Now you scare me :cry:

I agree, although I bought mine used and re-sealed it myself, so I'm lacking a bit of confidence in it :razz:
Realistically, I think the tank is ok, and I know the stand won't shift, but....

I do need to do something to generate more of an up swell in the flow though, and I think a wave might do it.

I had one for several years without issue.

Roger Vitko has answered this question a number of times over one RC. Something to the effect that your standard commercially-built aquarium is meant for about 15 - 20 years of use and running a wavebox 24/7 is expected to knock a couple of years off that life expectancy.

You can hook up a photocell to the wavebox and not have it running at night to reduce the wear and tear if your worried.

Franklin, thanks! I'm going to add a wave with my existing streams and see what I think..

Yep Roger claims 10% reduction and nobody is going to say they know this for a fact. It can't help the tank's strength of course but I suspect we'd all replace or upgrade long before things would fail assuming the tank's properly built.

Having said that... I have been considering them myself and also am a bit scared. A 1" wave in a 400g is a ton of weight shifting around!

Actually, a couple of tons :)

Like I said, I have a program for the Apex that will give me a wave, so I'll set that up this coming week and see what I think. Right now I have too much gunk settling out on the rock work, so I'm hoping this does the trick without blowing the tank :razz:

I know.. :sad:

I've sorta gone with the turkey baster for now. Saves me a couple tons of cash and is easier on the seams lol.

Ive had mine for over 2 yrs now no issue. I love it. Only cleaned it once so far and never a problem.

I still do the turkey baster thing once a week.

The thing with the turkey baster is I can do it every hour almost. I set the new profiles for the Tunzes just before midnight last night, and even at the dusk/dawn setting, I had a small wave going in the tank, but midnight switches to steady easy flow. I'll have to make sure I'm home today when the 100% flow wave setting kicks in, just to make sure the water stays in the tank.