Has anyone built one of these before?

[Anonymous]

http://www.fishighway.com/


I just stumbled on this link, I can't believe they actually work....

 

[Anonymous]

that looks like a flood just begging to happen

 

[trido]

All i can say is WT?. WHY? Looks like a disaster waiting to happen at home. In a restaraunt? Ya. I guess it would be cool but wouldnt be enough to make me frequent the place

 

[Anonymous]

I saw this a few years ago, and my first impression is that I hope they don't hire him for making acrylic tank.... look at the joints!

It will be kind of difficult to clean or get a dead fish out...

 

[Anonymous]

I'd say it'd be impossible to get dead fish out since that entire structure must be sealed, (except maybe the very top of the highway). Might be problematic for oxygen exchange, or any sort of powerheads or any electrical items for that matter!

But yeah.. meh! Hamsters need highways, fish do not.

 

[Garry thomas]

How the hell can it work???? the water would flood back into the tanks 8O

 

[Anonymous]

How the hell can it work???? the water would flood back into the tanks 8O

once air is removed from the highway, a pump pulls water from one tank to the other, and as the water level drops, the siphon in the highway pulls the water from the filling tank back to the draining tank.
Break that siphon, and you have all the water in the highway overflowing onto the floor.

 

[Anonymous]

Don't call it a "highway" It is a simple siphon, or as the ancient Roman call it, an aquaduct.

 

[cjsrch]

its works the same way as my refuge
pump from sump goes to refuge then siphons back trou a 3 ft pipe
and it was hart starting the siphon on the 3 ftlong 3/4 inch diamiter pipe. it hate to see how they start those big tubes up O_O

 

[Anonymous]

Don't call it a "highway" It is a simple siphon, or as the ancient Roman call it, an aquaduct.

I hate to nit pick, but I think Aquaducts were open topped.....

 

[cjsrch]

Don't call it a "highway" It is a simple siphon, or as the ancient Roman call it, an aquaduct.

I hate to nit pick, but I think Aquaducts were open topped.....

i was thinking of saying the same thing but decided not to since in some areas they did use stone piping thou a vally and the pressure from the down hill water pushed the water uphill on the other side. ( kinda like a early water tower)
but most were open top. and open top piping is not a smart way to move water around in our houses nowadays

 

[Anonymous]

Looks like fun to clean!!

 

[Anonymous]

All the questions everyone has mentioned are answered in their FAQ

Maybe i should build one.....

 

[pwj1286]

that is freakin nuts. Could you imagen...you wife comes home and you got tubes running around the house? The expression on any woman's face...::what the hell::
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[Anonymous]

hehe, My wife just got home

I think I will show her my new idea!

 

[Anonymous]

Don't call it a "highway" It is a simple siphon, or as the ancient Roman call it, an aquaduct.

I hate to nit pick, but I think Aquaducts were open topped.....

i was thinking of saying the same thing but decided not to since in some areas they did use stone piping thou a vally and the pressure from the down hill water pushed the water uphill on the other side. ( kinda like a early water tower)
but most were open top. and open top piping is not a smart way to move water around in our houses nowadays

The Roman is pretty ingenius when it come to engineering, didn't they?

I knew some of you going to pick on me for this, but at least none of you say that you can't see thru a stone aquaduct like plastic acrylic

 

[Anonymous]

Don't call it a "highway" It is a simple siphon, or as the ancient Roman call it, an aquaduct.

I hate to nit pick, but I think Aquaducts were open topped.....

i was thinking of saying the same thing but decided not to since in some areas they did use stone piping thou a vally and the pressure from the down hill water pushed the water uphill on the other side. ( kinda like a early water tower)
but most were open top. and open top piping is not a smart way to move water around in our houses nowadays

The Roman is pretty ingenius when it come to engineering, didn't they?

I knew some of you going to pick on me for this, but at least none of you say that you can't see thru a stone aquaduct like plastic acrylic

:lol:


I only wrote "I hate to nit pick" because somewhere you used the same phrase recently and I thought it was hilarious!

By the way....


My wife thought it was freakin cool!
I almost have permission to build one, almost....


Course almost only counts in horseshoes and handgranades.....

 

[Anonymous]

All the tanks would have to be at the same level in your house. Like with-in inches. But the idea is the same as a HOT overflow.
I think its cool but that is alot of water to have to worry about if the siphon breaks.



Teddy

 

[Anonymous]

I think all this has to be is a tall skinny u shaped tank. You could pump water from the bottom on one side, filter it and return it to the bottom on the other side.

Whether or no I or anyone would want a tank like that is another question

 

[EVO]

okay so... how the heck to you clean the algae when it builds up in the tubes?