radical aquarium design

[ggenz]

ok, i read a thread on here that mentioned that sealed containers, full of water, tipped up-side-down, with the lipstill under water, actually hold water. that wasreally confusing so, I'll try to explain better.

if you take a 5 gallon bucket, put it in a 75 gallon tank, fill the bucket with tank water, tip the bucket up-side-down (under water), and lift the bottom of the bucket out of the water(with the rim still underwater), the bucket is full of water right?

well, if you can visualize that, imagine if the 5 gallon bucket was clear

fish could swim around in it, or a pile of rock could extend up into it, anything.

i just thought it would be cool and wanted to know what you guys thought



*I take no credit for the pic, i found some models and moved them around. thanks to whoever made the models for your help

[israelnajar]

You mean like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5InNVJ_Ythc

[ggenz]

yup, just like that, though not as cool as his , cool. I wonder how it works with that airstone in there.


and i thoguht i had a good idea!

[israelnajar]

It is a very cool idea I think. I have thought about this tank numerous times and still cannot figure it out.

[ggenz]

he must suck the built up air out every once in a while, like topping off our tanks

[hahnmeister]

If you put an airstone under it, it will fill with air and defeat what you want to do.

[niko5]

My biggest fear would be a splash or something allowing some air in then the 5 or 10 gallons in the container would almost instantly drain back into the tank.

If you put a hole at the top and used an aqualifter or something to constantly remove water out of the top that could catch any air that got into it.

[bchbum189]

or maybe a lifter on a timer, so every 20 min it runs for a minute? I am very curious about this now. Youve ruined me now haha

[FZ1Rider]

What if he has the pump at the top of this tank (in the air bubble) and uses that air to pump back down. Essentially a reverse of waterfall in a pond.

Peter

[Pbrown3701]

right or just uses the air pump like a closed loop where it pulls air from inside and pumps it back

[OnlyCrimson]

Originally posted by israelnajar
You mean like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5InNVJ_Ythc

I wish that guy had a video of that setup when it was dry. It would suck to have to get a floating dead fish out of there! or clean it for that matter.

[hahnmeister]

Originally posted by Pbrown3701
right or just uses the air pump like a closed loop where it pulls air from inside and pumps it back

Well, eventually the gas will dissolve into the water, and then you will be stuck with a flooded air pump. If you were to use an aqualifter though, this wouldnt be a big problem... you could just refill the air once a day manually.

[tprize]

what if you had an Air pump that pumped the air out of the top, and then back in through the air stone, then you would just be cycling the air. One other thing, having had fresh water tanks, I bet it would be fun keeping this thing clean.