DIY Wave Box

[Minhaj Qazi]

Hi Reefers. Its been few weeks i was Searching for some details on a DIY Wave Box , but couldnt find simple detailed making procedure specially on youtube or r2r. Therefore I decided to Try to make one myself with Hit and Trial and It Worked Wonderfully. Here are some details
1. Using a Used Jebao SW-15 Wave Maker which has its own Controller therefore no exclusive controller is needed.
2. All You need is a , minimum SW-15 powered wave-maker as smaller will not work as i experienced with RW-4 etc>
3. A simple 4x4x11 Acrylic is needed to cut , Glue and make a Wave Box>
4. You can Find Detailed Video on Youtube at my Youtube Channel " MQReef " or Full Make Video at Link
5. Search Youtube for DIY Wave Box in Reef Tank
6. I Admire Jebao for making such a powerful pump and budget option for us.

 

[jhuntstl]

Surprised these wave boxes fell out of style over the years. I recently grabbed a used tunze 6208 and I feel like it's one of the best purchases I've made yet.

Great job on the DIY. Really looks much nicer than the tunze...and way cheaper!

 

[Minhaj Qazi]

Surprised these wave boxes fell out of style over the years. I recently grabbed a used tunze 6208 and I feel like it's one of the best purchases I've made yet.

Great job on the DIY. Really looks much nicer than the tunze...and way cheaper!

Thx. Its Acryclic and Make Costed me only 4 $.
And Its Working at 80% power as i have a weak Top Bracing.

 

[eloser]

Great job and thanks for sharing! Another project on the to do list.

 

[Minhaj Qazi]

Great job and thanks for sharing! Another project on the to do list.

Thx dear. You can See Sea Sweep my next build as well.

 

[Gaspipe]

Shame they don't just sell the box and add your own SW-15

 

[billysprout]

Shame they don't just sell the box and add your own SW-15

i bet you could get an acrylic shop to make one of these boxes for 30-40 bucks. just gotta tell them the diameter and location of the pump hole.

in fact i’m gonna reach out to mine and get a quote >

congrats on the newsletter feature, OP!

 

[Minhaj Qazi]

i bet you could get an acrylic shop to make one of these boxes for 30-40 bucks. just gotta tell them the diameter and location of the pump hole.

in fact i’m gonna reach out to mine and get a quote >

congrats on the newsletter feature, OP!

Thx. Box Even lesser then 5$ imo. Just cut and glue yourself if u wana save more. Thats why i have shared cutting glueing details.
Happy Reefing

 

[LuizW13]

I wonder if you can achieve the same results by making a smaller version of that for people with smaller tanks.

 

[Minhaj Qazi]

I wonder if you can achieve the same results by making a smaller version of that for people with smaller tanks.

I have made a smaller version and its with RW4 Jebao in my Cube running. But Jebao Rw4 or 6 is too small to push enough water out. One can use min RW8 atleast for Cube.

 

[LuizW13]

I have made a smaller version and its with RW4 Jebao in my Cube running. But Jebao Rw4 or 6 is too small to push enough water out. One can use min RW8 atleast for Cube.

but can the wave box itself be smaller and still get the same effect?

 

[Minhaj Qazi]

but can the wave box itself be smaller and still get the same effect?

Not much cause if hight is less, when water drains out it may reach Wave maker and create a bubbling effect and Bubbles will move out in Display also creating nore noise.

 

[RazorRamon]

I would love to buy one of these premade. I wonder how much they’d charge or if tunze has a patent on it that would make it illegal to sell

 

[kagisexton]

I thought I heard the patent on the wave box would be out soon. If so, I hope someone jumps on making a more affordable version. I love Tunze but can’t see why their wavebox cost so much.

 

[Minhaj Qazi]

I would love to buy one of these premade. I wonder how much they’d charge or if tunze has a patent on it that would make it illegal to sell

there is no tunze pump involved so no patent issue.

 

[Minhaj Qazi]

I thought I heard the patent on the wave box would be out soon. If so, I hope someone jumps on making a more affordable version. I love Tunze but can’t see why their wavebox cost so much.

in diy there is no tunze pump involved so no patent issues. rest its only an acrylic box. how we use our gear is our domain

I thought I heard the patent on the wave box would be out soon. If so, I hope someone jumps on making a more affordable version. I love Tunze but can’t see why their wavebox cost so much.

 

[JaimeAdams]

Looks good

 

[BoneDoc]

Awesome work. Thank you for sharing this with us