Hamster maze for fish to swim in?

I was walking through the petshop a few weeks ago and noticed the tubes used to make mazes for hamsters, and have this whole network underground and all over the aquarium for fish to swim in.

Bad idea? Am thinking there's no way I'll get guaranteed aquarium-proof hamster tubes for starter!

 

Have you seen the tubes connecting several tanks together and the fish go from tank to tank? Yep I think they would love the underwater ones too
Carol

 

interesting idea.. you should sneak some pics of it to post.

 

But I wonder whether the plastic could be toxic. There's no way they've made it aquarium safe.

 

But I wonder whether the plastic could be toxic. There's no way they've made it aquarium safe.

maybe the effect can be duplicated with clear PVC pipe?

 

I think they would be fine in water, there safe for any other pets that chew on them so I would think there safe. its kinda like putting the plastic plants in your tank

 

I see them in pet store fish tanks for knife fish to hide in so I think they would be fine.
Carol

 

unless they have decoration or transfers they will be fine and it's a great idea! I used an old scalectrix track in one of mine, just removed all the metal parts first, and that's been really good. My swordtail fry love to play in an old riser tube that I dropped in the tank one day and left. They are always swimming through it and love to play in there.

 

good point.. this might be a decor consideration for the 30 gallon tall tank depending on what fish we put in it.

 

But I wonder whether the plastic could be toxic. There's no way they've made it aquarium safe.

maybe the effect can be duplicated with clear PVC pipe?

Well the thing is I looove the fact that these maze pipes are really designed for endless combinations, and they come with ready-made standard connections between each piece.

unless they have decoration or transfers they will be fine and it's a great idea! I used an old scalectrix track in one of mine, just removed all the metal parts first, and that's been really good. My swordtail fry love to play in an old riser tube that I dropped in the tank one day and left. They are always swimming through it and love to play in there.

Wow, love the scalectrix track idea!

 

unless they have decoration or transfers they will be fine and it's a great idea! I used an old scalectrix track in one of mine, just removed all the metal parts first, and that's been really good. My swordtail fry love to play in an old riser tube that I dropped in the tank one day and left. They are always swimming through it and love to play in there.

Wow, love the scalectrix track idea!

I don't! I don't have that here.

 

"s about time there were products you don't get over in the US. You guys' markets, be it toys or pets, is excellent for choice it seems. See? There are good sides to consumerism!

 

hehe.... and it only cost me a couple of pounds from a second-hand shop!.... to think that it can't be found ion the USA is terrific! One up for us at last! lol

 

Bargain!!!

 

BTW, the fry numbers have dropped a little I think. I only counted 65 today, but they are now all over the tank and I may well have missed a few, since they are still so small.

I expected to lose some anyway, since all the write-ups state that up to 60% loss is normal.

 

lots of things can't be found in the US.. blood pudding, news based on facts, PAL-format electronics, eatible sardines, beans in ketchup, the EPL and many other things to be found in the UK.

BTW, the fry numbers have dropped a little I think. I only counted 65 today, but they are now all over the tank and I may well have missed a few, since they are still so small.

I expected to lose some anyway, since all the write-ups state that up to 60% loss is normal.

yea, we'll have to wait until the 2nd spawning to see what kind of fry loss we have since the 1st spawning of the mahachaI was totally a learning experience in unknown territory.. i'd say you're doing really good with the survival rate so far as there definitely are ones that don't get counted.

 

lots of things can't be found in the US.. blood pudding, news based on facts, PAL-format electronics, eatible sardines, beans in ketchup, the EPL and many other things to be found in the UK.

You don't have baked beans!!??

Oh, I believe you forgot Marmite.

 

and cheese!... You can't get a good flavoured cheese for love or money over there! Or a decent beer.... lol

 

Mind you, nor can you in the UK. Give me the melting stinky French cheeses any day!

 

lots of things can't be found in the US.. blood pudding, news based on facts, PAL-format electronics, eatible sardines, beans in ketchup, the EPL and many other things to be found in the UK.

You don't have baked beans!!??

Oh, I believe you forgot Marmite.

ah. yes.. marmite.. we have baked beans, just not the heinz baked beans in ketchup that is popular in the UK.. other than specialty shops, of course.

 

Where, of course, you went to get marmite. Right, Dave? ...



Right, Dave? Oh Daaaa-aaaave? Did you have marmiiiiite yet. Go on, you've got to try it!

 

but a good piece of seriously mature cheddar cheese and marmite is even better!!!!!!!

ok... so let's put it all together:

A good pint of bitter, with a mature cheese and marmite roll and butter is heaven, right Armadillo?...lol You yanks haven't live3d till you have tried that combination!

 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, not bitteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer.

Can't fast enough!!!

 

what's wrong with a nice pint of John Smiths of Boddingtons?...lol

or even better, real ale?

 

lol.. most grocery stores here have a large selection of cheeses from around the globe.. I enjoy a strong mature cheese myself, with a leaning towards italian cheeses. and a extremely sharp mature cheddar is excellent! you need a good EPL or UEFA CL football match on too.

 

or even better, real ale?

I think they're a man's drink. I'll have my 1/2 pint of stella or carlsberg, thank you very much. Are we allowed to discuss alcoholic drinks on this?

 

maybe that's 'cos I am!

For you ladies, you can't get much other than becks or coors over there anyway, which might just suit your palet!

 

he he he. For you ladies... You smooth so and so! 8)

 

courtesy costs nothing.....

 

Absolutely!

 

it's a shame that it seems to be dying off in the younger generation. But that's progress, or so they say!

 

courtesy costs nothing.....

actually, I saw in a movie where a man tipped his hat to a couple of ladies sitting on a park bench. his hat blew away and in chasing it down, he was hit by a bus.. such a sad lesson -- courtesy is painful!

I don't know how much it's dying there, but it's on life support here and the power is out.

 

Waaaarf!

courtesy costs nothing.....

actually, I saw in a movie where a man tipped his hat to a couple of ladies sitting on a park bench. his hat blew away and in chasing it down, he was hit by a bus.. such a sad lesson -- courtesy is painful!

I don't know how much it's dying there, but it's on life support here and the power is out.

 

so about this hamster maze haha. :;jk

 

Ooops! Sorry!

 

haha its cool just getting every one back on track haha just find it funny were in a hamster maze covno

 

ok, so back to the subject:

The plastic used to manufacture the tubes and houses for hamsters is perfectly safe for aquarium use so long as it has no transfers or painted parts. the grade of plastic is safe for animals since it is designed to withstand chewing etc.

The idea is fantastic and I wish I'd thought of it!... lol

 

didnt you designe the one tank on to of the other tank???

 

yeah

 

you did the best job ever I loved it thought about doing it my self but I'm to lazy to get in to that yet. I would have ot hook up another large filter to my tank that I can't affored now. I have some car parts to buy hehe. but your next mission is to hook up a set of hamster maze tubes and run it from one tank to another the same way !!! haha j/k but that would be vary cool I would think you would need a large pvc pipe that is clear so you can see in it where the fish are and to hook a power head to it every now and then to clean the pipe out, one day ill try that out and connect like 5 or 6 fish tanks, my worry is what if the power goes out what would it to do all the water in the top half, gravity would some how come in to affect but I also was thinking what if you took a tank what would hold all that water and put the tube all the way at the bottem and sucked the water from there and if the water where to back flow it would just fill up that extra tank and you could put like some small crabs in there or a turtle and it wouldnt be to much water unless all the water were to rush in to it but the turtle could have a floating piece of drift wood or rock it would get on. wow that's a mouth full haha one day some one on here will do this haha I think it would work how about you?