Tunze 6212 Wavebox (new) $400

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Tony, would a wavebox be too much on a 3-foot, 55G tank?

[Delphinus]

I don't think so - it doesn't really create an overwhelming wave (unless you use two ). They say 36" is the minimum length though to create the "wave" - the controller doesn't have adjustability to a fast-enough frequency to create a resonance in tanks smaller than 36". The longer the tank, the slower the resonance and thus the calmer the overall back-and-forth-ness.

[smokinreefer]

i've always wondered, does this affect how well an overflow will operate?
when the water level rises falls will the overflow behave differently? noisier maybe?

[Delphinus]

I can't actually answer that as I don't have my tank running. I can tell you that two waveboxes in my 280g produced a wave nearly 4" before I panicked and pulled the plug, the wave totally crashed over the side of the tank. The one wavebox produced a wave just slightly under 1".

I don't *think* it affects the overflow significantly, the only thing is if the wave takes the water lower than the overflow waterline, then more water will end up in your main tank until the flow through the overflow equalizes with the flow coming into the tank.

The tanks that I've seen with waveboxes have only had a slight gurgle noise that seemed to coincide with the wave. I didn't think the noise was too bad, but, I dunno, I might be deaf too for all I know.

[seanoman]

pm'ed

[blaster]

had sent another pm

[Chaloupa]

does not alter my overflow on my tank at all.