![]() The pump output sits neatly in the opening with enough room in the box to pull it out and service. Looking it over, I'm greeted by very well molded plastic sealing the entire box in except for the port where the pump sits. This things is built like a tank which is evident by the complete lack of flexing in the plastic housing, and the pump only adds to the heft. My very first impression was how much it weighed. This doesn't tell you much and the pictures online don't so much either, so here's my account of first checking out the wavebox hands on. Magnet Holder up to a glass thickness of 19 mm (.74 in.).įor tanks from 200 to 1,500 litres (52 to 396 USgal.). There's not a terribly large amount of information about these online, but I think some manufacturer specs are as good a place to start as any.ĭimensions: L125 x W113 x H 300mm (L4.9 x W4.4 x H11.8in.). I wasn't sure what to expect out of these interesting devices, but I can definitely say, it's not what I expected. That all changed this week when I received a Tunze 6215 Wavebox to play with. I've also always been very curious about the waveboxes that Tunze makes, but never got a chance to even see one in person or see one running. I've always been a fan of the look waves in a reef tank can give your corals, and I've always run wavemaker pumps for this reason. Every inch of your live rock become active, all coral polyps are exposed to flow and there are no hiding places for sediments anymore.I just searched the forum and can't find a reference to anyone owning one of Tunze's waveboxes, so I figure I better put up the review I'm working on. Which greatly improves the biological dynamics of the tank. Once this critical frequency has been found, there is no longer a single drop of water in the aquarium which no longer moves, even behind the rock work. And every aquarium is specific, depending on length, height, width, shape, aquascape, return flow… #TUNZE WAVEBOX 6260 TRIAL#This can take some trial and error to set up properly, until we reach the maximum water displacement. This is made possible by a special Wave controller for this use: if the pump is in service for 0, 85 sec., It should be stopped for 0.85 sec., Like a metronome. It will therefore be necessary to find the right frequency of on/off of the pump to displace the largest possible body of water. This is only part of the system: in order to cause an efficient movement of water, these cycles of rising/falling out of the box must be done with a frequency very specific to each aquarium according to its length. The system is brilliant by its simplicity. It is thus possible to cause an up and down movement in the box like a mechanical piston but here, the only rotating part is a small pump propeller. When this pump stops, the water rushes back into the box through the large opening of the pump. When the pump is put into service, the box empties almost to the level of the pump. See also Tunze Multi Tube Holder Secures Dosing Lines for only $12.99 Immersed in the aquarium (it protrudes from the surface of 2cm), the internal level is the same as that of the aquarium. The Tunze wave Box is an old and proven technology, that first came out in 2003, just a year after the first propeller pump ‘Stream’. The mechanical principle of a waterbox is simple: a closed box has a Stream pump in the lower part and a good support system. The gyre assure a general flow, and the wave box add the swell touch so we get a large flow, and the pumping in it which is very natural. Coupled with our gyre system, the result is fantastic. We tried quite a few wave making option, but could never reach the perfect result we get using a classic Tunze Wave Box.Ī gentle, slow, homogenous, vertical, swing in an out seemed impossible to achieve with current wave makers options until we came back to the basics, and got some new old school Tunze Wave Box. We were looking for a correct way to balance these long dancing tentacles in and out, the way we see it in the ocean. We’ve been testing quite a few wave making machines in the last few months since we are now producing a large amount of corals inland, especially Torches, Branching Hammers and Frogspawn. ![]()
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