A not at all exhaustive collection of cool bizarro aquariums.
Modular fish tank
Toilet tank. Kind of like fish purgatory.
The Fish-Bird Tank-Cage
many more below the fold...
Sink tank
The sophisticated ichthyologist's sitting room
A concept piece by a Japanese architectural firm
More of the above
This robotic fish tank senses which direction the fish is swimming and drives off in that direction. Could prove extremely useful in absolutely no circumstances.
In this Korean tank, the pump and aerator are powered via USB. Additionally, temperature is controlled via software on your computer and a video feed of your fish doing their thing is streamed on your monitor.
Turning your expensive Mac into a home for $.50 goldfish is a very popular hobby. See more below.
Mac Classic Tank
Insertz nauseating LOLZ here.
PC Tank - Hard to clean, impossible to customize and frequently crashes killing all fish and requiring you to buy new ones OR insert your own mildly-clever Windows joke here. Many more computer tanks here and here.
At first I was going to call this fish hell... but if they are schooling fish, maybe this is like constant bliss.
Car tank at the London Aquarium
Multi-level fish tank
CD player fish tank
A quick hat tip to Cephalopodcast you apparently did something like this a year ago.
Technology
Comments
Posted by: Tegumai Bopsulai, FCD | June 28, 2008 11:08 AM
I always thought it would be fun to make a koi pond coffee table out of a bathtub. Seal the bathtub and have a very solid glass coffee table top raised a few inches over the top of the tub. Fill the tub with gravel, plants, water, and add koi. Alternatively, have two glass coffee table tops with a gap in the middle, so you can brush crumbs off the coffee table and into the aquarium.
Posted by: bicycle Hussein paladin | June 28, 2008 8:44 PM
For the cruelty-inclined, I would suggest a fishtank made from a giant blender.
Anyway, excelllent photos but the zooilogix layout is now a complete mess in IE, rpobably because of the pasted pics.
Posted by: milkshake | June 28, 2008 8:58 PM
I feel rather sorry for a lot of those fish. Goldfish tend to be sensitive to noise (actually, most fish are) -- the ones which are subject to bangs and thumps as people put things down on top of them or what have you tend to live a lot shorter time than ones in quiet tanks. Their hearts give out.
And yes, when they are properly cared for, goldfish live quite a long time; there are two in this neighbourhood which are 40 years+ (ordinary tank-dwellers, not koi in a pond), and mine are about 10.
Posted by: Luna_the_cat | June 29, 2008 11:38 AM
What kind of tank do they keep you in, Andrew?
Posted by: Size | June 29, 2008 12:19 PM
Sweden just passed legislation requiring all fish tanks to have a solid back. Clear walls on all sides leads to additional stress.
Also, I'd be careful what animals we give vehicular capabilities to. I don't want to wake up one morning to find an army of mobile goldfish burning down the Stop and Shop.
Posted by: Jives | June 30, 2008 4:28 PM
....The Fish-Bird Tank-Cage...
also known as "the kitty's dilemma"
Posted by: neural | June 30, 2008 6:15 PM
I know this was all light hearted stuff but unfortunately cool looking tanks are always the cruelest as well. I got so angry watching these tanks and thinking how naive and ignorant the people who made them are. They should be made to live in similar conditions. Arrgghh. Preferable with water and no SCUBA. All i can say is GO SWEDEN!!!! Yes sorry for been a kill joy.
Posted by: Daniel | July 4, 2008 4:27 PM
[1] im in ur akwereumz bein a katfish.
[2] teh akwariumz iz a lie.
[3] tankz 4 nuffingks.
:-P
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Posted by: Ankara Nakliyat | July 21, 2008 10:41 AM
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Posted by: Ankara evden eve nakliyat | July 21, 2008 10:42 AM
really cool fish tank deisghs i love the toliet fish tank and the sink one that looks pretty when you wash your hands also cool bird and fish one nice!! I always loved unique fish tanks, fish always look are gorgeous swimming in the water!!!
Posted by: christina | September 9, 2008 8:47 PM
dude your fish tanks are the best I have ever seen
Posted by: vanilla coke | September 14, 2008 4:16 PM
I am amazed by these tanks! They aren't all cruel. The first one looks quite serene, like living in a molecule. The video of the multilayer fish tank is especially incredible. By the laws of physics that water should not stay up there, they must have it pressurized? I am really curious to know how it is done!
Posted by: mary | September 16, 2008 1:44 AM
this website is amazing as fuck!!!!1
i love the fish tank sink and the like everything that happend to this website :)
Posted by: jimmy | September 21, 2008 1:52 AM
Mary - the multi-level tank doesn't defy physics or need to be pressurised. Next time you're washing up, put a glass under the water. Turn it up on its end (open end downwards) and lift it out of the water, bottom first. The water will stay in the glass (until the bottom of the glass leaves the top of the water in the sink). It works up to about 10 metres - then the weight of the water becomes too much to hold it there.
Brilliant idea for a tank. Absolutely no idea how you'd clean it though.
Posted by: Mark | September 21, 2008 5:30 PM
Sadly most of the above images are little more than gimmicks, whereby the fish are treated as ornaments rather than living creatures.
Please visit the London Aquarium, and you'll realise that the most serene tanks of all are the one's designed around the fishes natural habitat, not superficial plastic things.
