Electric eel powering your Halides? - Page 2

Angel*Fish · 05/17/2007, 08:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mrferrit
so were looking at a very bright strobe light.

kinda like a disco club for the fishes

Yeah, so? Fish like to party, too ya know

I recommend adding some vodka to the tank...

p2

Impala1964 · 05/17/2007, 10:29 PM

I have a electric catfish can he join the party?

arts007 · 05/17/2007, 10:54 PM

I use my own sense of self satisfaction to power my bulbs....but they're always dim

Young Frankenstein · 05/18/2007, 04:25 AM

What you mean arts? something like telekineses ?

Icefire · 05/18/2007, 04:54 AM

Someone will be in the Moved On book soon I guess..

Still renting those corals? lol

sidd129 · 05/18/2007, 05:01 AM

So, you get a couple of ac eels, run it through an inverter to charge a couple of deep cycle batteries, then you get an inverter and hook it up to the halides. Then weve go the hampsters to power the powerheads. The only problem is that after throwing in the vodka the hampsters will be in with eels and those would be some ugly babies.

Do you think we could train some gobies to run on a hampster wheels. Or better yet, get some clowns to channel their agression on a wheel.

Then we will get a third tank and have fields of xenia to create more water movement to run a turbine.

I'll be rich and you'll be famous.

SeanySean · 05/18/2007, 06:26 AM

I'm sat in work in complete disbelief what i'm reading -- funny though

InvertLover · 05/18/2007, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Minuteman
You'd have to make sure you got AC and not DC eels...

WaterKeeper · 05/18/2007, 12:21 PM

Agios is referring to this GFCI Testing. As you can see I was not the one who suggested using electric eels and even helped guide Agios on the correct marine path by suggesting a Torpedo Ray instead.

jepuskar · 05/18/2007, 12:47 PM

You can use DC eels just make sure you get them to turn around 60 times a second.

In Deep Water · 05/18/2007, 01:47 PM

Now Ive heard of horsepower, but Hamsterpower....lol. "That mustang is a beast...350 Hamsters stock."

HPD Turbo · 05/18/2007, 02:25 PM

DUDE!!!!......................... stop drinking!!!!

This forum is the best!!!, I am sure that the pro-forum never gets this kinda of fun!!!

AC/DC eel I cant stop laugthing.......
Hampsterpower replacement bill!!!!!!!!

WaterKeeper · 05/19/2007, 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by HPD Turbo
This forum is the best!!!, I am sure that the pro-forum never gets this kinda of fun!!!

Nope, they have heavy handed, dictatorial moderators in the Reef Discussions and Advanced forums.

jepuskar · 05/19/2007, 02:51 PM

What's the pro-forum?

Jojoyojimbi · 05/19/2007, 08:44 PM

one minor problem with your plan

electric eels get 8 ft long and wouldn't fit in a 10g tank for long at all

Silverfin · 05/19/2007, 09:08 PM

That that is one of THE MOST FARCICAL ideas i have ever heard. Lol. But its pretty amusing i have to admit. Hamster's running on wheels....*shaking head while laughing*

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Randall_James · 05/19/2007, 09:26 PM

"Farcical" threads... he is getting rather hard to take at all serious.. you may want to look some of his others

t5Nitro · 05/19/2007, 11:22 PM

Young Frankenstein · 05/20/2007, 04:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Randall_James
"Farcical" threads... he is getting rather hard to take at all serious.. you may want to look some of his others

Paul B · 05/20/2007, 05:07 AM

Electric eels are a great Idea, just remember to wrap the wires clockwise around their head and tail.

Justin James · 05/20/2007, 10:01 AM

CRAZY. :P

sanababit · 05/20/2007, 10:30 AM

going thru this thread, and i said to myself, how can i have those 5 minutes back, lol

sana

sherm71tank · 05/20/2007, 12:10 PM

Hey if one eel can power a house is it really that crazy?

http://fusionanomaly.net/electriceels.html

fry_school101 · 05/20/2007, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by avp
the only drawback to using electric eels, is somebody has to sit there and poke them with a stick everytime the lights go out.

-avp

No poking necessary! Tank water conducts electricity just fine!

