Fish ExpressWay.. ( FEW),, Check this out ....... expressway
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You may be wondering:
What is a Fish Highway?
Imagine a means for fish to swim out the top of your aquarium, up to the ceiling, across the room and then down into another tank. That's a fish highway.
Why doesn't the water spill out of the highway?
The highway tube is completely sealed except for the openings at each end which are submerged below the tank water levels. Like a large drinking straw, when the air is sucked out of the tube the water rises inside it and will stay there unless you let the air back in.
Do the fish swim in it?
Do the fish swim in it.
Does it harm the fish?
As the fish swim higher the pressure drops a little but it's only slightly lower than the pressure pressure in the tank.
How do you fill it?
When the air is sucked out of the sealed tube the water from the tanks flows into it. Eventually, after all the air is removed the tube is filled with water.
How do you clean it?
Water flows through the highway continuously so the tank filters clean the water in the highway. Algea is removed using cleaning magnets for acrylic tanks.
How does water flow through the highway?
Water is pumped through a separate pipe from one tank to the other using a small pump. As the tank water levels change (one rises and the other falls) flow is induced through the highway by the force of gravity.
What is a Fish Highway?
Imagine a means for fish to swim out the top of your aquarium, up to the ceiling, across the room and then down into another tank. That's a fish highway.
Why doesn't the water spill out of the highway?
The highway tube is completely sealed except for the openings at each end which are submerged below the tank water levels. Like a large drinking straw, when the air is sucked out of the tube the water rises inside it and will stay there unless you let the air back in.
Do the fish swim in it?
Do the fish swim in it.
Does it harm the fish?
As the fish swim higher the pressure drops a little but it's only slightly lower than the pressure pressure in the tank.
How do you fill it?
When the air is sucked out of the sealed tube the water from the tanks flows into it. Eventually, after all the air is removed the tube is filled with water.
How do you clean it?
Water flows through the highway continuously so the tank filters clean the water in the highway. Algea is removed using cleaning magnets for acrylic tanks.
How does water flow through the highway?
Water is pumped through a separate pipe from one tank to the other using a small pump. As the tank water levels change (one rises and the other falls) flow is induced through the highway by the force of gravity.
Unfortunately it's just a site to sell their book. There's no info on where the cafe is that the pics were taken at.Lester said:
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I've heard and seen things like this before but nothing on such a large scale. I bet it would be a real pain in the ass to clean and I'll have to agree with everyone else that the two little tanks is kinda dumb. Now I'm just waiting for some one here to give it a shot 
I can see Incysor making something like this Just seems your style man.
I can see Incysor making something like this Just seems your style man.LMAO!
The funny thing about it is that when I was a kid, I never had an aquarium, but I had a couple friends that did. I thought it would be cool to have an aquarium in each room that was connected via pipes in the wall so that your fish could follow you from room to room. Of course this was me at about 7yrs old, before I had any idea about what fish are really like, or all the problems that something like this would be, not to mention that your fish would just hide in your walls, not follow you around.
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The funny thing about it is that when I was a kid, I never had an aquarium, but I had a couple friends that did. I thought it would be cool to have an aquarium in each room that was connected via pipes in the wall so that your fish could follow you from room to room. Of course this was me at about 7yrs old, before I had any idea about what fish are really like, or all the problems that something like this would be, not to mention that your fish would just hide in your walls, not follow you around.
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Hi people
was looking at this yesterday and i just realised something: if the tanks are at eye level, and the corridors are up on the ceiling, it cant possibly be true. Remember in school when they said that liquids would always be at the same level in a container?
If the highway was built, and filled to the top of the ceiling corridors and ramps, water would be gushing out from the tanks. Unless, of course they were all one large container, in which case the greatly reduced contact surface with air would lead to the fish's premature demise.
And besides, which fish would seriously continue swimming the nearly vertical corridors after a few hours. The cafe would end up with several isolated groups of organisms.
Would be interesting id it did work though.
was looking at this yesterday and i just realised something: if the tanks are at eye level, and the corridors are up on the ceiling, it cant possibly be true. Remember in school when they said that liquids would always be at the same level in a container?
If the highway was built, and filled to the top of the ceiling corridors and ramps, water would be gushing out from the tanks. Unless, of course they were all one large container, in which case the greatly reduced contact surface with air would lead to the fish's premature demise.
And besides, which fish would seriously continue swimming the nearly vertical corridors after a few hours. The cafe would end up with several isolated groups of organisms.
Would be interesting id it did work though.
Actually this does work, many of us have it hanging on a tank already. Think of this thing as nothing but a huge U-tube for an overflow. Once the tube is full of water it stays full, even if power is lost and water isn't flowing through it the water in the tube doesn't fall back into the two portions of the overflow box. As long as both ends of the U-tube remain under the surface of the water none of the water in the U-tube will flow back into the box. Same principle applies here. Just on a much larger scale.mihkaail said:
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yes but they dont get to play on a wheel
I've seen several pics of people installing tubes like this between tanks. But nothing quite this high, or long. Usually just a couple tanks sitting relatively close to each other. As for the distance upwards that a fish will swim, that isn't any big deal at all. Most natural reefs range between 2-3feet below the surface to 80ft easy. The fish aren't gonna be bothered at all by swiming up a tube 7-10ft.mihkaail said:
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