This is Hardware Hacking - Engine Fishtank

yellum

Guy made a fishtank out an old Mazda engine:

http://www.rotortank.ath.cx/

Ryaner

Cool idea. I've seen a fishtank inside a mac too.
My idea (no steel this on me :P ) is to but a fishtank inside a working pc as in have clear window with a fishtank built onto it

zAbbo

im thinking of building a pc with a clear window which will show an inside fishtank, how about that!!!

Ryaner

Originally posted by bazH
im thinking of building a pc with a clear window which will show an inside fishtank, how about that!!!

Thats my idea. Damn you. Do post pics if you do cause it'll be ages before I get it even started

whosurpaddy

hmmm. i presume u would have living fish inside as thats the whole point. but what type of fish? i mean think about it its gonna be cool inside there most of the time but could get quite warm at times of use (u dont want fried cod.) also they could be blinded by all the fancy flashing leds

Ryaner

Oh you'd have temp monitor on the tank as well and I was actually thinking of running the water through the water cooling and just putting an extra filter off it. That way the tank wouldnt heat up and a bigger tank for the cooling so lower temps there too

whosurpaddy

Originally posted by Ryaner
Oh you'd have temp monitor on the tank as well and I was actually thinking of running the water through the water cooling and just putting an extra filter off it. That way the tank wouldnt heat up and a bigger tank for the cooling so lower temps there too

u mean link the water in the fish tank with the water in water cooling setup? wouldnt u be left with fish poop in ur water cooling then?

Ryaner

Thats why you put an extra filter in the bottom of the tank where the water line goes out. That would stop any of the fish stuff from getting thru and also stop the fish itself from getting sucked it. Fish can do weird things

BigEejit

Originally posted by Ryaner
Fish can do weird things

Quote of the Month! ...

Ryaner

Originally posted by BigEejit
Quote of the Month! ...

Why thank you.

Seriously though what if the fish got sucked thru the tupe down to the cpu. Fried gold fish

daveJAM

Erm, you're not exactly the first person to do the fish tank in he window mod. Also, a lot of people have contemplated the fish in the watercooling system thing too. It's not exactly a good idea, you really want fish poo in your water block? and a filter is only going to restrict the flow of water! Please, for the sake of your cooling system, if not the fish, don't do it!

freekhead

Anyone see finding nemo????

Ryaner

Whats nemo got to do with this?
Nemo is great by the way. The DVD is so funny

ssh

I guarantee you that you will have a fish tank full of dead fish within 3 days. You can get fake fish though, that'd be sort of cool :-)

Ryaner

I'd thought about the whole dead fish thing because the water used in the system would be distilled and have the extra stuff in it to stop the bits corroding and so forth. Prob wouldnt agree with the fish.
I'm thinking I'll prob not do this and stick with a normal fish tank :rolleyes:

Zion

Saw this case last summer

Ryaner

Ok that case rocks!
Where did you see it?

Dr Bolouswki

$60 for anyone with a lan-li miditower...

http://www.excaliberpc.com/product_info.php?cPath=578_185_413&products_id=2137