Will a wavebox work on a 10' long tank?

[npaden]

The stuff I read says that a wavebox will work on tanks up to 317 gallons.

Will it work on my 10'2" long X 28" tall X 28" wide tank?

If you exclude the overflows and go based on interior dimensions (Vs. exterior dimensions) it would be close to the 317 gallons. If you exclude sand and rocks I think the actual water volume in the tank would be within the 317 gallons.

Thanks, Nathan

 

[rvitko]

It may work too well, you could easily do a double wave, I would expect a single wave to be about 3" tall so the double wave would be a good way to go because you can halve the wave height.

 

[npaden]

So a double wave would be 1.5"?

Any other concerns on a long tank like mine?

Thanks, Nathan

 

[rvitko]

No. It should be pretty impressive actually.

 

[robthorn]

what do you mean by a double wave? is it actually 2 surges with 1 wave box? I am setting up the perfecto 265 which is about 7 ft long. will this work on this tank? I will have a mixed reef with mushrooms lps and sps. trying not to go to hard with sps this time around but you never know. will the supplied controller do the "double wave " ? I don't think I will want a huge wave like over 3/4 of an inch in this tank since I figure the water level may be pretty high already using a sequence dart for circulation and filtration. can you control the actual wave height or is it just the sweetspot that is different with every tank?

 

[rvitko]

Instead of the normal single wave- one oscillation crest on one side trough on the other you can get a double wave which crests and troughs in the middle on any tank 7ft long or more at 11ft a triple wave becomes possible.

 

[robthorn]

this is with the supplied controller? and it appears to cut the wave height in half is this correct?
sounds awesome and extremely tempting.

 

[rvitko]

Yes, it is just doubling the frequency that produces a single wave.

 

[robthorn]

wow now the wheels are turning thank you very much