Wavebox on a 90g...still debating

[clsanchez77]

Pretty soon I will be a masterdebater...

Roger:

A few months back I was pondering the use of a wavebox on my 90g tank. I opted out as I felt the cycle time was short and abrupt and I wanted a longer smoother wave action.

The 90 is curretnly setup with 2 stream 6060's, one in each rear corner and the flow is great but not excellent (although it does kick the sand out of the middle front ). I curretnly do not have the tank stocked yet so I can still play around with it,

What I was pondering was using the wavebox, but doubling the resonance time. What I did not know is 1) will it work and 2) what is the resonance time range of the wavebox.

Explanation, in a previous thread, we guestimated that the resonance time in my tank might be 1.8 secs with a 5/8" wave (if I remember correctly - 48"lx18"wx24"h). Seems to me that if I set the resonance to 3.6 secs (for example), I would get an alternating medium wave and a small wave as the water would have to 'bounce' twice in a single frequency. I would never see the 5/8" wave but should still get a lot of water movement.

Questions:
Does this make sense?
Will it actually work?
Would you recommend it?

Thanks,
Chris

 

[rvitko]

It isn't possible, the approximate range is .4-1.6 sec. At about 1.8 the wavebox is empty of water so a longer pulse is not possible. Besides this would give a half wave and I am unsure how that would work, it may not work at all or you may get a wave every other pulse.

 

[clsanchez77]

thanks