my tank concept

[redtailshark1]

it is a tank with a water tower that is suspended because the water cant flow down.
it has a sealed glass top.

 

[Iffrat]

i guess the first question that i would ask is .. why? so much hassle and potential problems .. just seems like soo sooo soooooo much work .. and all for what?

 

[Dane]

While I would say that would be a neat design it won't work. Air circulating in the tank will accumulate in the top and allow the water to drain out (and all over the floor). And that's assuming the vacuum caused by the downward pressure of the water doesn't break the top anyway. You would be better off to seal the bottom section and leave the tall side open.

 

[xdragonxb0i]

there is a tank like this. you would constantly have to extract air from the top to keep the suction.

But i seen a tank like this on here before

 

[bob965]

While I would say that would be a neat design it won't work. Air circulating in the tank will accumulate in the top and allow the water to drain out (and all over the floor). And that's assuming the vacuum caused by the downward pressure of the water doesn't break the top anyway. You would be better off to seal the bottom section and leave the tall side open.

It works. There are plenty of examples of this type of tank in operation on the interwebs.

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

There are some aweseom tanks prebuilt and on youtube of this design. Very eye catching but not the best in design...

 

[tscharf]

it does work, look up upside down aqaurium on youtube, it works

 

[tscharf]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWknp5iXCMU

 

[redtailshark1]

that video shows that it works

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWknp5iXCMU
it works like a cat waterer if the bottom gets low it will flow into the bottom a little bit...
it will not flood the house even if it is syphoned below the front glass

 

[spwd]

Cool but seems alot of work for not much payback if you know what i mean.

Steve