[AquaticLife] Connecting Fish Tanks?
Yes, I thought the comments were “entertainingly stupid” myself, that is why I sort of skimmed them, and found the two that mentioned where the photos were taken.
On 12/10/08, Lenny V. aka GoldLenny wrote: > > Harl, > > If you were talking about all the blog comments, you’re right.. I didn’t > read very many of them. Since some of the top comments were from folks that > didn’t even understand how this could possibly work, and then others gave > some kind of convoluted lost-in-space explanation, I figured most of the > comments were from pinheads.. so I had to stop. LOL > > Here are five of the top eight answers… when I just had to stop > reading… > which is a sad commentary on education in America.. or wherever these folks > may be from but since I’m American, I can only really blast my own > country’s > education/political system. LOL > > ——- > Kelwin > > December 23rd, 2007 at 3:00 am > > That is pretty friggin’ awesome. How does it stay up in there? water > usually > falls to the lowest path of least resistance, right? I would think that it > would just fall out of the pipeline back into the tanks causing them to > overflow. is it pumped into the pipeline? or is it just a fluke of physics > that make it work? > ——- > > Bryan > > December 23rd, 2007 at 4:30 am > > Yeah, I don’t understand this either for some reason. I also think the > water > would fall right out or, unless the fish tanks were sealed, or there is > some > advanced knowledge of pressure going on here, Will have to test it. > ——- > > Evan > > December 23rd, 2007 at 4:31 am > > Kelwin, it has to do with the vapour pressure of water. In order for the > water to flow out of the top “pipeline” section, it would have to leave an > area with no liquid in it, just water vapour. But at room temperature water > wants to stay a liquid, and the attraction between the water molecules is > much stronger than the gravity pulling them down. > ——- > > TJ > > December 23rd, 2007 at 4:44 am > > @Kelwin: I was wondering the same thing. If you pump the excess water into > the top then the fish won’t be able to swim up there because of the water > flowing downwards at high speed, thus rendering your pipeline useless. > ——- > > Evan > > December 23rd, 2007 at 4:47 am > > I would assume the water stays in there because the whole system is > pressurized. That is the only way I would imagine it is possible. > ——- > > The above five would make good guests on Jay Leno’s Jaywalking segment. LOL > > I did read down more and more looking for your comment and saw someone > named > Chris identify the photos from Potion’s Lounge.. but this comment > epitomizes > my thoughts. I also saw the post from “360″ with the comment. > > ——- > Matt > > January 3rd, 2008 at 8:04 pm > > My gawd, the ignorance of basic physics is amazing. > > “How does it stay up in there?” > “I don’t understand this either for some reason” > “I would assume the water stays in there because the whole system is > pressurized” > “this doesn’t seem physically possible.” > “Gravity would have the water flow down from the pipes and overflow the > tanks” > “Do you use large pumps to avoid tank overflow?” > > This is elementary school physics here. Put down the remote control, and > pick up an encyclopedia people. > ——- > > Lenny Vasbinder > Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com > (Links to articles referenced above listed on the right side under Archives > - Year, Month and under Labels) > > —–Original Message—– > From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto: > AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com ] On > Behalf Of Harl Myers > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 4:16 PM > To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [AquaticLife] Connecting Fish Tanks? > > You were to bored with it to read the entries below - one said: > > Ha! You can see the back of my head in one of those photos.and I’m reading > the Onion. That was YEARS ago! The 2nd, 3rd and last image is from the > Liquid Potion Lounge in Evanston, IL (RIP). I used to love that place. > > This would often go up the tubes, but they’d rarely make it all the way to > the other fish tank. I remember it being days before I finally saw a fish > make it all the way across. Looked really cool though. > > I read it because I saw a video once of a tank with a second tank that went > quite a ways up. It had Chiclids in it too and they would go up and down > the thing. Actually I liked it better than the highway thing. Still looked > like a disaster waiting to happen. > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Lenny V. aka GoldLenny GoldLenny@gmail.com > > wrote: > > > Those are the same pics as the ones that were in the article that I > > recently posted a link to. I’m not sure if Aaron… is the owner of > > the pics or were just sharing snagged duplicates from that website or > > if the website snagged them from Aaron… or they both snagged them > > from someone else. The pics appear to be from a coffee shop or other > > restaurant type biz. I don’t see anything in the below link that > > identifies the location of this fish pipeline. > > > > http://thecontaminated.com/pipeline-fish-tank/ > > > > Lenny Vasbinder > > Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com > > (Links to articles referenced above > > listed on the right side under Archives > > - Year, Month and under Labels) > > > > —–Original Message—– > > From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com 40yahoogroups.com> [mailto: > > AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com 40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf > > Of bill1433 > > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 8:15 AM > > To: AquaticLife > > Subject: [AquaticLife] Connecting Fish Tanks? > > > > This was the link from our photo section: > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AquaticLife/photos/album/320957330/pic/l > > ist > > > list > > > > > > > The album is listed under this name ——-in case the link does not > work: > > FisHighway > > > > See Ray! I told you I was drinking coffee! Another bad habit! I’m > > always drinking coffee. > > > > Bill > > > > _____ > > avast! Antivirus : Outbound message clean. > > Virus Database (VPS): 081210-0, 12/10/2008 > Tested on: 12/10/2008 8:16:46 PM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. > > >
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