Mythbusters and the Aquarium Hobby

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Fish Eat Fish;1496918; said:
I once heard that a guy went to a public zoo that was remodeling and bought a 1000 gallon turtle tank. He then loaded it in the elevator and placed it in his 4th floor apartment. He hooked a piece of tubing up to his sink and began to fill it. As he gazed at the magnitude of the new home for his betta he noticed there was a darn penny sitting right at the bottom of the otherwise clean and empty tank. Being a man who suffered from OCD he could not let it be. He tried to fish it out with a piece of wire but soon realized that there was no way, short of climbing in a picking it up himself, that he could ever get it out. So he striped down to nothing grabbed
a step ladder and climbed in. By this time the tank was almost full. Right as he reached down to grab the penny the floor boards gave way and the tank plummeted through the ceiling of the 3rd floor. Then right through the 2rd and the first. When he and the tank reached the basements concrete floor the tank instantly shattered into thousands of pieces that were then washed away by the rushing water into the sump of the building. The apartment complex was brand new and he was the first to move in so no one witnessed the event. When someone did eventually report the incident. All the police found was a naked man laying on the concrete underneath 4 floors of destruction clutching a penny.





They want a myth not a question
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Wow now that sounds like a good myyth to me. So did he live or did he die?
 
ScullCraca;1496930; said:
Wow now that sounds like a good myyth to me. So did he live or did he die?
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the glass and cement broke his fall.................but he died
 
Fish Eat Fish;1496918; said:
I once heard that a guy went to a public zoo that was remodeling and bought a 1000 gallon turtle tank. He then loaded it in the elevator and placed it in his 4th floor apartment. He hooked a piece of tubing up to his sink and began to fill it. As he gazed at the magnitude of the new home for his betta he noticed there was a darn penny sitting right at the bottom of the otherwise clean and empty tank. Being a man who suffered from OCD he could not let it be. He tried to fish it out with a piece of wire but soon realized that there was no way, short of climbing in a picking it up himself, that he could ever get it out. So he striped down to nothing grabbed
a step ladder and climbed in. By this time the tank was almost full. Right as he reached down to grab the penny the floor boards gave way and the tank plummeted through the ceiling of the 3rd floor. Then right through the 2rd and the first. When he and the tank reached the basements concrete floor the tank instantly shattered into thousands of pieces that were then washed away by the rushing water into the sump of the building. The apartment complex was brand new and he was the first to move in so no one witnessed the event. When someone did eventually report the incident. All the police found was a naked man laying on the concrete underneath 4 floors of destruction clutching a penny.





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Then go post it. :thumbsup:
 
YEAH i like mythbusters it would be fun to watch them tear up an old apertment building:headbang2 They could just take the biggest pool u can buy at walmart and set it up on the third floor put a gallon counter on the end of the hose and CRASH ,SPLASH:naughty: we would all know the breaking point of the average apartment complex floor.Now i know there are alot of different building styles that would affect the strength of the floor but we can just let Jamie and Adam figure out all that it :grinno: it would be great episode imo but i have enjoyed nearly every one anyway.
 
Actually I just did


heres the discussion
http://community.discovery.com/eve/...61919888&m=6591920259&r=6591920259#6591920259


Go here to create an account. click on "I need to create a new login" under the login box

http://my.discovery.com/?context=ZK2WUfZQSJQX7ploG6jUcWTlHOQR5U1RndWf43OB1PU%3D&loggedin=false&network=DSC&oncomplete=http%3A//community.discovery.com/eve/forums%3Fa%3Dtpc%26s%3D6941912904%26f%3D6761919888%26m%3D6591920259%26r%3D6591920259%236591920259&type=login


Its easy to register so people should and just comment like crazy on it and maybe we will see it on tv soon!
 
Actually it is a myth of sorts as I'm sure someone has all told you "A tank that big will fall through the floor"
 
Fish Eat Fish;1497013; said:
Actually I just did


heres the discussion
http://community.discovery.com/eve/...61919888&m=6591920259&r=6591920259#6591920259


Go here to create an account. click on "I need to create a new login" under the login box

http://my.discovery.com/?context=ZK2WUfZQSJQX7ploG6jUcWTlHOQR5U1RndWf43OB1PU%3D&loggedin=false&network=DSC&oncomplete=http%3A//community.discovery.com/eve/forums%3Fa%3Dtpc%26s%3D6941912904%26f%3D6761919888%26m%3D6591920259%26r%3D6591920259%236591920259&type=login


Its easy to register so people should and just comment like crazy on it and maybe we will see it on tv soon!
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Cool! And like you said, it's very easy to register.
 
everyone should go and post
 
This is really cool people, everyone should sign up and post on their forum to get this in motion! First of all this would be everyone in this forum's dream to watch this episode, I mean come a 500 gallon aquarium falling 4-5 floors through an apartment!!!:headbang2:headbang2:headbang2Second of all it would answer SO many questions I'm sure everyone on this forum has thought to themselves how much is too much??? I would love to see something like this I think it would be awesome if it actually got on the show too.:popcorn:
 
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