The most Unique Tank I've ever seen!

[ssungyo]

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKM32LpHizs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s81goz-uxU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGXfIz_mIcw


I want one! Enjoy!



-Sun

 

[Justin James]

What if the evaporation caused the top tank to flush out? Or could this be possible. Looks dangerous to me.

But yes they it's cool. Imagin it as a reef tank with a tall rock work built up high in the top tank.

 

[Andrew]

Not really too hard to do. The top tank just acts as a huge vacuum.

 

[Putawaywet]

I must be missing something. The concept I understand, but then I see the rising bubbles and I can't help but ask huh?

Brett

 

[jacmyoung]

The air pump is probably in the canopy drawing air from there so no loss of vacuum. But should the seal in the canopy break, the floor will be flooded.

 

[sabbath]

Really cool. Yes I see how it would work. The top would have a pump pulling water out and going in bottom somewhere. It works much like a u tub on a overflow box that has a pump to get it going. It would get and keep the air out.

 

[MrZ]

Ahh I get it now - the air added by the bubbles threw me for a while but if the air is being pulled from the tower and then bubbled back in there wouldn't be any net change to the water level.

BUT....
What about dissolved O2 levels? The air being bubbled in there would get pretty stale in a closed air loop.

Another thought....
If the water level was dropping too low in the tower due to air bubbles (like when he used the fish net in the video) then you could pull the airstone out from inside the tower to pull some air and cause the water level to rise back up.

Nice post ssungyo - cool stuff

 

[MrZ]

Oh yeah - one other thing - think about how scummy that tower would get in a marine environment. Its basically a protein skimmer with no cup for skimmate removal =)

 

[humbugy]

what about cleaning that tower.....

 

[powdertang05]

thats going to suck when they loose power.

 

[sabbath]

Good thought. You would use a check valve on pump but it still wouldn't close it 100% I would bet. Or would not bet.lol:eek2:

 

[Icefire]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9954143#post9954143 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by powdertang05
thats going to suck when they loose power.

nothing will happen, the air pump isn't in the water and the airstone is submerged. vaccum will hold the water.