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Ruth
09-11-2005, 10:00 PM
Well I have been rethinking the waterflow on my 190g. I am turning myself inside out about drilling it and am really not comfortable doing it. Soooooooooooo What do you think of this?
Going with 4 tunze 6100's on a controller instead of the closed loop which I planned on (powered by a sequence barracuda and Ocean Motions 4 way)
This will give me over double the water flow.......and........I WON'T HAVE TO DRILL MY TANK! I would attach them with magnets so would be able to have 2 down low in my tank and 2 up high. I think I could hide them in the rockwork somewhat (still want to be able to access to clean and service) so the only thing that would be visible and probably bug me somewhat are the cords.
Input and suggestions welcome please.

Thanks

crusty1
09-11-2005, 10:09 PM
Hi Ruth,
I am going to try the Wave2k waveboxes in my 180g. Part of the reason is to have an alternative to all the hassels of plumbing in the OM 4way and other closed loop issues. If you can hold off a few weeks I'll let you know how I make out.(the boxes should be here tomorrow).
Also, looking on the Oceans Motions website there were a few alternatives of closed loop systems that didn't have the tanks drilled.

Ruth
09-11-2005, 10:13 PM
I already have the OM 4 way as well as the barracuda pump so it was not so much the plumbing that is getting to me it is the drilling of the tank. Look forward to seeing what you think of the Wave 2K. Do you have a link to the web page so I can see what they are all about. Thanks

zulu_principle
09-11-2005, 11:05 PM
Whats the big concern on drilling the tank ?


Wendell

Ruth
09-11-2005, 11:11 PM
I have never done it and it scares me!

christyf5
09-11-2005, 11:59 PM
I have never done it and it scares me!

Hehe,

My tank sat in my basement for 3 weeks before I got up the courage just to take it in to get drilled. I was so paranoid they would bust the glass. It took 5 minutes and they were done. :razz:

Then again, doing it yourself is another matter, but I hear acrylic is pretty darned easy.

Ruth
09-12-2005, 12:21 AM
Well the other thing is that I would have to drill 10 holes. 8 for the return and 2 for the drain (or whatever you call it). And besides at the end of the day if I go with the Tunzes I will have over double the flow.

christyf5
09-12-2005, 12:22 AM
Ya I'd be a bit more paranoid about having 10 holes in my tank Not drilling sounds much better :wink:

Jack
09-12-2005, 12:43 AM
Acrylic is easy to drill.

props
09-12-2005, 12:45 AM
i'd get a wave box and a couple of 6100 if money is not an issue :biggrin:

Veng68
09-12-2005, 01:07 AM
does anyone remember that crazy wave "box" made by either tunze or ehiem........... They had a video and the aquarium was generating 3-4 cm waves rolling legnth wise.

I think people on RC were commenting on the silicone seal not being able to last for too long if it ran for over a year with such waves.

does anyone remember the name of this device or who makes it?

I thought I had book marked it but I did not :(

Cheers,
Vic [veng68]

crusty1
09-12-2005, 01:19 AM
I already have the OM 4 way as well as the barracuda pump so it was not so much the plumbing that is getting to me it is the drilling of the tank. Look forward to seeing what you think of the Wave 2K. Do you have a link to the web page so I can see what they are all about. Thanks
www.wave2k.com[/url]

vanreefer
09-12-2005, 01:21 AM
i Would't worry about drilling acrylic ....

Veng68
09-12-2005, 10:01 AM
Well I found it

TunzeŽ Wavebox 6212/6212.50 Wavemaker

Translated page with video
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://1024.drpez.com/julio_05/wavebox.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dtunze%2Bwave%2Bbox%2Bvideo%26hl%3Den% 26lr%3D%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official_s%26sa%3DG

Cheers,
Vic [veng68]

Ruth
09-12-2005, 01:07 PM
So does anyone see a downside (besides appearance, which I can somewhat hide and cost) of going with 4 6100 on a controller? I already have 2 of the 6100 and the controller so would just have to purchase the other 2 and 2 more magnets.
I may go and buy a small sheet of 1/2" acrylic today and borrow the hole saw and bit and try drilling that and see how I make out. 10 holes still scares the bejeesus out of me tho.

LostMind
09-12-2005, 03:06 PM
Why do you need 10 holes with a 4 way oceansmotions unit?

Why not do a couple tunze's and the closed loop?

Personally, I'd drill the acrylic and do the tunze's, but I love overkill :)

Ruth
09-18-2005, 10:24 PM
I DID IT........I ACTUALLY DID IT. :multi: I drilled my tank - all 10 holes so here we go with the plumbing. Still waiting on a couple of pieces of equipment - skimmer and reactor - but they are supposed to be here this week. WHOOHOOO

Invigor
09-18-2005, 11:20 PM
pics pics pics, where are the pics?!

funny you made your tank holy on a sunday, :lol:

Ruth
09-19-2005, 12:00 AM
I'll try to get pictures later tonight when the neighbor kid comes over to help me get it in the house and up on the stand. I thought about taking pictures as I was going but it's hard to take pictures when you are the only one around.

muck
09-19-2005, 12:02 AM
Awesome!! Good job Ruth.
Im sure you will be much happier now that the tank is drilled.


<waiting on the pics> :razz:

Psyire
09-19-2005, 04:49 AM
Awesome! Was it fairly simple/easy? or hard?

What size of holes?

Ruth
09-19-2005, 05:02 AM
The hardest part was screwing up my courage. Once I got started it actually went fairly well. I had to drill 8 X 1" holes and 2 X 2" holes. I drilled the holes a little smaller than required and then took a dremel and sanded the rest so I made sure that I got a snug fit. I don't know that I want to do it again but am glad that I did it. I took some pictures that I will try and load into my gallery. They are not much to look at as I still have the protective coating stuff on the tank and am going to leave it on until I finish the plumbing etc.

Ruth
09-19-2005, 05:27 AM
Well I have downloaded some pictures - they are not much but do show all 10 bulkheads installed - Yeah

muck
09-19-2005, 05:36 AM
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/1869In_the_house.jpg

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/1869More_bulkheads.jpg

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/1869Bulkheads.jpg

mark
09-19-2005, 07:51 PM
I believe in the phrase picture's worth a 1000 words and here's quite a few showing plumbing using the 4 way and other OM products.
http://www.oceansmotions.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=10