC sponsor)

He stated as "Limited units of wavebox still available".

AT, pls quickly review your wavebox 6212 leh ! i want to know how good it is?

http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/index.php?...pic=22967&st=30

[roidan]

refer here to more discussion on wavebox

http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/index.php?...pic=16792&st=30

[Ancelot]

So the length of the tank is the determine factor as in how well will the wavebox performs in the tank lah?

can someone advise me on that?

[giantbicycle]

So the length of the tank is the determine factor as in how well will the wavebox performs in the tank lah?

can someone advise me on that?

intending to get?

[zorden]

i find the size a problem to me..

too big for my 3ft tank.

Dimensions: L 125 mm x W 113 mm x H 300 mm (L 4.9 in. x W 4.4 in. x H 11.8 in.)

[zorden]

Reefer with overflow system will have problem rite?

i have a overflow box

[ervine]

I tot boss has an overflow box?

[patrick123]

$700 is not expensive what....considering that you have to pay about 400+ for a 6100, a pair of 6100 with multi-controller will cost you almost 1k.

[zorden]

i find the price okay...

as long as it fit in...not too ugly in my tank...as my tank very ugly liaoo....

then should b okay.

but considering its size..its too big for my 3ft tank

[yazid]

Finally, the wavebox is here in Singapore.

AT, I make sure I will take my Seasick pills 6 hours before coming to see your tank.

It's good to know that you have reinforce your tank already. It will be your 3rd masterpiece in the making.

I use 2 Tunze 6080 blowing across from on end to the other of my 5ft tank and after a few months, the tank started to get small leak. IMO, I think the pressure stretch the silicon.

[AlfaRomeo]

According to Tunze, if the tank is constructed to DIN standards (Whatever dat is), the tank life is expected to be reduced by 1/3. Meaning that it will last for about 10 years.. by that time , I think most of us will have chaged tanks anyway.

Now the question is, Whats the DIN standard for tanks?

[DeepBlue]

i have a overflow box

AT...I am running an external overflow box at the side....what would you advise regarding obtaining this device?

Attaching a pic of the ext. overflow box for you to give some advice.

My tank has euro bracing ard...so got to use the magnetic holder ....

[roidan]

bro, you may have to cut the grooves lower or wider in case the gates cannot handle the max crest of the waveform when it surges.....or alternatively you may just have to adjust the wavebox for a more gentle crest

[DeepBlue]

sounds good....at least there's still possibility

will the surges kick up a sand storm??

[roidan]

yeah...if the black portion of your overflow gate is removable, just ask someone to cut wider or lower depending on your preference....

the main logic behind this is that you will need to clear a sudden surge of water whenever it reaches a maximum height at your overflow (as well as leave a suitable distance between the water surface and the top of the tank)...and if your overflow gate doesnt not drain fast enough, then flooding liao...hehe

so that's the rationale behind altering the teeth of the gate

the surge is referring to the surface of the water...the underwater current shouldn't cause a major storm but may shift the bed slightly like a ripple pattern that we have seen pictures of

but again...if too strong, then just throttle it back lor..hehe

[DeepBlue]

how about the sand storm part...and for LPS....will my elegance coral become botak....? just like the effect of a misplaced tunze

[roidan]

wah...LPS i am not too sure man...

but we have seen the clips last year where 3 long tentacled plate corals became

'POM POM GALS' in the tank....

their tentacles were swinging left, right, left, right in unison...

duno long term wise will the tentacles fly out or not

again if too strong....throttle it back i guess....

[DeepBlue]

maybe it'll encourage me to go full sps

[roidan]

hehe..but hor..it's not the best natural waveform achievable....

but probably the best at this price of the wavebox

look at this old thread

http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/index.php?...pic=16792&st=30

The flow is not exactly natural, the natural wave would be much longer but given the size of the device and ultimate in energy savings it is the best that can be accomplished and is the most natural flow available to hobbyists.

So, the ideal flow system now is two Electronic Streams on opposite ends back corner aimed to the front center glass and operated on interval mode 2 on multicontroller 7095 with changes in pump operation every 6hrs or so. The wave box is coordinated and shuts off at night. This flow is a 50% approximation of what exists in the ocean and the best accomplished yet by any means.

so the most ideal flow comprises the wavebox and 2 streams...but for small tanks...how to house so many things