Little help with the wavebox please

[chasekwe]

I'm afraid I have no experience with your waveboxes and I just don't understand them.

How is it exactly that the water doesn't lap over the sides? How does it interact with the overflows? Do people have to keep their water level lower than normal when using one of the boxes? I really hate the look of an aquarium that isn't full. (of water)


I really do like the idea, I just can't seem to get my head around how it will work.


Couple other things, does the wavebox create surface tension for good air movement or is the wave motion more cohesive so I have to add additional powerheads for breaking the plane of the water?

Also, is there some way to quantify the wave motion of the controllers in a gallons per hour equivalent format? I'm trying to determine what setup I'm going to use to get my 30x turnover and I'd like to be able to add these in instead of just winging it.

 

[troyman]

think the wave maker is great i have a 125 gal i keep water like a inch or 2 from top depending how high your wave is it wont come over top it does move water but in a back and fourth motion i still use power heads cause the motion suspends matter in tank and the power heads move it around so filter takes it out

 

[rvitko]

If you run a search on google you can find dozens of Youtube videos.

You can control the wave amplitude but less than a 3/4" wave is not very effective, you have to have at least 1" from the top of the water to the edge of the tank to use a wavebox.

The wave will increase surface area but you should use it with powerheads as the wave has no directional flow, it is a rocking motion that lifts and suspends and directional flow is needed to carry the debris away.

You have to set up the wavebox and then you can calculate the flow by taking the volume of the wave which is ((L * W * H)/2)/231 if you use inches. and then multiply that by the number of waves in an hour. An example would be a 120 with a 1" high wave ((48 * 24 * 1)/2)/231. Each wave is 2.49 gallons. We would have a wave roughly every 1 second so the flow would be about 8900gph. It is a very different type of flow though and it should be supplemented by a directional current.

 

[chasekwe]

Thanks very much Rvitko, and I'll check out those youtube videos.