Wavebox and a tall tank

marinelife

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I am getting ready to build a new tank. I am going to make it tall do to a the space I have available. Will the wave box work in a tank 96" long, 32" front to back and 60" top to bottom

I have two currently and would buy another one if it will work if not I will work something else out.
 
I don't think it would work well enough to justify the expense. In general longer tanks produce bigger waves, wide and deep tanks shorter waves. For wider tanks the extensions provide a bigger boost, on deep tanks, too much wave energy is lost and they just don't work that well. I really wouldn't recommend the wavebox for a tank more than 36" deep. 60" deep will be extremely expensive and very difficult to light and I might rethink your plan a bit and maybe just place a decorative scene or create a shoreline effect, you could have the tall tank but only fill it 36" or so, though working on it would be very difficult and then create tall rock mounds that go above the surface 6-12" and possibly have some mangroves. This way the tank could be built to withstand the weight of 36" of water and be much thinner but you would have to be careful to never overfill it.
 
Roger thanks for the response!
Yes you are right the deep tank will be hard but I am after something different and have a space limitation, plus the challenge of is all will be exciting. I do like your idea and would maybe do that if what I want does not work out.

I have no problem not using the 2 waveboxes I have, this will just let me purchase more streams :)
 
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