Young Frankenstein · 05/20/2007, 01:33 PM

The adult Electric Eel has enough electrical power in them that could power a house of about twelve hundred square feet.
http://fusionanomaly.net/electriceels.html

05/17/2007, 10:54 PM	#28
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05/18/2007, 04:54 AM	#30
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05/18/2007, 06:26 AM	#32
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05/18/2007, 12:21 PM	#34
WaterKeeper Bogus Information Expert Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 16,147	Agios is referring to this GFCI Testing. As you can see I was not the one who suggested using electric eels and even helped guide Agios on the correct marine path by suggesting a Torpedo Ray instead. __________________ "Leading the information hungry reefer down the road to starvation" Tom Current Tank Info: 130 Now out of service and a 29

05/19/2007, 08:44 PM	#40
Jojoyojimbi Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Boynton Beach Posts: 597	one minor problem with your plan electric eels get 8 ft long and wouldn't fit in a 10g tank for long at all __________________ My tank was electrocuted when the lights fell in, I'm only keeping Freshwater now Current Tank Info: Electrocuted my saltwater when lights broke, only fresh now

05/17/2007, 10:29 PM	#27
Impala1964 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Modesto Ca Posts: 126	I have a electric catfish can he join the party?

05/18/2007, 04:25 AM	#29
Young Frankenstein Moved On Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Miami Florida. Posts: 3,842	What you mean arts? something like telekineses ?

05/18/2007, 05:01 AM	#31
sidd129 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Tomahawk, WI Posts: 543	So, you get a couple of ac eels, run it through an inverter to charge a couple of deep cycle batteries, then you get an inverter and hook it up to the halides. Then weve go the hampsters to power the powerheads. The only problem is that after throwing in the vodka the hampsters will be in with eels and those would be some ugly babies. Do you think we could train some gobies to run on a hampster wheels. Or better yet, get some clowns to channel their agression on a wheel. Then we will get a third tank and have fields of xenia to create more water movement to run a turbine. I'll be rich and you'll be famous.

05/18/2007, 12:47 PM	#35
jepuskar Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NW Indiana Posts: 595	You can use DC eels just make sure you get them to turn around 60 times a second.

05/18/2007, 01:47 PM	#36
In Deep Water Moved On Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tampa Posts: 288	Now Ive heard of horsepower, but Hamsterpower....lol. "That mustang is a beast...350 Hamsters stock."

05/18/2007, 02:25 PM	#37
HPD Turbo Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: I really dont know Posts: 569	DUDE!!!!......................... stop drinking!!!! This forum is the best!!!, I am sure that the pro-forum never gets this kinda of fun!!! AC/DC eel I cant stop laugthing....... Hampsterpower replacement bill!!!!!!!!

05/19/2007, 02:51 PM	#39
jepuskar Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NW Indiana Posts: 595	What's the pro-forum?

05/19/2007, 09:08 PM	#41
Silverfin Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Brentwood, California Posts: 224	That that is one of THE MOST FARCICAL ideas i have ever heard. Lol. But its pretty amusing i have to admit. Hamster's running on wheels....shaking head while laughing __________ I am my Father's Daughter.....reef wise..... __________________ Arrested Person:"I swear to drunk i am not God." Current Tank Info: Family 210gal reef, 30gal frag,

05/19/2007, 09:26 PM	#42
Randall_James Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6,727	"Farcical" threads... he is getting rather hard to take at all serious.. you may want to look some of his others __________________ "It's a dog eat dog world and I feel like I am wearing milkbone underwear"

05/19/2007, 11:22 PM	#43
t5Nitro Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 4,384	__________________ ATI T5 club Current Tank Info: Left the hobby, looking to re-enter in the future

05/20/2007, 05:07 AM	#45
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	Electric eels are a great Idea, just remember to wrap the wires clockwise around their head and tail. __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971

05/20/2007, 10:01 AM	#46
Justin James Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NS, Canada Posts: 510	CRAZY. :P

05/20/2007, 10:30 AM	#47
sanababit Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Uranus Posts: 3,094	going thru this thread, and i said to myself, how can i have those 5 minutes back, lol sana __________________ Senior Member of the "Hardly any Water Changes, Temp Swinging, T5ing, No Qtining, Frag Exchanging for Fish Food Current Tank Info: 90RR inwall, Octopuss Skimmer, 2 MP40 wQD, 1 MP10 WQD, 2 Radions G4 Pro, Apex Doser, Apex Controller, 400w heater, 30 Gal Sump, Biopellets, Carbon, Gfo, Macroalgae

05/20/2007, 12:10 PM	#48
sherm71tank Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,670	Hey if one eel can power a house is it really that crazy? http://fusionanomaly.net/electriceels.html

05/20/2007, 01:33 PM	#50
Young Frankenstein Moved On Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Miami Florida. Posts: 3,842	The adult Electric Eel has enough electrical power in them that could power a house of about twelve hundred square feet. http://fusionanomaly.net/electriceels.html