Tunze Nano Wavebox or VorTech MP20?

[Myka]

Don't worry about hijacking! Give 'er. I rarely dislike hijacking...usually turns into something interesting.

Oh I just don't know what to do!!! Those who have Waveboxes seem to really love them, and those who have VorTechs really love those...

[banditpowdercoat]

Same here, Myka. I will eventually get one, or the other. But not sure which. After seeing some Youtube videos of how well a vortech can make a wave, I think I'm leaning to save up for one of those. Take up less space. I barely notice my Koralia now.

[Madreefer]

Originally Posted by banditpowdercoat

Same here, Myka. I will eventually get one, or the other. But not sure which. After seeing some Youtube videos of how well a vortech can make a wave, I think I'm leaning to save up for one of those. Take up less space. I barely notice my Koralia now.

Hey dude for what it's worth it would'nt hurt to email Tunze and ask their opinion on if it will work. I did and was happy that they were honest with me and asked me not to buy it as they thought it would'nt work on rounded glass. I really wanted the Nano Wavebox to. I have two of the Koralia#4's and I modded one of them for $20. Went from 1250G/Hr to 3000G/Hr But with the Vortech are you going to like something sticking out of your glass? With a pie shaped glass you don't really have a side of your tank. Might look kind of silly thats why I did'nt even consider one of those as I have a half circle tank. Hey I'm not trying to put a downer on it just trying to help you possibly to save some cash.

[banditpowdercoat]

Madreefer, I am getting another tank here in the new future, a 150g. that one WILL have some form of wave making on it. I will also try it on my corner unit when I eventually get one. Bit for now, I'm not buying one solely for the corner tank

[Madreefer]

Originally Posted by banditpowdercoat

Madreefer, I will also try it on my corner unit when I eventually get one. B

Cool! Please let us know how it works on the corner tank. I still want one if it works.

[Slick Fork]

Rstar: I find the wavebox to be very finicky, if I move a powerhead or rock, it needs to be re-tuned, right now I've got a rack with some recently acquired frags stuck to the glass and that has flattened the wave out some. Have a look for things that may interfere with the wave.

[Slick Fork]

I should correct myself, My wave on a 4x2 tank is ranging between an inch and an inch and a half. I got thinking about it and decided to actually measure... 2 inches would be pretty spectacular though!

[Myka]

Originally Posted by banditpowdercoat

Same here, Myka. I will eventually get one, or the other. But not sure which. After seeing some Youtube videos of how well a vortech can make a wave, I think I'm leaning to save up for one of those. Take up less space. I barely notice my Koralia now.

Hmm...I haven't looked at the YouTube vids yet. I didn't think the VorTech would be able to make a decent wave. I will go look now that you've mentioned it, thanks!

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by Myka

Hmm...I haven't looked at the YouTube vids yet. I didn't think the VorTech would be able to make a decent wave. I will go look now that you've mentioned it, thanks!

You want to see a Vortech make a wave... Check this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLPme...eature=related

[rstar]

Originally Posted by JDigital

You want to see a Vortech make a wave... Check this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLPme...eature=related

Good vid Jdigital, but i wonder what it would be like in a real reef. After talking to tunze yesterday, and a little experimentation with my wavebox, i dicovered that an overflow really kills the wave, with my return pump off, my wave is insane in my tank, really nice to see. With the return on its kind of blah. I wonder if it would be any different with the vortech? Ot has anything to do with the positioning of the overflow. ie; if it is a center over flow it would be better. My overflow is a single corner overflow.