Dude! This is awesome! How the hell have I not seen this until now?

Hahaha, seems like ive been good at hiding it, a bunch of people have missed out on it

Mind sharing what the front-to-back depth of your external box is? I guess there is a tiny bit of play room where you're trimming the bulkhead right? Awesome!

Yeah for sure!, the box is 3 1/2" front to back, and the bulkhead is cut down at a bit of an angle, and when it is in the glass it looks like this (because the inside casing of the nano wavebox was kind of angled when i looked at it)

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps7c97b5e3.jpg

Here are a few good pictures of the box and pump

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...t/DSCF2522.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...t/DSCF2524.jpg

thanks for the added details. i'm likely going to copy this myself! Is the width of that compartment important you think? it looks a lot wider than a nano wavebox....

Yeah it is a lot wider then the nano wavebox, but i did it only to accommodate the bulkhead, just so long as you have more water volume then the original you'll be fine.

I made a video a while back explaining it all, here you go!

Great thanks.

I'm guessing it's a little bit quieter than the standard box since you're not pumping from within a thin plastic cavity.

Do you think gluing the pvc sleeve to the front of the pump and slipping that into the bulkhead (no margnets) would work? Seems like that might be even more quiet?

EDIT: nevermind saw your watertest video and suddently remembered that this pump doesn't have a tube shaped shroud on it like the stream pumps. I even had a nano wavebox oops! You could take this one step further and use the rubber grommet mounts from the new nano streams to make it even more silent.

You get one hell of a wave in there btw!

I thought about that, but when you look at the magnetic holder it has rubber pads to stop the vibration from turning your whole tank into a tuning fork. I think if you were to make it all one solid piece as the pump turned on and off it would jump just a little as the all do but then because the bulkhead is directly on the glass with no rubber barrier 100% around it on all sides i think it would end up making a lot of noise and eventually hurt either the pump or the glass.

you would also have to notch the pvc to allow water to flow past it, and that would then decrease the area you can glue, i think after time it would just shake itself loose, but its worth a try!! i just never did

Alright so here is the finished product, in its final resting place

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So now that that project is knocked off the list I have a few things left to go before splash down can commence!!

I still have to build an acrylic shield that will house my 90 degree cords for everything to get plugged into, and will also fully encapsulate the rest of my electronics so they don't end up with water damage from being in the sump cabinet,

and then i need to pick up, a two little fishies phosban reactor to run GFO and carbon

and then i need to pick up a 150w heater

and last but certainly not least i need to pick up a tunze 1073.050 silence pump to feed the reactor, the return to the tank, the refugium and the water fall

Then i can start to cycle the tank as i build the LED's to light it all up!!

Looks cool, definitely different ;) any plans for the rock that sticks out of the water? Will it be a waterfall type deal or just stay dry?

Yeah im actually planing on doing kind of a tide pool to a waterfall and then rest of the rock is going to get covered in some type of greenery and most likely mini orchids

Epic
 

I've been following this built since the preliminary stages of the wave box and I have to admit, this has evolved into a truly epic built... cant think of anything missed, everything is done with a great deal of attention, truly epic in my opinion.

Well done and keep us posted :P

Wow!! Thank you very much!! I still have quite a bit to do but its getting there

I was poking around the Tunze site today and noticed their updated version of the nano wavebox uses a stock 6055. since that comes with a magnet mount already I might source one used and purchase a wave controller. I know you're done but thought I'd mention it here where it's semi relevant.

I KNOW I KNOW!!!! HAHAHA i wish i know this just a few months earlier haha but i think im going to go that rout too! Also the output on the front is 1.5-1.59" so it should fit perfectly into a 1 1/2" bulk head hahaha. My pump is starting to click and ive looked into why its doing that but so far every problem i have found out about on the RC forum hasnt been the issue with mine, so in the not to distant future i think im going to try out the 6055 to see what happens, PLUS is has the same type of connection that my current pump has so it should be just plug and play (Fingers crossed)

Hey guys, i hope you all had a great christmas!! I got some more stuff done over the holidays. were getting close to getting saltwater into it now!! I drained all the fresh water out of the tank and the sump, I also plumed a Phosban 150 Reactor into my return line and cleaned up the extra wireing on the back side of my tank! Enjoy!!

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Alright so now that all the plumbing is 100% done ill give you guys a tour of the sump cus well there is a whole heck of a lot crammed into it haha

So this is the back of my sump, I have the fans out of the left side in the picture. on the left side you can see my feed lines from my tank to my sump running along the roof of the cabinet and to the front of the sump. My return line is the white flex pipe right by the float switch, it then gets T'd off twice inside the cabinet, first to run water past my probes that I have put inline which also feeds my refugium (the valve on the far right of the picture) , and second to feed my phosban 150 reactor (the valve on the far left of the picture) it is hanging below the supply lines for the sump

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...psd8bf5d13.jpg

Here is a closer picture of the maze of plumbing

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...psb3c6e4da.jpg

Then we have the heart of my system which will soon be getting a much needed upgrade to a Tunze Silence 1073.050 - its going to be a huge jump!! You can also see where my Tunze ATO floats and optical eye are placed in the tank

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...psae771420.jpg

Then we have the skimmer/reactor chamber looking in from where the fans are on the side of the cabinet. There will be a heater sharing that space in the near future too

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps03dd2789.jpg

and lastly the reactor is now in the sump and sitting nice and pretty, i will be going to get the extension kit that has two more elbows and the barbed fitting to keep the height of the outlet tube on the reactor as low profile as possible so i can get the skimmer cup out without and problems

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps89e50315.jpg

and looking at the reactor from the fan opening with the front door to the cabinet closed - not a lot of spare room to be found haha

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps0e895a1b.jpg


I know that pictures are sometimes hard to get a true feel for what you're seeing, and ive had a few questions on other forums about things ive done and such so I made a video that ill link right here too!

