ANy DIY'ers out there?

How about trying something like this?

http://www.bio-elite.com/waterbridge.htm

I would love to have a go, it just sounds great!

I saw a simiar sort of thing, but they was HUGE tanks and it ran through the chimney to the other side of the lounge...it looked great. Good idea though, i wonder how many get stuck lol

I like the look of that, and it doesnt look that hard to put together either.

I wish I had the space and another tank to rig it up to.

That's mad isn't it? You'd have to make sure you have compatible species in each tank though. Imagine what would happen if a shoal of neon tetras swam into an Angelfish tank...

BLOODBATH...

OR missing neons??

Be great though if you had two decent sized community tanks wouldn't it? I really like the idea of this - a plan for the future I think.

Thats sooo cool!!!

Thats a great idea but what do you do when you do a water change? Wouldnt all the water flow out of the tunnel and you would have to disconnect it and then reprime it all over again - every week? The article doesnt mention about water changes that i can see. I wish he had mentioned more about the pump to stop the water stagnating too, that would have been interesting to find out about.

Good point Cam. All we see is the "fun" element. It might not be so practical in reality.

Yes cam... i agree, looks cool but totally impractical :lol:

Thanks for killing my joy cam

you could probably fit some sort of cut off or cover to it i suppose. its the pumping method to prevent it getting stale i am not sure about. it would be great to have tow big tanks linked like that though.

OR if your tanks were small enough you could put the filter on opposite side of the tanks and get the flow aimed at the tube?? Wouldnt that make a constant flow of water going through it?? just a thought

The gut said though that the intake was in one take and the output in the other. So you get a natural flow between the two