tunze wavebox in action

[mhurley]

RGibson,
First post in this thread is a link to a movie of it in action. A few posts down from that is a link to the PDF of the product brochure which includes pictures.

 

[Travis]

This unit looks awesome. As danieljames stated, this wave motion is very realistic to the ocean.

It has been pointed out that the wavebox will work on any tank that is at least 2ft long. Will it work on tanks of any width? For example, would it work the same on a tank that is 18" wide compared to a tank that is 48" wide?

 

[RGibson]

Mhurley thank you. RGibson

 

[dbrown]

This is incredible. I'm just curious about a couple things. The longer the tank the longer the wave would be? It looks like even a 7 foot tank limits the possibilities. I can only imagine some Goniopora swinging completely to and fro.

Does the wave hieght increase the longer the tank is as well? Meaning you would need an even higher clearance up top, say like 1" high per foot length or does the wave top out?

 

[Lunchbucket]

ok gotta tag along for the ride on this one

Lunchbucket

 

[TANGBOY5000]

It almost looks like the wave would splash out if the box did not trigger again. Look on the right hand side it's coming very near the top, but then it's like it gets sucked back before it comes to full height.

 

[Lostmind]

what sucks is the pdf link is screwed up by the ... in it.

 

[bluereefs]

More movies(XXX )
http://www.aquatechonline.net/Video/video1.avi
http://www.aquatechonline.net/Video/video2.avi

 

[gabe3d]

The effect of the wave maker is quite impressive but the only concern i have is the front portion of it where water comes in. I hope that it will not create a strong suction effect. After the lost of a few livestock I've tried to minimize the suction effect as much as possible to prevent any accidents from happening. For the price and size I would definitly buy it.


Gabe

 

[Ball]

Am I watching a tennis match? I think it looks awuful. Maybe effective, but ugly to watch. Blah.

 

[SaltNutz]

When and where can I buy one?

 

[bcjack]

Lostmind try this link:

http://www.tunze.com/Interzoo-Neuheiten-2004/Flyer 2004/Flyer_2004_E_EUR.pdf


Todd

 

[Achilles]

Wonder how the wave would react when coupled with the Tunze streams. Would it nullify the effect? Would it create whitecaps? Wow! I'm simply amazed by this device!

 

[Lostmind]

Thanks bcjack!

 

[agiacosa]

That's amazing! Does anyone have an ETA on selling in the US?

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

Am I watching a tennis match? I think it looks awuful. Maybe effective, but ugly to watch. Blah.

I agree. The fish aren't swimming, just bobbing around. Seems more useful on a very large tank, otherwise it just looks like too much.

 

[SaltNutz]

I wonder how our standard overflows will react with this? Nice idea though.

 

[slug]

Is the speed of the wave controllable? The oscillation in that last video looks really fast. Is it faster than a natural wave?

 

[Ball]

It would be funny to walk in on someone while they were looking at thier tank. Their head would be moving back and forth in time with the wave. Im not making fun of it. Its just that the head and eyes will follow motion. The person looking at the tank wouldnt even realize they were doing it.

 

[Seaside Fish Lover]

what about controlling speed?

what about controlling speed?

Is there a way to control the speed of the wave. This looks like a great product but in the video the water is sloshing at such a speed that it looks unappealing to my eyes. Just my .02 cents.

I also have concerns on how well this will work with built in overflows.