Actually, I answered my own...
Actually, I answered my own question. I see that you listed the materials used in a post above. The set-up doesn't even look like it would be that hard to do. I bet I could get my other brother-in-law's dad who lives in the apartment next to me to make something similar for me. He loves doing that kind of work since he retired. Did you ever have any problems with any of the materials used in the set-up from the exposure to a marine aquarium?
It WAS very easy...
that is the great thing about modern lines is that they are very often STRAIGHT! I'm not that accomplished of a welder and it was a pretty easy project. Also made the poster bed you can just see a leg of out of similar construction. I would just caution you to use something THINNER than the 1/8" tube I used, this this was RIDICULOUSLY heavy ON TOP of the 55 gallons of water at 8lbs./gal.
My old neighbor made the hood out of Birch plywood that was simply poly'd. It stood up REMARKABLY WELL even with its exposure to salt water. The stand did as well. I would just wipe off any water or "creep" as soon as it appeared.
I ended up trashing the setup when I moved from that apartment. Fun times, would like to do another one someday but 200-400 gallons!!
HAVE FUN...you think MODERN FURNITURE is expensive!!
Well, I guess it's better...
Well, I guess it's better that it be very heavy then not heavy enough to support a tank full of water. Any by the way, water is technically 8.34 lbs/gallon 😉 I only know this because I worked for an alcohol company and when we cut tanks full of ethanol we had to know the exact weight of the ethanol needed to cut the alcohol to the correct proof. But that's enough chemistry for today 😀
Aquariums
I never paid much attention on aquariums before...
But now as a green thing etc etc etc, why not see aesthetics and decorations issues.
Interesting thread.
It seems Patrick is also searching other issues of this.
I begin to understand that artifact...
As I understood before that, (now learned also have fish!)is a piece of art, it was in an exhibition...
I second Olive, if we may have an explain on that artifact.
ps: I bet fishes are in the lower bowl. (or the upper one?)
Sorry Olive...
I COMPLETELY spaced out on you, I thought you were talking about there being no fish in my aquarium at the time until I realized Patrick's contraption!
Gustavo: They REALLY ART living art. The colors of the fish and even the coral, plus the movement. Really very captivating. Nothing freshwater even comes close, not even Cichlids. Guess the lighting you need also contributes to the experience.
DudeDah,
400 pixels wide...
DudeDah,
400 pixels wide is the best size for the pictures.
Gustavo,
Yes it's a piece from my installation shown at Aline Vidal Gallery in Paris two years ago.
Olive,
it's a small aquaponic system.
There is a pump in the bottom fish tank that brings up the water in the top tank. After that, the water goes down and waters 4 grow beds filled with expanded clay pebbles and growing vegetables that filter the water (fish's excrements serve as fertilizer for the vegetables).
When a good bacteriologic balance is achieved, it is really efficient and fascinating. Of course, the system needs to be 100% organic, no drugs for the fishes or chemical fertilizer for the vegetables are allowed.
Here is a link to the reference website for aquaponics:
http://backyardaquaponics.com
Aquariums n more
Patrick, I'm a bit reticent to make an opinion in front of a piece of art, but...
I was afraid to use the word artifact, and now I find "Artifact" is very adequate. Indeed without a written explanation can be somehow intuitively understand-ed how the "machine-living" works. Fascinating.
That was just for the installation, not working now I guess...
Olive: I also had in mind the fishes and why not plants into some glasses. But I thought it was just because I have the glass deep in my mind.
The idea of cultivating your own vegetable gives some kind of peaceful sense, some freedom.... I only cultivated some basil, and made me happy enough!
A tale:
Just a week ago I put some spinach on water (they had so much taste to fertilizer-insecticide, that the salad would just not taste as I like... [and I didn't know if would like to the stomach 😉 ]. So I put it them in water...but to disappear that taste didn't need minutes but hours/days, later I saw that the spinach was nicer and greener, and could have it for about 15 or more days (much more than in the refrigerator), and could eat some during the days.
In the mean time, some friend of my wife was coming home, so I was asked to put in order my experiment, and I put it in some crystal-cute vases.
Synthesis:
So by accident I made a flower(vegetable)bouquet arrange that in the crystal vase looked different but great.
That's remind me a Dean and Del Duca NY bouquet made with roses and strawberries. The idea of include "taste" added visual and smell...
I don't know how will react my wife if next time I give her as present a bouquet of some flowers with some Scallion/Spring onions, some cabbage's leaves, broccoli, and perhaps no will need any flower!
Aquaponics
It's quite new to me... WOW.
I wonder how hard work this aquaponic needs. Would be more or less than the work you have been talking is required for regular-standard system?
Trying to understand I read a bit about it on the Patrick's link, and I find this one is cute, and could be turned MCM easily 😉 http://backyardaquaponics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2260
and I find this aquaponic from Poland, that put many ideas of this thread:
http://www.binate.dwuakwarium.eu/index.htm
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