I have completed my wavebox using a tunze 6101 acrylic and home made controller the wavebox makes a 1'' wave on a 125g 6 foot tank. I just need to cut the box a bit smaller to take less room in the tank then I will post some pics.
Here are some pics of the box and controller
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What circuit skematic did you use?
Thanks,
Bruce
Looks close to xtm's:
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1411393
It was my original plan to use xtm but it needed a few mods to make it work good and not take up so much space in the tank.
I was able to make the plastic box much smaller and still get the same results, the circuit was also modded to get the result I wanted
Looks good. How about a video to show us how it works?
I will try to make a video in the next few days and get it posted for you.
What's the approx cost of this system... assuming you had to buy new parts...
The electronics cost about $30 and the acrylic $10
no pumps or other parts required??? I'm a confused... :-\
you also need a tunze stream of your choice of course and a solder iron, solder, glue or silicone and a bit of time.
so if you already have a pump and a few tools then you could build this project for about $40 other wise you can spend $600+ on one from the store. ;)
According to the link which reefdava16 posted to XTM's build on RC, here is the breakdown:
Tunze 6100 - $200 used. Go to the For Sale forum.. they're all over the place.
Electronics - $5.00 MAX
Acrylic, Weld-On, etc.. $15.00
Total = ~$220.00 give or take a few bucks
Quote from: Hookup on April 03, 2009, 10:35:19 PM
no pumps or other parts required??? I'm a confused... :-\
have you ever been to an electronics store? if you have you would know that $5 will not buy all the parts you need.
THESE ARE APPROXIMATE PRICES
switch $3
board $5
resisters $6
plastic box $5
led $1
controller $3
plug&wire $5
caps $3
TOTAL $31.00 I hope this helps
Still, less than $260 for a wavebox... not bad...
that is a nice set up would it work on a four foot tank??? :)
it will work but you may want to you a smaller tunze stream
Thanks i'll look into it and again a real nice set up ;)
Maybe you can start selling DYI wave boxes
to Us; the ones not too smart with controllers and
electonic gadgets ;)
any hopes?
sorry if you cant DIY there is already a company that sells them ready to install ;)
Quote from: fishsticks on April 05, 2009, 08:15:30 AM
that is a nice set up would it work on a four foot tank??? :)
It would work fine. A wave can be made on any size of tank. The problem with a tank shorter than 6ft is that the wave will be very quick, almost too quick. That size of stream will work well in a 4ft tank (which is what I had it in).
The tunze stream its self will work fine in a 4' tank but if you use a large stream in a wavebox on a 4' tank you will have a large unnatural looking wave that is why I suggested a smaller pump for a 4' tank, if you look at the xtm link you posted above that is the kind wave that you may end up with.
For a 4' tank they sell a small wave box (Tunze Nano Wavebox - 6206) for this. Try to find a used one cheap because as I found out they are not. Can't wait to have the time to install mine. I am sure you still could do a DIY wave box just use the smaller pumps that can be controlled.
Thanks for the info I appreciate all the help i'll look into doing this soon, BTY nice tanks guys ;)