Aquarium

摘要

The invention relates to an aquarium with a pressure-tight aquarium tank, which during operation is filled with a liquid, and with a pressure-resistant rising pipe, which opens out into the aquarium tank and is intended for producing an increased hydrostatic pressure in the aquarium tank by a liquid column located in the rising pipe.

主权项

1. An aquarium comprising a plurality of pressure-resistant aquarium containers, which in operation are filled with liquid, further comprising a pressure-resistant riser pipe which opens into the aquarium containers in order to create a raised hydrostatic pressure in the aquarium containers by a liquid column standing in the riser pipe, wherein
(a) the aquarium containers are arranged underground, (b) the riser pipe extends over at least part of the length thereof underground, (c) the aquarium containers are arranged at different elevations, (d) the riser pipe extends, for at least part of the length thereof, upwardly in or on a mountain, (e) the riser pipe is subdivided into successive pipeline sections by a plurality of shut-off valves arranged spaced apart along the riser pipe, (f) the riser pipe extends over at least part of the length thereof through an underground shaft, (g) a plurality of galleries branch off from the shaft, (h) at least one of the aquarium containers is arranged in one of the galleries, (i) a blind shaft extends upwardly from one of the galleries, and (j) at least one of the aquarium containers is arranged in the blind shaft.