Plywood Tank Streams & Wavebox

[killercoral]

I am in the planning stages of a 300-500 gallon in wall plywood tank. I would like to build this system around all tunze equipment probably use streams and a wavebox. Any suggestions on how this should be designed as well as how equipment will be mounted on plywood? I am pretty sure that I will leave several inches of clearance at top so that I can generate a decent sized wave. Roger I am really looking for your input here and any is appreciated but please anyone feel free to also give any advice. Thanks in advance.

 

[rvitko]

If possible why not drill the plywood near the top and just use screws and silicon to attach the equipment. Other than that I have no experience, sounds cool but I have never seen a big plywood tank.

 

[killercoral]

This would be fine I think. Would the holes be above the water line? Don't the streams have to be well below the surface or can the brackets be screwed in near the top of the tank above the water level?

 

[rvitko]

The brackets would go in above the water level, in general the pumps go only about 6" below the surface- how deep will the tank be?

 

[killercoral]

A minimum of 24" and no more than 30"

I think that the dimensions will be something like 84" L x 48" D x 27" H (like I said not exactly sure about the height yet)

 

[rvitko]

The Streams should be near the top then.

 

[killercoral]

In your opinion what is the ideal size for a large reef tank to best utilize the wave box and what combination of streams should be used?

Also I am not sure what I should do for overflows yet and I know that this can affect the performance of the wave box any suggestions. I am planning on minimum return from the sump and fuge probably at the most 1500 GPH.

One other thing this will be primarily SPS but clams and LPS on the sand bed. Can I run a sand bed as long as it isn't deep?