please give me guidance for my new setup with tunze's

[AlphaCorals]

Hello,

I am about to order some new custom glass tanks and was hoping to get your advice on a few aspects of my design. Here is my situation/questions:

96" long x 24" wide x 10" high tanks (probably around 70 gallons each), my internal horizontal overflow using beananimal's three drains with be on the backside towards one end. The i.h.o. wall will be at 7" to achieve a water column of 8". I am somewhat flexible to exact dimensions. All glass tanks will have no lip on the top.

I would like to have a Tunze wavebox as well as some Tunze controllable prop pumps

Corals will be growing nearly flat on the bottom, all live rock/sand will be in other tanks


Here are my questions:

Which wavebox should I choose? Would 2 waveboxes be significantly better?

Will my <2" lip be enough for the waves? What should I have to be safe?

I am concerned with noise from my overflow with the waves considering the overflow is on one end of the tank. Any recommendations for overflows?

Which Tunze prop pumps/controller should I be looking at for medium controllable flow in the tank and how many?


I understand everything is based on preference and inhabitants but I always buy the wrong stuff the first time around. I hope your advice can save me some trial and error. Price is not as big of a concern as is health of my corals. Feel free to give any constructive criticisms, all is appreciated!

Thank you so much for your time and consideration,
Kris

 

[rvitko]

I would make the tanks slightly taller. I would go with 14" and 12" of water and use the full size waveboxes, just one per tank. Feedback I have had from coral farms using shallow troughs with the wave box is that the wave doesn't build properly if the tank is so shallow the wavebox is practically lying on the bottom of the tank. You could try the nano but the tanks are so long and wide I am not sure it would work.

 

[AlphaCorals]

Thank you for the reply. What prop pumps/controller and how many do you think would be appropriate if my tank was 14" tall with 12" of water (if I had one wavebox also)? Id like controllable ones.

 

[rvitko]

Will you have substrate or not? I am heading off to Dallas so I would be replying until tomorrow.

 

[AlphaCorals]

No worries on any delay in response! I will not have any sand/substrate in these tanks, just chalices and acans. No live rock stuctures either. These lps will be growing on acrylic/disks possibly elevated 4-6 inches on acrylic rod pedestals, very sturdy.

There will be two of these tanks... lmk if the pumps for both tanks should be operated on the same controller.

 

[AlphaCorals]

So if each of these 14" high tanks is around 100g, do you think some 6055's would work or should I go with something bigger?

 

[rvitko]

You would need a few 6055's given the length and width, 3 mounted on the back wall should do it, the 6105's would probably be better but you may have issues with any sand given the shallow depth. 2 6105's would be the alternative.