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Cylindrical aquarium housing 1,500 exotic fish bursts in Berlin

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Re: Cylindrical aquarium housing 1,500 exotic fish bursts in Berlin

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Post by ChuckNorris89 »

Mikeb85 wrote: post #55
ChuckNorris89 wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fatigue from what? It's a stationary object housed indoors, not a car or plane that goes through several climatical, temperature and environmental changes to cause fatigue. Unless they were subjecting the tank to draining and filling cycles often, it seems more like a design/build fault that was a ticking time bomb from the start.

The fact an object is stationary doesn't mean forces aren't continuously being applied... Same goes for bridges and every load bearing object.

Bridges are outdoor subject to weather the forces of wind and the weight and harmonics of vehicles and people crossing them constantly.

A fish tank a relatively constant by comparison.

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Post by jacquesm »

PainfullyNormal wrote: post #30
zython wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please dream of me winning the lottery and or becoming 10x dev.

Win the lottery and become a 10x dev and maybe he'll dream about it.

And even before it happened. But stated afterwards.

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Post by jacquesm »

ChuckNorris89 wrote: post #46
feb wrote: post #33

According to a german news report [1], it could be due to material fatigue. [1] https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/2022/12/berlin-karl-li...

Fatigue from what? It's a stationary object housed indoors, not a car or plane that goes through several climatical, temperature and environmental changes to cause fatigue. Unless they were subjecting the tank to draining and filling cycles often, it seems more like a design/build fault that was a ticking time bomb from the start.

Thermal cycling is one option.

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Post by WhackyIdeas »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #41
hardlianotion wrote: post #31

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It feels in this case that a lot of fish were killed for no reason at all. I am surprised at how much this annoys me.

Interesting to think about. On the one hand, it's no different than any of the random stuff that happens to fish in the wild, or wildlife in general. Being killed for no reason at all is the default in nature; humans build societies and civilizations and develop technologies in large part to avoid it. On the other hand, this feels especially sad for some reason.

We have an industrial unit which has a mice problem. Every time I go to B&Q (home hardware store for non-UK folk) with the intention of buying mice traps, I just can’t push the button. These mice are destroying our stock, but I just cannot do it. I would be a terrible fisherman.

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Post by jacquesm »

durnygbur wrote: post #64
Slartie wrote: post #39

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It was manufactured in 2004 by a US company, "International Concept Management": https://icm-corp.com/ (side note: what a weird name for an aquarium manufacturing and design company)

uuuups... they better lawyer up...

That's Germany, not the US.

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Post by jacquesm »

yreg wrote: post #45
jacquesm wrote: post #24

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Any fish that got flushed out will be lost, they need things to be 'just so'. I once helped clean up at a friends place who had 30 aquariums with thousands of fish after the power went out longer than his UPS could provide it. The mess was sickening. He never had another tank after that and it was his life's passion.

For how much longer than his UPS could provide it?

A couple of hours only.

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Post by liveoneggs »

hardlianotion wrote: post #31
jacquesm wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any fish that got flushed out will be lost, they need things to be 'just so'. I once helped clean up at a friends place who had 30 aquariums with thousands of fish after the power went out longer than his UPS could provide it. The mess was sickening. He never had another tank after that and it was his life's passion.

It feels in this case that a lot of fish were killed for no reason at all. I am surprised at how much this annoys me.

With 30 tanks he was probably breeding the fish

Re: Cylindrical aquarium housing 1,500 exotic fish bursts in Berlin

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Post by rzzzt »

ChuckNorris89 wrote: post #46
feb wrote: post #33

According to a german news report [1], it could be due to material fatigue. [1] https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/2022/12/berlin-karl-li...

Fatigue from what? It's a stationary object housed indoors, not a car or plane that goes through several climatical, temperature and environmental changes to cause fatigue. Unless they were subjecting the tank to draining and filling cycles often, it seems more like a design/build fault that was a ticking time bomb from the start.

Buildings move.
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