fish highway

November 21, 2004 10:20 PM

fish highway (via gordon.coale)
posted by madamjujujive (24 comments total)

My first thought was "How the fuck do you clean it?". I can't believe I never thought of this!! I am sooo gonna build me one of those. Yessiree.
posted by codeofconduct at 10:32 PM on November 21, 2004

It's like a Habitrail...for fish!
posted by filmgoerjuan at 10:37 PM on November 21, 2004

They still don't need bicycles.
posted by Faint of Butt at 10:37 PM on November 21, 2004

Do fish highways have off-ramps to Shell stations?

with apologies to Kip Adadda
posted by pokeydonut at 10:54 PM on November 21, 2004

[this is cool, but the site is lame]
posted by neckro23 at 11:06 PM on November 21, 2004

A man, a py a whgihhsif, a fish highway--Panama!
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 11:29 PM on November 21, 2004

Exceedingly nifty!
posted by chrid at 2:51 AM on November 22, 2004

pandemonium: palindrometastic!
posted by dwordle at 2:55 AM on November 22, 2004

Hmmm... The products page seems to link to a site for "guitar-tables". How do I order the fish tube?
posted by phrontist at 5:26 AM on November 22, 2004

That's how I picture Chez Fez in a few years, only with ferrets instead of fish.

the ferrets can wear these cute snorkel/fin combos and little masks too. It'll be great!
posted by Fezboy! at 5:36 AM on November 22, 2004

Thanks, madamjujujive! This is fantastic.
posted by iconomy at 7:18 AM on November 22, 2004

codeofconduct:
Make sure you use lots of duct tape.
If that tube gets the tiniest hole, the vacuum will suck air, and the whole thing will sooo glug into your apartment—and the apartments below.
Imagine the blank look on your insurance agent’s face:
“Your what ruptured?”
It might be safer to start with your neighbourhood swimming pools.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 7:30 AM on November 22, 2004

Thanks, mjjj. I'm alternately intrigued by the concept and amused at the slapdash construction of the site (how long did these images take to load on dialup? I would have bailed long ago were I not on a T3 at the moment).

Do the fish swim in it?
Do the fish swim in it.

Y'know, when composing a FAQ, it's generally a bad sign if your most salient answer to a theoretical question is to just repeat the question, mocking the questioner.
posted by soyjoy at 8:11 AM on November 22, 2004

now do they have a lane for fish driving SUV's?
posted by Hands of Manos at 9:21 AM on November 22, 2004

I noticed that too soyjoy. I thought it was funny. "Do the fish swim in it? Do the fish swim in it! My god man they hardly do anything but swim in it! Do they swim in it he asks—I can't believe it! Maude, come over here, this guy wants to know do the fish swim in it! Amazing! Yeah, they swim in it!"
posted by kenko at 9:35 AM on November 22, 2004

I understand the physics of why the water stays in the highway, but getting it going must have been quite a trip:

1. Fill tanks with water.

2. Insert highway.

3. one person steadily sucks air out of the highway at its highest point , thus sucking water from tanks into the highway, while one person at each tank continues to add water to the tank so that it doesn't run dry.

If the level of one of the tanks drops below the intake of the highway during all this, all the water in the highway ends up on the floor, right?

Any other scenarios for how to get this setup?
posted by tippiedog at 10:02 AM on November 22, 2004

I still want one.

Wait, strike that. I want a lot of them. An entire fish superhighway system running through my house. But what about congestion?

Fish public transportation.
posted by craven_morhead at 10:51 AM on November 22, 2004

exit 42: quonsar's pants
posted by quonsar at 12:04 PM on November 22, 2004

I waited all day for that, q. Thanks!
posted by Fezboy! at 1:17 PM on November 22, 2004

quonsar, you didn't disappoint.
posted by sharpener at 1:25 PM on November 22, 2004

tippiedog:
1. cover and seal the tanks.
2. fill system at highest point, and seal.
3. uncover the tanks.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 4:16 PM on November 22, 2004

Oh my god. I don't care that I only have one goldfish -- he demands a highway!
posted by Katemonkey at 4:31 PM on November 22, 2004

If a highway tube develops a leak all the water will end up on the floor. However, as long as the tubes are airtight, the tanks can be uncovered and will not overflow. If a tank loses enough water to allow air into the highway, water will come out of the highway and fill the tank to *just* the point at which the water seals the tube from further air infiltration.

Small version: take a bowl, fill with water; take a pop bottle, fill with water; cover pop bottle opening, invert, insert in bowl, reopen. Water stays in the bottle. Experiment at will.
posted by five fresh fish at 5:09 PM on November 22, 2004

this is pretty fucking awesome. nice find.
posted by Busithoth at 7:16 PM on November 22, 2004