crazy tank

[drewchyi]

I don't know if I'm allowed to post this link..but thought it was kinda cool looking....and strange.
http://gizmodo.com/346527/fish-bridg...ough-to-use-it

 

[ice4ice]

Very cool. Although can't exactly figure out how water can go up tubes between tanks. Interesting concept though.

 

[oceansidefish]

Water does not really go between the tanks persay, in fact the water is probably fairly stagnant there. Same concept as say putting a glass upside down in a tub of water....The pressure of the water pushing back from each tank is enough to keep the water inside the tube....

 

[burch2006]

how would you suck the air out of the tubing to create the vacuum?
Also couldnt you also create a syphon out of one of the tanks, have the other predrilled, and just create another syphon back to the original tank?

 

[burch2006]

something like this

 

[seagoblin333]

That looks like it would work but it probably would be a pain to start

 

[vampofvegas]

read the ones that do this with tanks that are right next to eachother that have a 'water bridge'. From what I remember, they are a PITA to get the water in the tube. I cant image how they'd do it in this one.
You could put some sort of blockage on the entrace/exists with some sort of 'door/block'. Then at the top, fill it with full with water. Then let go of those doors/blocks to let fish enter/exit. But you'd have to make sure that at all times that those tubes stayed under the water.. if not.. bye bye water into one tank.