Industrial-style bottom filter from China

[LeoWang]

 

[TwoTankAmin19]

No thanks. What a crazy mess. I do not think I would used one even it were free.

It looks like it was designed by Rube Goldberg. And the tank looks a bit overstocked?

 

[Uberhoust3 2]

Curious about what all the toggles are for? Pumps, Lights, Air, heat, what else? Also curious about the various components and what they are supposed to do. I would expect that the maintenance might be a bit heavy. I like the use of T-Slot framing, I was going to make a stand for my bigger tank out of a similar, larger, material but my wife vetoed that thought.

 

[Boundava3 1]

No thanks. What a crazy mess. I do not think I would used one even it were free.

It looks like it was designed by Rube Goldberg. And the tank looks a bit overstocked?

Agree, its a mess and there are too many fish that need a much bigger (longer) tank. IMO that is a cruel enclosure.

 

[GaryE24 139]

The answer's in the title - "industrial". This appears to be pet shop technology for temporary overstocking.

 

[Magnum Man25 139]

irregardless, I’m not a fan of hole in the bottom of the tank filters

 

[TwoTankAmin19]

I do not mind the drilled tank. But, my years in the sound industry taught me a few things. KISS was a big one because of Murphy's law:

Murphy's Law is an adage stating, "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong". Coined in 1949 and named after American aerospace engineer Edward A. Murphy Jr., it emphasizes that if a situation has the potential to fail, it eventually will.

As I said, I am a big believer in the KISS theory which can be seen as corollary of the above. "Keep It Simple, Stupid!"

As for using this contraption for store tanks makes no sense to me in terms of the cost and what might go wrong. Most of the store tanks I have seen either involve some level of central filtration or else independent tanks which rely on air powered filtration. These may involve a plumbed system for water changes.

 

[GaryE24 139]

I wouldn't use the system myself, even if I had a store. But stores can operate and present very differently in different cultures, and Chinese retail places have astonished me with how many fish are in the sales tanks. In a lot of places they probably stock madly on market days, as well. I'm assuming this is a system for those situations and choices.

The OP is silent, which makes me suspect a little marketing here, but I don't think it's aimed at the European or North American markets. One message, unchecked in on for more than a day. Not much to discuss here, as its target probably isn't hobbyists.

 

[bgarthe25 42]

I agree…..K.I.S.S. That’s a case of extreme over engineering.

 

[anewbie]

I think it is kind of an efficient use of space; durability depends on the quality of the motor the rest is pretty straight forward. Drilled bottom tanks have a lot of advantages cosmetically esp for larger aquariums. Would i use it for a small tank - probably not cost effective.

 

[CaptainBarnicles1]

Good grief...just looking at it is over stimulating I've never seen a steampunk inspired filter before...where do I add the coal?

 

[anewbie]

Good grief...just looking at it is over stimulating I've never seen a steampunk inspired filter before...where do I add the coal?

You have to appreciate the eng. ingenuity that went into that thing. It also raised an interesting aspect of filtering when using a tube - it isn't the length of the tube but the volume of the tube that is important.

While i doubt the thing is cost effective to the home owner it actually looks quite reliable as long as the motor is s decent dc design.

 

[GaryE24 139]

I've known quite a few hobbyists who were engineers first. They tended (tend) to gravitate to saltwater. They really went for the gadgets, and the building of systems. You would have a chance to see their fish, and all they'd show you would be the devices they'd bought to support the fish. The biology side of the hobby shot right by them as lacking interest.
I find there are fewer people into that world in the hobby now, probably because their skills are worth a lot more than they were back then. But well designed life support devices for fish are of great value. This set up probably solves a problem I don't have. I don't mind that it looks like an exercise contraption for gerbils, and I have no doubt it can work. Placed on a large tank with modifications for decor, and additional device for flow, et, it's probably a nice little mechanical filter.
If your goal is to put 100 goldfish in a too small tank to sell them all in a day's rush of buyers, it looks ideal. Otherwise, as @CaptainBarnicles said, it's steampunk, only in cheap plastic colours. If it looked like the works of a rusty, moss infested abandoned mill somewhere, I'd probably want one. But I'd never buy or make one. If the little electronic box at the base had a section that played music loud, it'd have me though.