Wavemaker in a 1/4 round tank???

banditpowdercoat · #1 01-01-2009, 05:13 PM

I'm wanting to do some kind of wavemaker in my tank. But, I'm not sure as in which route to take? The Tunze nano Wavebox looks intriguing. I'ts cheaper than a Turbelle stream pump and controller. What about the Red Sea Wavemaster running some Koralia's? Or is that for Impeller pumps only? I'd like to be able to get some sway back and forth if I can. Any and all ideas are appreciated.

Heres my tank, It's an old pic, Camera's pretty much broken.

StirCrazy · #2 01-01-2009, 05:28 PM

I started out with the Red Sea Wavemaster and wouldn't recomend it for you, If the price is no problem I would go with the tunze nano setup. the hydra's are huge compared to the tunze nanos so visualy the tunze would be better, and give you way more flow for the size. plus if you go to a computer later like the proflux it can run the tunze.

Steve

banditpowdercoat · #3 01-01-2009, 05:36 PM

Cost is allways a factor LOL

fkshiu · #4 01-01-2009, 06:48 PM

Flow (and lighting) a quarter round tank is really difficult to get right.

The Tunze nanowavebox is meant for SUPPLEMENTAL flow only. In any event, the waveboxes were designed to use the harmonics of a rectangular tank so I'm not sure it would even work on a quarter round tank.

I've used the Red Sea Wavemaker before with maxijets and it is very hard on powerheads over time. You'd here them rattle fairly regularly on start up. I've read that some who use it with hydors get the same issues.

If you can swing it, tunze nano 6055s would be a good choice as steve mentioned. Having two in there with a single controller won't be outrageously expensive.

The cheapest way would be modded sureflow maxijets.

BTW, the only pumps I've seen that can truly make polyps sway gently are the Tunze Waveboxes and the ecotech vortechs on a certain setting.

banditpowdercoat · #5 01-01-2009, 07:16 PM

Maybe I should just quit dreaming, and Save up for a 210g LOL

Rbacchiega · #6 01-01-2009, 07:20 PM

You can run Koralia's off of seio wavemakers. They're about $100 less retail than Hydor's and because they only increase/decrease the current (don't turn it off completely) it's fine for the Koralias

Black Phantom · #7 01-01-2009, 08:45 PM

Here's a good product thats quite cheap. I've run one on my 50 cube and it works not bad. Not anything like a Tunze system but a heck of a lot more affordable.

http://www.jlaquatics.com/product/wm...+Director.html

fkshiu · #8 01-01-2009, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Phantom

Here's a good product thats quite cheap. I've run one on my 50 cube and it works not bad. Not anything like a Tunze system but a heck of a lot more affordable.

http://www.jlaquatics.com/product/wm...+Director.html

I had one of those things briefly. Worked well for the price, but it would gum up pretty quickly and it cut down on head pressure by quite a bit so you'd need a pretty big pump for a tank of the OP's size. The only way you can control the switching action is with the pump itself: the more pressure, the faster the switching.

Black Phantom · #9 01-01-2009, 09:19 PM

Mine is set up on a closed loop system with a 1000 gph pump. I do have to clean it every couple of months but then everything in my aquarium needs cleaning about then.

RuGlu6 · #10 08-16-2009, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by banditpowdercoat

I'm wanting to do some kind of wavemaker in my tank. But, I'm not sure as in which route to take? The Tunze nano Wavebox looks intriguing. I'ts cheaper than a Turbelle stream pump and controller. What about the Red Sea Wavemaster running some Koralia's? Or is that for Impeller pumps only? I'd like to be able to get some sway back and forth if I can. Any and all ideas are appreciated.

Heres my tank, It's an old pic, Camera's pretty much broken.

Too bad you are not in Vanc I would let you try my Nano wave box,
However, it will work in any tank rectangular or not as long as there is a level difference between tank water and inside the wave box.
The only case it would not work is when frequency of the "PERFECT" wave is outside of controller adjustability.
I am on my second wave box in my 36”: tank and 1st one was “original”, now I have Nano wave box, and Nano does same job on my 60 gal in terms of waves.
HTH