IN NO WAY AM I TRYING TO SLAM , TheReefGeek, but;
There was a thread about 2 weeks ago on this.
True
Basic consensus seemed to be that it moves a WHOLE lot of water for you, all throughout your tank nicely.
It moves all the water in the direction the wave box is pointing, usually from end to end
They are expensive, and take up a good amount of real estate in the tank.
Any closed loop wave maker are expensive IE: Oceanmotion, Redsea wave controller/power heads, Tunze streams/multicontroller, what ever?, check out the prices, as for real estate , take a look what tunze streams or a bunch of power heads take up for room in a tank
Your water volume will surge back and forth so much, 1.5" difference from the waves.
Untrue,I have a 215gallon /72inch tank and the wave at max. is 3/4 inch up and down at one end
It is hard on tank, I think they say 10% reduction in tank "life" due to stress on joints from so much water movement. Even harder on bow fronts.
Some what Untrue, this would only be true if you had a cheap tank of poor quality. as for bow tanks Alan at J&L said he called a rep. at Oceanic and they said it could only be a factor if you wanted the wave to move from front to back. the rep. also said any one that would try that needs to have a water clean up mess....lol
They are most effective on longer tanks where the waves can "build".
Untrue, a wave box is effective on any tank, but if your tank is long enough to produce a double wave , or "build", it only looks cooler!!
I have seen the one at J&L in Vancouver, looked awesome in action
! I have seen the one at J&L ,and this statment is TRUE! looks awesome. that 155gallon is a great display and a great advertisement for the wave box ,as J&L have sold lots of units since the display has been up. In fact they are back orderred!
I bought one and love it