Thinking of adding a wavebox please chime in.

Im thinking of gettting a Tunze Wavebox 6208 for my 90. I really like how the waves look, and the response from corals. I also like how it clears all the gunk from your rocks and the sandbed. I am currently running 3 Koralia 1050's right now, if I get this Wavebox, I understand I still need some additional flow. I would idealy like to get a Vortech, but they are too expensive for me right now. So for now, I will stick with my Koralias. I currently have two Koralia's on one end of my tank and one on the other end, if I add the Wavebox, will I only need one of my Koralias running? Or will I need to have two or three runing? If I just leave one running, should I just point it at my overflow box? I really want a Vortech, would an MP10 be enough flow to mix it up? Thank you for your help!

 

How much flow comes from the wave box? A MP10 will give about as much flow as one of your Koralias.

 

This is from the website:


Today, the TUNZE® Wavebox 6208 and 6215 world reknown wave generators for tanks from 150 to 1,500 litres, producing an oscillation current corresponding to the wave formation and water movements in reef top zones. The Wavebox is based on the oscillation principle and is controlled by the Wavecontroller 7092 or Multicontroller 7096 with the inherent tank resonance. This creates optimum water movement a very low power consumption. The water is in motion throughout in the aquarium, even the smallest areas behind the decoration will be in motion.
Example: In the case of tanks of a length of 1.5m, the water level may rise by up to 3cm and more due to the wave generation.
Additional flow pumps.
In the case of larger tanks, the system can be upgraded using an additional Wavebox extension 6215.50 (without Wavecontroller).
Average energy consumption in one cycle of 10W or 26W.
Supplied ready for installation with power supply and Magnet Holder, Wavecontroller and photocell.

 

I will give you my 2 cents since you asked To me a wave box is a unnatural way of adding flow to our aquariums. It gives the same back and fourth movement once it gets going and have seen many hobbiest remove them for this reason. At first fun to look at for the hobbiest but once that gets old and you see your corals doing the same movement over and over and over.......... Be carful also since wave boxes can split some tank seams from the back and foruth movement.

Good luck!!!

 

I didn't care for how it looked. The fish all sloshed this way, then that, this way, then that..... I'm getting sea sick thinking about it Then they got all encrusted with coralline and looked like big hunks of equipment in the tank. After awhile, the microbubbles came......

 

I was going to mention the same thing...waveboxes have been responsible for popping panels out of tanks from the repeated stress (this is especially true of the "dump boxes").

That being said, I think they're WAY unsightly...

 

Maybe look at the WP25 or 40 wave maker's there are several videos online.

 

I was going to suggest the same actually. For a 90, (2) 25s should work just fine. If you have a larger grain sand and stock heavy in SPS, you may be able to do the 40s.