novafishy Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 THis would be an awesome setup to have in one's living room. Hah! Fish Highway Waterbridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chester Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 Very interesting. He doesn't say how to do a water change though. The extensions that go down into the tank are only 11cm's long so you would only be able to take out a small amount each time unless there is a trick to it. Thanks for posting the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 I imagine if you capped the ends of the "bridge" for a brief period you could do a larger change. HOwever since the tanks are sharing water you wouldnt want to change one side too drastically as I dont think thered be alot of flow between them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Morelia Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 Does the water not stagnate up there? No. I pump water out of my one tank through an external canister filter and into the other tank. Gravity keeps the water level of the two tanks the same and there is constant motion of water through the tunnel. It also keeps the chemistry of the water in both tanks the same. If your filter pumps 2000 liters of water an hour; this is the volume of water that passes through the bridge every hour. There is plenty of flow! Obviously, all you'd need to do is whack the caps on the ends, and do a water change on both tanks simultaneously. Imagine how a big one of those would look between, say, 2 big african display tanks ? I'd endeavour to build one if my fish woudn't kill each other when they met ! Interesting idea though. Very interesting. I think i have a couple of 2fts that i could experiment between....... Thanks for posting them, Wes ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 Should have read that huh? However I doubt there would be any flow in that super cool big one. Imagine the head height required by the pump? That thing is up in the rafters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barramundi Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 It'd still be similar cos whatever water flowed into the tank from the return would flow through the bridge to the "sump" tank at the other end. I use the same principal for my sump overflows so I didn't have to drill my existing tanks. It'd be a very cool idea, I could run it from the "in construction" fishroom shed out the back to a display tank in the house....... aaah maybe not, I think my missues would kill me!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novafishy Posted September 29, 2004 Author Share Posted September 29, 2004 No worries Andy. you reckon the big one in the rafters would be perspex? here are two more links after scouting around: Link 1 Link 2 HAHA, imagine if something died in the fish highway...it would be a bummer to get out hehe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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