Perpendicular waveboxes

[Dudester]

I'm planning a 72 x 48 x 30 tank, and it will have an external Calfo overflow on one of the 48" sides. I think I'll need 2 waveboxes and was considering placing them perpendicular to one another in the rear corner adjacent to the overflow (akin to how chingchai has his, although I know he uses 4 waveboxes). Do you think this would work?

 

[rvitko]

The tank is so wide that I don't think it would work without 4 set up pretty much exactly as Chingchai did.

 

[Dudester]

I was afraid of that. I love his flow but don't want to look at 4 waveboxes in the tank. I considered placing 2 on the rear walls at opposite ends of the tank, but if I do that then one of them will be front and center in view of the side view of the tank. Another option I considered was building external waveboxes flanking the Calfo overflow. That would work, right?

 

[rvitko]

It would work but you would have to layout your tank so that the outflow would not be obstructed.

 

[Dudester]

Yep, got it. Thanks Roger.

 

[Rouselb]

If its going to be a custom tank, then why dont you do as some others have, and have a box similar to the wavebox made of glass and mount it to the outside of the tank. Then you wont see the boxes in the tank.

 

[Dudester]

Agreed, Rouselb, and that's what I initially considered, but if I eventually abandon the waveboxes (say it couldn't be so) then I'd have extra holes in the tank and silly glass boxes on the outside. I also want to reduce the number of holes and seams as much as possible since I know this tank will be in place for at least 15 years and I don't want to increase the chance for any leaks. Great point, though!