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monkeyboy   Fish Addict Posts: 521 Kudos: 375 Votes: 223 Registered: 10-Apr-2005   | found this looking for DIY stuff. anybody ever tried this yet? http://www.ian.org/Photos/Aquarium/FDB-FrontMollyUp.jpg Fish tanks are an expensive addiction |
 Posted 17-Jul-2006 18:18 |     |
Natalie    Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003   | The mouth of the jar looks dangerously close to the water level in the tank. If some water evaporated, all the water in the jar would spill back into the tank.  I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash. |
| Posted 17-Jul-2006 18:54 |     |
mattyboombatty   Moderator Tenellus Obsessor Posts: 2790 Kudos: 1507 Votes: 1301 Registered: 26-Mar-2004  | Actually, any evaporation would pull water out from the jar. People used to use this as a method for top offs while on vacation. Critical Fertilator: The Micromanager of Macronutrients |
| Posted 17-Jul-2006 19:32 | |
resle Enthusiast Posts: 273 Kudos: 112 Votes: 14 Registered: 09-Oct-2004 | im confused wat stopping the water from spilling out of the jar and into the tank? after all water does tend to equalize itself |
| Posted 17-Jul-2006 19:32 | |
poisonwaffle Mega Fish Posts: 1397 Kudos: 591 Registered: 11-Feb-2003 | It's a little thing called air pressure that's keeping it inside the jar. Oh, the joys of physics  And yea, you can use a similar setup for auto topoffs, but you need airline tubing and stuff... it ain't too hard... |
| Posted 17-Jul-2006 19:53 | |
| monkeyboy Fish Addict Posts: 521 Kudos: 375 Votes: 223 Registered: 10-Apr-2005 | i used to do that playing around in the sink with cups, but never thought about using that in my fish tanks. waffle.... now i'm curious. how would you set that up for the auto topoff? Fish tanks are an expensive addiction |
| Posted 17-Jul-2006 20:30 | |
| poisonwaffle Mega Fish Posts: 1397 Kudos: 591 Registered: 11-Feb-2003 | Check out this link. I'm having trouble finding more on it in google... I've seen more stuff about it other places... http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/diy-topoff-vt4370.html?start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight= |
| Posted 17-Jul-2006 22:09 | |
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