Tunze 6091 wavebox movie#
Tunze 6091 wavebox tv#

It helps to keep detritus suspended in the water column and that facilitates those particles moving into the overflow and then the sump where mechanical filtration kicks in. The wavebox pump sets up a nice wave throughout the tank so you get the whole water column moving back and forth, not just the water immediately in front of the pump. does it allow the pump to push more water? why not just use a vortech or two?Īwesome tank ozkrogh, do you have a build thread? Ive always wondered what the purpose of the box was. At 70mm, I have plenty of room for the screen and the O-ring squeezes nicely into the hole, creating a seal between the glass and the plastic. I think 60mm will also work as you described without the rubber O-ring or the screen. I took a look at the tank tonight and the 70mm number is correct. It fit the nozzle very well, a bit tight if i use the screen. Did you mistype the hole size? Because i have 60mm on mine. It sets up a second wave within the overflow that is different from the overall tank because of the shorter length.

Tunze 6091 wavebox movie#

I'll see if I can get an updated movie of the overflow with the wavebox going posted later tonight. He thought it was amazingly cool and commented that the noise was actually sort of soothing/relaxing. The first time a neighbor came over to look at the tank he heard the wavebox and asked what it was.

Tunze 6091 wavebox tv#

I turn the TV on in that room and the wavebox noise is gone. I chalk it up to the fact that I have one small part of the tank actually pushed up against the wall which is helping the vibrations from the wavebox pump to resonate. When I go to the viewing side and the room is quiet, I can clearly hear the wavebox pump doing it's thing while the rest of the noise (pumps and water) is heavily muted. When I'm in the fishroom, I have to listen carefully to hear the wavebox pump over the reverse dursos in the sump and the Dart return. It's a low rhythmic droning but it is definitely a more penetrating noise than anything else in the tank. (I took the pump itself out of the plastic encolsure and I'm only using the pump with my setup.)įinally, here's a very brief video of the wavebox in action:īottom line, I love the results! If anyone wants dimensions of enclosure or hole drilled for the wavebox pump just send me a PM. My early designs looked something like this: (My initial design had two holes but once I understood better how the wavebox operates, I eliminated the top hole)įast forward a few years from the initial design and here's a not-so-great shot from the end of the tank where the wavebox is installed:Īnd you can just see the grill of the stream pump from the front view of the tank.

I'm in the process of getting a tank set up and in the early design process, I wanted the water movement provided by the Tunze Wavebox but didn't want the appearance of the big black box in the tank.