tunze wavebox in action

[MacnReef]

Okay, putting in my 2 cents. Didn't read the whole thing so if someone has already said this...sorry.

In Europe, people use a thick glass that is glued together on the ends. If you use one of those in our tanks, you might risk it breaking the glass because our tanks don't use a real thick glass. Also, we use overflows and I am not sure how well that would work with our overflows.

BUT, they are really neat and have a great concept.

Mike

 

[acropora]

Nice video. It does create alot of movement and it feels like you are scuba diving by just watching it. It may not be for everyone and you may not want it on all the time. But on a timer, various intervals during the day would be very interesting.

 

[rvitko]

This type of flow will be the ideal for filter feeding non photosynthetic animals as the food is suspended and washed back and forth over the polyps. It will be a great advancement for crinoidea and is absolutely anemone safe.

Really I see absolutely no danger to the tank, European tanks do not necessarily have thicker glass, Oceanic is certainly as thick as the comparable size european tanks. Remember, you could dial in a 1/4" wave if you chose. Tanks fail from torque not weight, if you carried the same logic to the hang on filter the back pane should fall off every American freshwater tank which has been subjected to 10lbs of extra stress.

It automatically turns off at night if you choose.

The overflow box implications still need further testing and I will let you know the results soon. There is no reason to believe any problem besides noise will occur with built in overflows and this could be minimized with a durso pipe. With a hang on overflow it is likely the sump level will surge and drop as well if it is not properly tuned. We had no trouble with the show tank which had a hang on overflow and was set to maximum power.

 

[bluereefs]

This type of flow will be the ideal for filter feeding non photosynthetic animals as the food is suspended and washed back and forth over the polyps. It will be a great advancement for crinoidea and is absolutely anemone safe.
Thank you Rvitko ,that was my second though,wavebox with new grotech phytoplancton filter and some nonphotosyntetic animals...
Did they have suces with crinoids and other dificult to keep animals(can you speak about that or is to early?)?

 

[marrowmuse]

I love it. Looks like an awesome device, yet another choice in wavemakers. Is this the renaissance era of reefing, or what?

Regarding the overflows, it looks to me in that video that the overflow is located cleverly in the center of the back of the tank, where the water level stays the same. As the wave goes back and forth, water piles up at either end, but never in the middle.

 

[Frisco]

[moved]

 

[73ChargerFan]

Owe, I wouldn't have found this thread if it had started in the Tunze forum.

Great product, and it defitely has its place.

 

[bluereefs]

Funny, in the same time discusions about wavebox are start all around the globe,in American,Holland,Croatian,France,Germany ...
Here is few picture from the France forum

Waves are much smaller in this example

 

[TANGBOY5000]

That is a very gorgeous tank. What are the dimensions?

 

[matt_rogers]

Wow. Now that's a tank that needs a wavebox.

 

[Cody Ray]

Love the liverock setup, but the lighting could use an upgrade!

 

[justgettinstarted]

haven't any of you people been snorkeling or diving near steek reefs or cliffs before? that is exactly what the fish do is surge along the reef... so i dont think that it would be streesfull at all!

 

[Dudester]

I agree with justgettinstarted ... I just got back from diving and snorkeling in Maui, and the fish were dancing in the reef, being pulled in all directions imaginable without any signs of stress.

 

[Cody Ray]

no, no i have never been snorkeling or diving near steek reefs or cliffs before, sry to say. I really want to though!

 

[justgettinstarted]

steek should have been steep or maybe steak! haha

 

[vapor1]

Roger, we need a video of the wavebox used with a set of streams .
I think that a video like that would be the ultimate selling tool . I know I'll buy one if I can see one in operation with a set of streams on a multicontroller.

Just got the streams and want to see how this will fit in with them on a tank.

 

[Cody Ray]

Someone said earlier in this thread that in order to be used, your tank had to be at least 2ft in lenght. My 29-gallon is 30" in lenght, does that mean that I could use one? Seems that there would be more to it than that. I understand that it requires a fair amount of skill to get it running properly, and I love to tinker with stuff (besides my old sea clone, good god!!!).

 

[br1200]

Hi Roger,

A practical question.
Which one will show up first in the US, the 6200 or the wavebox? I'm in the process of setting up a 450G tank and would like to utilize the wavebox. How long should I wait for it ?

Thanks

-A

 

[br1200]

Sorry I meant 7200 not 6200.

 

[bluereefs]

Some german on line shop start to take preorders for wavebox,price 430 euro,date of the release 04.10.