Tubes And Tunnels And Pathways Into Space?

Lord Zogat

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At the Pittsburgh Science center they had an aquarium display with 3 large tanks inter connected by 6 inch clear PVC. The fish seem to love zipping from one tank to the next. :shout:

Has anyone played with this method of connecting tanks before? I know it takes some serious construction. :blink:

I guess my main question here is, does anyone have any experience with fish swiming through a tube in their tank? Do they like to go through? :unsure:

I was thinking of making a U bend of clear PVC and sumberging it in the tank, then I would rise the U bend up out of the water leaving the two ends submerged. This would keep the water held in the tube. Its similar to putting a galss under water and pulling it out by the base, the water remains in the glass until the glass edge breaks the surface. So in a similar fashion, the U tube would hold the water since both ends are below the water line. :hyper:

My question is, I wonder if the fish would go on an adventure and swim through the tube. Could be an interesting experiment. 8)
 
i looked into buying a clear plastic tube and i got quoted for a 5m length of 160mm pipe with a wall thickness of 3.2mm.

youll never guess how much it was.....


£400!!!!


apparently theres someone who sells it cheaper on ebay. links in that thread i think.
 
i looked into buying a clear plastic tube and i got quoted for a 5m length of 160mm pipe with a wall thickness of 3.2mm.

youll never guess how much it was.....


£400!!!!


apparently theres someone who sells it cheaper on ebay. links in that thread i think.

I got my 8 foot or 2.6M tube that is 6 inches or 154mm diameter for I think $8USD a foot. So the price was not unreasonable. Shipping would almost double the cost, be certainly no where near 400 pounds. I have my uncle bring it up from the states when they visit saving on the shipping costs.

Try looking into clear mailing tubes, they would work in short lengths and the ones currently selling on ebay are $1 per 18 inches.
 

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