DIY WAVEBOX

[winston199]

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.

[winston199]

Here are some pics of the box and controller

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[bitterman]

What circuit skematic did you use?

Thanks,
   Bruce

[reefdava16]

Looks close to xtm's:
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1411393

[winston199]

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

[reefdava16]

Looks good. How about a video to show us how it works?

[winston199]

I will try to make a video in the next few days and get it posted for you.

[Hookup]

What's the approx cost of this system... assuming you had to buy new parts...

[winston199]

The electronics cost about $30 and the acrylic $10

[Hookup]

no pumps or other parts required???  I'm a confused...   

[winston199]

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.

[RossW]

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

no pumps or other parts required???  I'm a confused...   

[winston199]

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

[Hookup]

Still, less than $260 for a wavebox... not bad...

[fishsticks]

that is a nice set up would it work on a four foot tank???

[winston199]

it will work but you may want to you a smaller tunze stream

[fishsticks]

Thanks i'll look into it and again a real nice set up

[yellowtang]

Maybe you can start selling DYI wave boxes
to Us; the ones not too smart with controllers and
electonic gadgets
any hopes?

[winston199]

sorry if you cant DIY there is already a company that sells them ready to install

[reefdava16]

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).