"The Romaurie-Effect"

[dodopo234]

wtf

[animaloverforever]

he found his buddy

[Dirtboy101]

Your fish is chill.

[romaurie]

No. In fact you can "suck" the air out by tube and as long as the lower tank level doesn't drop below the entry level of the inverted aquarium, the water stays in.

[mintyman89]

say you were to build an open bottom aquarium using this... if the power went out on the pump, would the water flood out of the bottom tank, or would the suction hold?

[VREDFOX]

nice idea to build a bottomless aquarium, when the air is completely evacuated the aquarium it looks like a transparent solid construction, but fishes moving free inside, great look

[romaurie]

As water finds its own level, as long as the entrances are covered by water, any combination of aquarium size could be constructed.I've toyed with the idea of making a "crossover" connection to link 4 aquariums.I'm searching for a reasonable price for the laser cutting.

[daharshone]

can this be done with two different sized tanks e.g a 240L and a 60L

[profquatermass]

Nice. I've added a small article about your method to the The Aquarium Wiki Encyclopaedia - see 'Romaurie Effect'. :-)

Feel free to edit the page.

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[romaurie]

For details of construction go to "Instructables" The Romaurie Effect.

[romaurie]

The Scat [Eric the Scat] out grew this set-up 3 years ago so he now lives in the larger inverted aqurium.

Tried some mollies in the tunnel and its working out very well with the babies being able to avoid the adults by swimming into the tunnel.

[Caimingchang]

That's pretty cute. I mean the scat.

[Koshy2]

You need some plecos.

[romaurie]

I used to keep 2 plecos in this tank, but when they out-grew it I transfered them to the cuboid inverted tank. Good idea, maybe I'll get some small ones for this.

[galileefish]

this is very large scale. i have layed around with clear pvc pipe to connect tanks. two foot long sections with the ends bent at 90 degree angles so it would rest on the tanks. when constructing an arch i ran into the problem of finding a way to secure it. but of course i did not have to use a pump with such small manageable pieces.

[biada2]

I dont think this is how the other guy did it. this setup is way too loud for indoor use.

maybe it is the way he did it, maybe not. maybe this explains the porn music in all his vids.

[blackrowstones]

the guy in the other video is using a water pump inside of a tank to keep suction.very quit and as long as the pump is on there is no suction lose and the air is taken out throught the water pump.

[romaurie]

See "The Romaurie-Effect"

[romaurie]

The vac-pump runs once, 1.5 minutes to pull the water in. It is then shut off. The "schreider" (non-return valve) prevents the water falling back. If there are no leaks, you don't have to run the vac pump again.

Laurie