Yellowworld's 2012 Nano Contest Entry

[lastlight]

i have no idea how i missed this build but wow is it ever EPIC! and to think this is a nano to boot! i'm loving the creativity here well done =)

does the nano stream from the nano wavebox fit directly into a bulkhead?

[yellowworld]

Originally Posted by lastlight

i have no idea how i missed this build but wow is it ever EPIC! and to think this is a nano to boot! i'm loving the creativity here well done =)

does the nano stream from the nano wavebox fit directly into a bulkhead?

Yes sir, its a 1 1/2" bulkhead (slip slip) that i cut down and put a pice of pvc into to make it fit nice and close to the impeller, the pump is then held to the glass with the tunze magnet it came with on the nano wavebox and then is attached to the pump

I was just out in the garage putting the last coat of epoxy on the rock wall it should be back in the tank by dinner tomorrow!!

[ScubaSteve]

Dude! This is awesome! How the hell have I not seen this until now?

[yellowworld]

Originally Posted by ScubaSteve

Dude! This is awesome! How the hell have I not seen this until now?

Hahaha, seems like ive been good at hiding it, a bunch of people have missed out on it

[lastlight]

Mind sharing what the front-to-back depth of your external box is? I guess there is a tiny bit of play room where you're trimming the bulkhead right? Awesome!

[yellowworld]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Mind sharing what the front-to-back depth of your external box is? I guess there is a tiny bit of play room where you're trimming the bulkhead right? Awesome!

Yeah for sure!, the box is 3 1/2" front to back, and the bulkhead is cut down at a bit of an angle, and when it is in the glass it looks like this (because the inside casing of the nano wavebox was kind of angled when i looked at it)



Here are a few good pictures of the box and pump

[lastlight]

thanks for the added details. i'm likely going to copy this myself! Is the width of that compartment important you think? it looks a lot wider than a nano wavebox....

[yellowworld]

Originally Posted by lastlight

thanks for the added details. i'm likely going to copy this myself! Is the width of that compartment important you think? it looks a lot wider than a nano wavebox....

Yeah it is a lot wider then the nano wavebox, but i did it only to accommodate the bulkhead, just so long as you have more water volume then the original you'll be fine.

I made a video a while back explaining it all, here you go!

[lastlight]

Great thanks.

I'm guessing it's a little bit quieter than the standard box since you're not pumping from within a thin plastic cavity.

Do you think gluing the pvc sleeve to the front of the pump and slipping that into the bulkhead (no margnets) would work? Seems like that might be even more quiet?

EDIT: nevermind saw your watertest video and suddently remembered that this pump doesn't have a tube shaped shroud on it like the stream pumps. I even had a nano wavebox oops! You could take this one step further and use the rubber grommet mounts from the new nano streams to make it even more silent.

You get one hell of a wave in there btw!