Very good job of stuffing everything in there

Sorry to always have a question, but ... :smile:
I don't see a union anywhere for you to service your return pump
How will you take it out without unscrewing it from that coupler ?

haha no problems at all!! i knew the pump was temporary so i used a 1/2" slip fitting on the end of the flex pipe so it just slides on to the pump you just have to pull the pump off the flex line

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Nice trick

Well everyone im a little side tracked at the moment thanks to the ditch and post that literally came out of no where!! its like someone sent them to hunt me down :lol:

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But as soon as that is all taken care of, ill be right back on schedule with my tank and I have a few pretty big projects that ill be tackling!!

Dude that sucks in a big way!!!!

Bad ditch and post, what were they thinking! But seriously that sucks :sad:

WHOA Jamie that is a bit of a distraction for sure, hope your ok bud.

damn that sucks dude, i for sure know this is the winner of the contest, all you need are live critters

That sucks dude! Is the post ok? Poor guy was just hanging out doin' his job 'til you showed up :razz:. How's the body?

Tell me about it, there i was just minding my business driving at a nice 60km/h down a back road near Balzac at 2:00am cus my buddy has a pregnant mayer and she was looking like she had just about enough of carrying that fat little guy around and them BAM!!!!


I know right, someone should be out there watching what these posts and ditches are doing, they have been getting away with these shenanigans for far to long now


Yeah im fine, the worst part is it happened slow enough that i said to myself "come on miss it, miss it!!" then i hear a pop and look over my shoulder to see my tinted window explode and light and snow come rushing in. Then i looked forward while still sliding into the ditch and i remember saying "well there goes my tank money"

haha thanks man, but i need lights to make them live unless i just toss a few things in there the last day and get a flash light haha

hahaha I didn't even feel the post it was just there one second and gone the next I turned it into 3 pieces the largest of which was the top with the speed sign on it haha

I mangled the pinch weld so i got a few days in the shop ahead of me, it shouldn't me to hard to pull out then weld a new lip in and do the body work, ill just tint my primer and let it go, i got some rush above the window im going to take care of as well as paint the whole truck this summer

Hey everyone, so im back! I did a pretty bad ass job on my window id say its strong enough to last through anything right now haha, i decided to put my truck aside untill the show melts and i dont have a 1931 ford model A in my garage that im currently restoring for a friend, then ill do all the body work and paint the truck and get a new window stuck in it.

in the mean time you all get a treat cus im back on track with my tank! haha i just got home from work and poured myself a nice jack and coke and now im pulling out my wallet to grab some goodies online. First stop..

JL Aquatics for a new return pump! I just ordered a Tunze 1073.0500!!! yeah thats the big one! and I need a heater so lets throw that in there too, a Jager 200W heater should do the trick, so these will give me a total of

243.40 with free shipping cus im really nice to them

Next were off to Bulk Reef Supply for a few things, first being a 5 Stage 75 GPD RO/DI unit and a float valve to keep it from flooding the house, next on the list is a 2 Part Dosing System for Calcium and Alk and then a single Dosing Pump for Magnesium and then some Magnesium to put into the dosing pump. The next time on my list is some GFO and Carbon to stuff on my reactor. Lastly I need to know what all my levels are at so lets toss in some Hanna Checkers too, like this one, this one, and this one! For a checkout total of

758.91 with free shipping

So far we are at: 1002.91$

Stay tuned guys cus after dinner and a few more JD and cokes....

Were going LED shopping!!!

Hey everyone, so im back! I did a pretty bad ass job on my window id say its strong enough to last through anything right now haha, i decided to put my truck aside untill the show melts and i dont have a 1931 ford model A in my garage that im currently restoring for a friend, then ill do all the body work and paint the truck and get a new window stuck in it.

in the mean time you all get a treat cus im back on track with my tank! haha i just got home from work and poured myself a nice jack and coke and now im pulling out my wallet to grab some goodies online. First stop..

JL Aquatics for a new return pump! I just ordered a Tunze 1073.0500!!! yeah thats the big one! and I need a heater so lets throw that in there too, a Jager 200W heater should do the trick, so these will give me a total of

243.40 with free shipping cus im really nice to them

Next were off to Bulk Reef Supply for a few things, first being a 5 Stage 75 GPD RO/DI unit and a float valve to keep it from flooding the house, next on the list is a 2 Part Dosing System for Calcium and Alk and then a single Dosing Pump for Magnesium and then some Magnesium to put into the dosing pump. The next time on my list is some GFO and Carbon to stuff on my reactor. Lastly I need to know what all my levels are at so lets toss in some Hanna Checkers too, like this one, this one, and this one! For a checkout total of

758.91 with free shipping

So far we are at: 1002.91$

Stay tuned guys cus after dinner and a few more JD and cokes....

Were going LED shopping!!!

Man, I sure wish I wasn't poor so I could go Jack Daniels shopping. Sounds like fun! :razz:

Oh its a hoot and a half!!!, "whiskey bent or hell bound" haha

Lightweight.....

I guess it's never too soon to start carbon dosing.

with the way im going, i mine as well set up one of the dosers as a Jack refill station haha

hey everyone, I'm finally back home and i don't have a lot to tell you... apparently USPS or UPS or whoever the hell is transporting all my goodies doesn't seem to think i want it now. So as soon as it all shows up ill be back in business. Lets hope i can get a fish or two in this thing before its to late!!

lighting
 

So did you decide on your lighting design yet? How to choose LED lighting?