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March 27th, 2008
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Fish Newbie
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Originally Posted by Seacoll
I'm not quite sure if this will work, but why not drill a small air release hole in the top of each lego before putting it together. I know there are some small tubes in the bottom, but if you have enought weight you just minght be able to ovecome the buoyancy forces and sink your Leog ship (I mean cave). My gut fealling is this won't work but Engineers have been wrong before, and I don't think being wrong in this case will hurt my liability insurance 
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Physically, that should work. I thought of the same thing. The only thing you'd have to do is make sure that the bottom was very porous...possibly attach the structure to some sort of mesh at the bottom. If you put the structure in very slowly and at an angle to let water run through, then it might sink easier than trying to weight it down. |
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March 29th, 2008
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fishperson......your sunken ship is FANTASTIC!! very effective! i am sooo jealous! i so wish i was creative! the only lego i can build is by following the step by step guides that come with a pack, and even then i usually go wrong, take it all apart and rebuild it!!!shame you had to remove it though! nice while it lasted eh? disappointed at the lack of pics here from everyone else!!! did anyone else complete their project? we should have a lego tank contest and vote for the best! i love pics!
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March 30th, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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Originally Posted by tan.b
fishperson......your sunken ship is FANTASTIC!! very effective! i am sooo jealous! i so wish i was creative! the only lego i can build is by following the step by step guides that come with a pack, and even then i usually go wrong, take it all apart and rebuild it!!!shame you had to remove it though! nice while it lasted eh? disappointed at the lack of pics here from everyone else!!! did anyone else complete their project? we should have a lego tank contest and vote for the best! i love pics!
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Hi!
Wait- why make the decor out of Lego, when with a little bit of silicone sealant you can make the entire tank out of lego?!
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March 30th, 2008
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would have to transparent lego of course or you wouldnt be able to see the fish!! |
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March 30th, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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Originally Posted by tan.b
would have to transparent lego of course or you wouldnt be able to see the fish!! |
Hi!
Well, I've got lenty of that from when I was an even younger kid. I could make a 1/2G out of all my transparent lego!
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March 30th, 2008
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Fish Newbie
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HOW COOL IS THAT?! I have enough Legos left over from my kids (who are now 16 x 2 and 19, although every now and then we still get them out and play with them!) to fill my 29g!
I'm thinking maybe you could build a compartment, maybe under or on top of the structure that would HOLD rocks in it. Find a 9 year old kid, they are the BEST Lego engineers!
Another idea I might try when I do a major tank cleaning is just a pile of dishes, maybe tea pots, cups and saucers, stacked up in a jumble like a bus boys tray. Then, when I'm tired of it, it can go right in the dishwasher!
I might do the same with rocks. Living on the water, I have a huge variety of smooth stones in all sizes and shapes.
But the Lego idea is now on the agenda, my kids will LOVE it, and I'll let them do the engineering (they're a little miffed that I keep bringing home fish 'without them', but I'm as impulsive as I am impatient...).
Last edited by Bluefish; March 30th, 2008 at 08:40 AM.
Reason: speling (it's early!)
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June 24th, 2008
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Fish Helper
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for my platy fry, i made a lego box with small holes, like if you have any of the dome windows(like from most harry potter lego sets) and put those on there. just make openings small enough that only the fry can get in or out. I'm actually trying to make something where the fry can only get in, and not out. it would make catching those guys easier
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June 30th, 2008
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Fish Addict
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you all got some serious lego fever
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July 16th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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Ah lego, I used to love playing with that, I had loads of it, sadly no longer. Come on peeps lets see some more pics
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September 17th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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heres a idea to try to weigh them down buy some aquaruim glue and some plexy glass glue the base of the legos onto it and if you want a lil glue of each piece and when done cover the plexy glass in the tank with gravel
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