wave maker question

[seatrueblue]

I just got my first tunze wave box last friday. It is for my 120 gallon.. It looks great, the wave motion is really cool. My question is ..Can the water quality go down for a while after introducing a wave maker to a system? I think its because its moving water in spots where it wasn't moving much before. My corals aren't looking so great ..as in they aren't extending their polyps as much as before the wave box was put in. We are always doing 10% water changes weekly. I'm begining to think I should do an extra 5% this week. Has your water quality gone down after adding a wave box? The fish seem fine just the LPS and softy corals aren't looking happy.

btw..this tank has been running for over a year..with just regular cheap power heads at first, then upgraded to koralias and now a tunze wave box.

[Ping]

The corals may take some time to get used to the new and better flow.

[hobogato]

you may also have a bit more particulate in your water as the wavebox probably does a better job of keeping the detritus suspended in the water column. ultimately it should improve water quality by allowing your skimmer to pull out more.

[seatrueblue]

Yeah my skimmer seems to be pulling a lot more gunk out of the water since we added the wavemaker. So my corals won't be happy for a little while, untill this wave maker makes the water quality better? Do you guys think an extra 5% water change is a good idea or should I just watch and wait?

[Texreefer]

As long as you didn't disturb a deep sand bed the extra detritus in the water column can act a food for your corals, however and extra 5%water change can't hurt

[ismvel]

I just got my first tunze wave box last friday.
Congrats....I just picked mine up yesterday and am going to set it up today.....glad you asked the question so I know when it is up and running.

[joelb]

would you guys say that the wave bnox is better the idividual tunze streams?

[ismvel]

Joel, I can't tell you to be honest with you....I am still playing with the thing to get the single wave going. I don't have the frequency set correctly so I have a ripple effect right now.

I know that you do need additional directional flow, which I have, but from my understanding it takes the place of several pumps and eliminates the dead spots everywhere in the tank....

Just what I read, not from experience.....plus it really looks cool...LOL

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VszQvjFvSbs

[seatrueblue]

Oh cool maelv, is that your tank? if so.. wow..here is a video of mine in action..
http://s209.photobucket.com/albums/bb23/wicked_nacl_h2o/?action=view&current=Picture2030795.flv

um my tank doesn't look nearly as nice ..still working to make it look great..We need to do some cleaning. My long tentacle plate is looking better today, not as big as usual but better.

[verynewatthis]

Alot of talk is going on about wave boxes....and its got me thinking....you see waves on youtube with big and small waves, so im wondering...does that make a bunch of noise??...does is make a sucking sound when it takes in water??...how about the drain to the sump??..(overflow).im sorry and i dont mean to jack your thread...but if you could share that would be great....ty ty....

rich

[caferacermike]

Quiet as a mouse. Best product ever.

[ismvel]

Oh cool maelv, is that your tank? if so.. wow..here is a video of mine in action..
http://s209.photobucket.com/albums/bb23/wicked_nacl_h2o/?action=view&current=Picture2030795.flv

um my tank doesn't look nearly as nice ..still working to make it look great..We need to do some cleaning. My long tentacle plate is looking better today, not as big as usual but better.

LOL...I am one of those guys who can't let things go...LOL...soooooo here's the story

that is my old tank. But thank you very much (I think it is time for me to get rid of the picture) It was a 135 gallon, I built a stand that can hold up a Hummer, and built a wall around it...not professional, but it worked for me (not good with acrylic and other tank related equipment like some folks here...LOL...but can make things work in other ways fairly decently...enough to satisfy the inner DIY'er in me)...it was in a house I had in kansas city, mo...here it is....

http://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=244371&highlight=daddy%27s+room

Had to move back to SA for personal and family reasons so I sold the house (lucked out finding someone who wanted a fish tank in the tv room...LOL...)

I now have a 220 gallon and just so happened before I left to go watch the game (GO SPURS) this evening I tweaked the wavebox just a little more and now have a 1.25" wave going...but dont' really have anything to show the action. Yours looks cool and is doing some serious work...in time I will get some things and be able to see it.

and once again, thank you for the compliments.

ismael

[ismvel]

Quiet as a mouse. Best product ever.
TRUE THAT....I have heard less noise from my tank today tha I have since before setting up the wavebox.....I am happy with mine......and it has only be up and running for several hours.

I think my problem (with the couple of SPS corals that I have tried) was that I did not have enough flow, becuase I test for calcium, alkinity, PH, etc...etc..(basic tests) and all my parameters were good...

I don't test for magnesium....not dosing it...dont' know if I should test for it.....but everything else was in check but I couldn't keep the couple that I have....

Bill hooked me up with a green slimer that he says is tough as nails...and it looked like it was bleaching out, and it started to turn green a bit....after I moved some rocks around and repositioned the frag......now I am hoping that with the added flow, it will pull through...that will be the true test....

Then I will be ready to buy the cool SPS frags that everyone around here are keeping.