wavebox installed externally?

[CMcNeil]

i am planning a custom 180 acrylic tank and was wondering.is there any reason why i cant build a box to the back of the tank.then drill a hole that is large enough for the tunze wavebox outlet to fit through.then place the wavebox into the external box i make and push the wavebox outlet into the hole i drill.the box would be flooded to the water level of the tank.so is this possible?

 

[landy]

I have seen a picture of an external wave box, not sure where. You would not need the actual wave box, but rather the external box you build would be the wave box.

Possible difficulties could be; drilling the hole into the main tank the right size to hold the stream in place. also you would have to engineer something other that the foam piece that supports the stream since it would have to be install from the top, rather that the bottom sliding apart.

Check out the spare parts on tunze.com, they have all the pieces for the wave box broke down, so you could get a better idea of what you are up against.

Also if you had a 6100, all you would need would be the wave controller and an impeller for a 6200. You could make the controller for about 15 dollars if you have a knowledge of electronics ( I made mine ).

When I build a new tank im going to have an external wavebox. i am even considering making my external wavebox support two streams, might workout might not.:eek1:

good luck.

landy

 

[CMcNeil]

i would have no problems drilling the tank as i am going to make it from acrylic and i have access to all the machines i need to make the tank.id have to research the wavebox and see how to do it like you said.this new tank will have it all from a wavebox to 2 closed loops.there will be NO POWERHEADS in this tank.i plan on running 3 darts(2 for loops and 1 for return)

 

[landy]

its not so much drilling the hole but drilling the the exact size for the stream to fit snuggly, thats the ticket. system sound sweet!!

landy

 

[cjgalante]

If you need to see a wavebox for its dimentions I have one!

Chris

 

[corndogg]

I've been planning this same idea for my next tank and the best solution I have come up with is instead of using the foam with your own box, I would just get a magnet mount used to mount conventional streams and buy the spare part needed to connect the wavebox pump to the magnet. This way you don't have any problems supporting the pump. The only detail would be building the box to the right dimensions including the magnet mount.

 

[rvitko]

Just keep in mind this limits how you can lay out the rock. You lose the flexibility of being able to move equipment as needed to get the desired flow. The wavebox needs a realitively unobstructed shot to the far wall to producte the biggest wave.

 

[CMcNeil]

so is it possible to do what i want?i understand what you are saying about placement of the wavebox and would place it where i feel it would have an unobstructed line.

 

[rvitko]

It is possible, other people have done it but the cheapest way is to buy the wavebox and just not use the box, buying all the parts seperate costs more.

 

[CMcNeil]

i was going to buy the wavebox and build a box externally that it sits in.

 

[steve newman]

Hi checkinhawk,

Have a look at my wavebox tank;

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=822340&highlight=steve


Hope the links still work


Regards

Steve