How about raise some fish in the water tank？

[overgrown]

I've been thinking for several years about ，why don't we just compose water tank and fish tank together，so that we could raise some tropical fish in the water tank of a water cooling computer，with some rbg lights，it may could be the coolest in the world

[PlayStation 2]

Bad idea for many reasons, the least of which would be buildup of various things like algae and potentially fish waste.

[overgrown]

make a huge water tank and use filter 

[overgrown]

1 minute ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Bad idea for many reasons, the least of which would be buildup of various things like algae and potentially fish waste.

while raising fishes we should also consider about these kind of situation，so，use some filters to filt the water may solve those problems too

[overgrown]

Just now, Genwyn said:

Things still get past the filter.

The water used in water cooling for computers is ideally mixed with a lot of chemicals to improve thermal conductivity and prohibit the growth of algae or anything else you dont want in it.

It also gets really hot, a loop on a hotter system stabilizing at around 50c, or 120-ish degrees farenheit, which would kill most fish.

Youre combining something that gets hot and is usually mixed with chemicals with living things that make water dirty and would die in heat.

So could we just find some way to make this idea come true？for the temperature， maybe we could use some fan to cooldown the water，and for the living trash，compose many kinds of filter may handle it，or not？

[Slayer3032]

Please don't try this, fish cannot regulate their body temperature.

 

The water temp controls their body temp and fast spikes of temperature are very hard on almost all fish. Most tropical fish like somewhere between 75-82f as well, if the water temp drops below or above this you need either a heater or a chiller. Ideally all temperature changes in the water should happen over a very gradual period of time. The flow you would need for a computer(ddc flows 1000l/h) would require a tank of 55 gallons at least too. Have you ever seen what grows in an aquarium filter? Growth is literally the function of an aquarium filter, it functions through mechanically and biologically filtering the water of nitrates and ammonia. I don't think the copper and aluminum would particularly be great for the fish either.

 

You would be much better off trying to water cool your computer from rain water, trying to create some sort of geothermic sink or use the largest radiator(think large truck) you possibly can with some sort of exterior radiator mounted outside with water sprayers or something, ect.

[astranger200]

24 minutes ago, overgrown said:

I've been thinking for several years about ，why don't we just compose water tank and fish tank together，so that we could raise some tropical fish in the water tank of a water cooling computer，with some rbg lights，it may could be the coolest in the world

fish are VERY sensitive to changes in water temperature and can easily go into thermal shock and die. changing the loop temp quickly will will the fish for a start. second, fish food, the plants they require, ect will cause algae to build in the blocks. third, the water cooling parts have contaminants that can and will kill fish. dont do it. the fish will die.

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

33 minutes ago, overgrown said:

why don't we just compose water tank and fish tank together，so that we could raise some tropical fish in the water tank of a water cooling computer，with some rbg lights，it may could be the coolest in the world

it should still work , better submerge whole pc to tank

and you need to isolate fishes with core parts of pc , with a net? 

also some specific tough ones are preferred (jelly fish with rgb??)

 

conclusion: just build your pc SEPARATELY BEHIND the water tank and add whatever rgb you like

[overgrown]

so it's only be able to use on cooking steaks，water bath?

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

12 minutes ago, overgrown said:

so it's only be able to use on cooking steaks，water bath?

thats requires about 70C of water temp.

so you need to "heat up" your pc first, assume cooing in the reservoir and 2L water in loop with no heat loss for ideal cooling situation, paired with a 100tdp cpu & 180w gpu at full load say start from 25C.

 

time to raise to 70C

= 2x4184x (70-25) / 280

= 1644 sec ~ 27min

 

and it roughly takes 2 hours to slow cook a steak...

 

 

 

 

[andrewmp6]

Either the fish will die,Or the loop will have growth in it/The fish waste will clog your waterblocks.

[JohnnyDiggs]

You could have a dummy res with one of those self contained ecosystems, that might look nice.

 

https://www.selfsustainingecosystem.com/

EK has a .8L res that would be perfect.

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-res-x4-250-r2

 

You could put your real res in your 5.25 bay.

https://www.newegg.com/p/0VE-00BN-000N9?item=9SIA8EF9B92106

[W-L]

On 9/9/2019 at 12:57 AM, overgrown said:

I've been thinking for several years about ，why don't we just compose water tank and fish tank together，so that we could raise some tropical fish in the water tank of a water cooling computer，with some rbg lights，it may could be the coolest in the world

Something similar to this was done a long while back on the forums where a user split their tank using an acrylic divider where the front section was for fish and a much smaller section in the rear was for the water cooling loop. They had it where the rear section was sealed or covered to prevent contamination. The issue would arise where you would need to keep a constant temperature for the fish as fluctuations would not be good environment for them if the PC were to cycle and give heat.