Posted by: Fish | September 28, 2008 12:53 PM
i think that the cone shaped tank looks anazing but there is way to many fish in the tank and personaly i think that it's crulty to the fish .ps. the fish do need room to move
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Posted by: wertyuio | December 10, 2008 8:17 PM
This was cool to look at i just wonder how to oziginate the water in a few or how to remove dead fish and such.....
Posted by: Cassie | January 11, 2009 11:10 AM
To loud for the fish. Noise in the tank is amplified considerably. Not good
Posted by: Rob Moorman | January 22, 2009 9:22 PM
wow. those tanks are.......... very cruel. how would YOU like to be those fish in that toilet, seeing that persons behind every time they went? how would YOU like to be that fish, listening to that persons music, which, by the way, could KILL THE FISH? how would YOU like to be those fish, watching that persons dirt come off of his hands as he washed them. the people who made those tanks..... are SICK. if ANYONE EVER bought those tanks, i wouldnt put fish in them, i would put water in and plants, and just use it as a decoration, not a living space for an animal. these tanks are just heartbreaking. OK, rant over.
Posted by: A Nameless Person (go on fishforums.net people!) | February 5, 2009 4:38 PM
Listen to yourselves! You sound like idiots!
Posted by: does it matter | February 27, 2009 12:36 PM
Many of the images made me wince a little, thinking of the clanks, thumps, and whirs that the fish would be subjected to. But I'd love to have the "molecule" one in a quiet, low-traffic area. I wonder if hanging a woven straw mat behind it would count as a solid back because the fish wouldn't see anyone walking past on that side? But how would I clean it? Maybe I should settle for a few rectangular tanks side by side with siphon tubes connecting them.
Posted by: Mona Albano | March 7, 2009 3:42 PM
where did you get the Korean tank. looks like a very good idea
Posted by: john doe | May 3, 2009 2:12 PM
Wow. Ok, for those people who are freaking out about how the fish wont like to see someone's bottom while they're taking a dump, get over it. Fish have a memory of what, three seconds? Not to mention, they don't have a society where nakedness is a strange thing to view. My dog sits in the bathroom with me while I use it, not because I make him, but because he wants to. Dogs are waaaay smarter than fish, and they sure as hell don't care. Chill pills need to be issued here.
P.S. Awesome tanks, I really like the first one. Very modernized. =)
Posted by: Kali | May 15, 2009 11:40 PM
Just love the Mac's. Maybe there's life for an old computer after all.
As for the birdgcage...
WHY?
Posted by: Deon | May 25, 2009 10:03 PM
These tanks are NOT awesome, they're death traps, without exception. The way fish are treated is disgusting, if mammals were treated in the same way there would be an absolute uproar. It is completely unacceptable to treat live animals as little more than ornaments and decoration. These tanks are disgusting examples of the stupidity of the human race.
Posted by: Katie | June 21, 2009 7:52 AM
To add to the above comment go on www.fishkeeping.net to discover how to care for fish properly if you are thinking of keeping them, then you will understand how cruel these death traps are.
Posted by: Katie | June 21, 2009 7:54 AM
Okay - you all need to get over yourselves! The only fish tank in here that is at all 'abusive' is the CD Player. Also, yes, fish are animals, but COME ON! You can buy a goldfish for 5 cents ANYWHERE and they die in like three days. The rest of these are very cool and I really like the open bottom tank. Also, the car one is at the LONDON AQUARIUM so tell me how professionals are putting their fish in death traps? You're all a bunch of PETA kids who need some fur and a steak or two. Maybe even some sushi. I love my fish and I think these tanks are interesting and unique and interesting for their inhabitants - if they even care.
Posted by: Maddie | July 31, 2009 11:07 PM
now thats what i call fish tanks
Posted by: leo soule | October 9, 2009 6:16 PM
I love it...
Posted by: LiderPaylasim | November 6, 2009 3:12 PM
thanks for sharing.
Posted by: FrmClub | November 6, 2009 10:54 PM
Dogs are waaaay smarter than fish, and they sure as hell don't care. Chill pills need to be issued here.
Posted by: gecengece | November 8, 2009 6:56 AM
Goldfish may live more than 40 years, so think about it. Even they aren't as wise as dogs, it doesn't mean that it's ok to kill them just for fun. Your behaviour makes you dumber than a fish. Because of people like you, earth is dying. It's all about you you you. Sad. I'm sure your emotional intelligence is very poor. Maybe you didn't get love enough when you were little.
English is not my native language so there might be lots of misspellings.
Posted by: Anna | December 17, 2009 12:10 PM
I love a lot of these, but almost all of them are over crowded (especially the cone), the CD player one made me feel sorry for the fish. I`m wondering how you clean and get dead fish out of the molecule one though...
I freakin love the fish tank/birdcage LOL
And ROFLMAO to the person worried about fish watching people take a crap!xDD My dog sits in the bathroom with my and she doesn`t care, I`m sure fish don`t care either, LOL
Also, the toilet is basically incapable of use, because if you flush the toilet, the water and fish would end up in the toilet bowl, and also, the tank part would have to have the pipe to the rest of the toilet sealed off in order for the tank to stay full.lol
Posted by: glassoniongirl | January 19, 2010 12:58 AM
thanks for sharing.
Posted by: hitlen.net | February 6, 2010 8:39 AM