what has the world come too?

[melanie]

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Somehow this product seems like a bad idea.

[Dave66]

You'd be surprised all the odd and strange ideas I've seen in 35 years (Betta bowls and frankendanios spring to mind). Only reason they exist is people buy them.

"There's a sucker born every minute."

Dave

[Kuli_Loach]

Apparently you can connect multiple together to create a whole community of them but if one fails, they all do.:c5:

[salman]

Hahahaha! A bridge? Would be fun for us to have but i doubt its going to be fun for the fish.

[zackish]

It looks like you attach it to the side and it comes out of the water.....if so, I doubt any fish would swim up into that.

[melanie]

I think there is a pump to assist in sucking the fish up or keep water going through it.

[MeganL3985]

Yuck...poor fish....

[Kuli_Loach]

But people will buy it because there is so many people out there who will see it and think, huh there is an easier and neat way to take care of fish and all that will happen is a few fish will die and someone else will think of fish keeping as something bad.

[Chrona]

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I don't see anything wrong with that. It's just an extra area fish can swim into if they want. Not sure why they even have a lifter pump, or whatever that is. The water will stay in there regardless, unless you change the water and drop the water level below that of the bottom of the bridge (in which case you'll just fill up the arch again underwater) Like the description says, it's an addition to a tank.

Here's a larger (and cooler) version of it

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[Zerileous]

Well, if the little bridge thing is sucking the fish up into it, that seems kind of inhumane. Plus it seems kindof lame. On the other hand, that fish tube chrona linked to is pretty awesome. I would like to do something like that myself sometime. I wonder what kind of plastic was used for the tube? I guess acrylic pipe but I didn't know that existed.

[zackish]

Either way, no one says anyone has to buy it. Just like some people out there think that some dog leashes are harmful blah blah blah.

[Chrona]

Well, if the little bridge thing is sucking the fish up into it, that seems kind of inhumane. Plus it seems kindof lame. On the other hand, that fish tube chrona linked to is pretty awesome. I would like to do something like that myself sometime. I wonder what kind of plastic was used for the tube? I guess acrylic pipe but I didn't know that existed.

As far as I can tell, the fish swim up by their own accord, and I'm not even sure how a fish sucking pump would work lol.

[digger]

that has to be one of the oddest things i have ever seen dont think my fish would like to get sucked up a tube.

[Drumachine09]

It does most certainly NOT suck the fish into the tube. It utilizes capilary action to keep water in the tube. Id imagine the "lifter pump" is just to fill the tube up.

Kinda cool idea.

[Rue]

I don't want one...but I'd love to know it it actually works and adds to the fishes' environmental enrichment...

[gm72]

Not sure about adding to the fish's "environmental enrichment" but certainly could confuse the heck out of them!

It definitely works, basic physics. Drum is right. Capillary action.