Modern aquariums and creative fish tank designs from all over the world.
iPond Portable Aquarium
It is on sale in Australia and comes with gravel, water and a live fish. It has a built in speaker at the bottom and a headphone jack. [link]
Macquariums
Cool aquariums made from the shell of Apple Macintosh computers. [link]
Infinity Aquarium
The repetitive geometrical shape of Infinity aquarium creates a visual metaphor to life in the fish bowl. Hand crafted from cut glass, Infinity aquarium scales down a vast concept of time and space. [link]
Coffee Table Aquarium
Instructables shows us how to build an aquarium coffee table. [link]
Bathtub Aquarium
This modern bathtub with built-in aquarium will surely spice up your bathroom. [link]
Sofa Aquarium
Priced at just $12,000, his sofa features aquariums on both sides. [link]
Spacearium Aquariums
Canadian company called Aquarium ASP has created the Spacearium, a thin, hanging aquarium that be used as a room divider, lighting element, or for good old fashioned decoration. [link]
Desk Aquarium
The MILK desk comes with a built-in fish tank option that gives you a place to rest your eyes and provides a touch of daily nature. [link]
R2-D2 Aquarium
Modeled after the most well-known astromech droid in the galaxy, this R2-D2 holds a 1 3/4-gallon aquarium tank in his central compartment. [link]
Local River Plant Aquarium
Beautiful aquarium by Mathieu Lehanneur breeds freshwater fish and vegetables. The vegetables strip minerals and nitrates from the water, effectively purifying it for the development of the fish. [link]
Bus Stop Aquarium
This bus stop is a real design from Brazil, dubbed “AqurioMania”. [link]
Bathroom Sink Aquarium
Moody Aquarium Sink will spice up boring routines such as washing hands and brushing teeth. [link]
AquaDom
The AquaDom in Berlin, Germany, is a 25 meter tall cylindrical acrylic glass aquarium with built-in transparent elevator. [link]
Old TV Aquarium
Ever wondered what to do with that ancient 26″ wooden TV set laying around in your grandparent’s garage? Turn it into a unique aquarium. [link]
Telephone Booth Aquarium
Benedetto Bufalino and Benoit Deseille have transformed a regular telephone booth into a functioning aquarium. [link]
Kat
That iPond one was heavily criticized when it first came out as being cruel to the fish. It was pulled from shelves at some places.
Jun 11th, 2009
Don
I Love the aquadom! 0.0
Jun 12th, 2009
Numanul Subhani
I like the Bathroom sink!!! Its a fantastic idea…. Also like infinity one…. :)
Jun 12th, 2009
Ck
I bet some of these are annoying to clean!
looks wicked though!
Jun 12th, 2009
Jaqi Mugo
I love these, the old TV and the sink I would have in my house, lol! Infinity and the bus stop are great too! Are those snakes in the local river one?!
Jun 12th, 2009
kreebilicus
the iPond would make a good iPhone app using the camera.
Jun 12th, 2009
Fergal
I love the sink one, although it might be a bit freaky when cooking. Am afraid my house would be a bit small for the 25M one.
Jun 12th, 2009
Mandy
Oh my god, these a beautiful!
Jun 12th, 2009
Jef
the river-plant one is a great concept. there’s actually waste-water treatment plants that work that way. never thought of it decoratively, but it would be real nice. i’d probably try and put more plants on there, and more stuff inside. make the whole thing more happy looking.
Jun 12th, 2009
Joshua
Cruelty never looked so beautiful!
Jun 12th, 2009
Sklep Wędkarski
AquaDom is absolutely… can’t find words. Check out videos on youtube!
Jun 12th, 2009
Pacwan
Poor fish on the ipond one the fish and even move!
Jun 12th, 2009
poshmopolitan
oh my god!
Jun 13th, 2009
om ipit
this a great showcase…
i love ipod aquarium :-)
Jun 16th, 2009
Andreas Herrmann
this showcase is perfect!
I love it and i come back!
Greetings!
Jun 21st, 2009
clairde
the Local River pond and the Aquadom is fantastic!
the Ipond looks like kinda fake
Jun 21st, 2009
mateus
cool!i’m brasilian, but i speak english…
i love all this..
Jun 21st, 2009
itsbrandnew
i loved the ipond aquarium. i really really really want the ipond for my birthday or for christmas its so awesome. i hope i can get one really really soon.
Jun 26th, 2009
Rii
That iPond is disgusting. What is the point? Even the designing is off. The poor fish, imagine being cooped up in a cage twice your size for your (I imagine) very short life. RSPCA anyone??
Jun 30th, 2009
FCUTEAM
Amazing….
Jul 8th, 2009
a stranger
I love the Coffee Table .If my friends see it ,they’ll be ….
Aug 1st, 2009
Abhishek727
I loved the bathroom sink and coffee table designs the best but they all cost a fortune! the bathroom sink aquarium is for $4000-as much as a pro nikon camera and lens kit! Way too much expensive.
Aug 11th, 2009
andri
does it cost much to make an aquarium like that
Aug 18th, 2009
Trin
I love the sink aquarium and the local river aquarium lol
Aug 25th, 2009
yo
love the coffe table and the sofa and , oh there all cool
Sep 8th, 2009
Silas
Some of those are pretty awesome. I really like the sink idea, but it seems completely impractical to me. The running water intermittently hitting against the glass would probably be really hard on the fish. Same thing with the coffee table. “Don’t tap on the glass”, anyone?
I would totally use the desk one and the spaceariums, though. Practical and beautiful.
The iPond is idiotic. Why does everyone insist on keeping betas in containers that are only six inches across? The idea that they will die if kept in a large space is a bloody myth, people! Beta bowls are cruel.
Oct 7th, 2009
Chumpy
I agree. Some of these ideas are simply evil. I would be PISSED if I had to spend my life chillen in a 6 by 6 inch cube. Although, if I had to live in that sofa, I could still watch NFL games…..
The Infinity one is beautiful, but looks wicked tough to clean…..
Oct 13th, 2009
Nivetha
I love that Spacearium Aquariums. It is amazing look .
Oct 15th, 2009
Agalya
Very nice collections this is….
Cool to see
Oct 30th, 2009
krol
I love, is perfect, all of them
Nov 29th, 2009
MAR
SOME DESIGNS ARE EVIL. ITS UNBELIEVABLE THAT HUMAN BEINGS STILL USE ANIMALS LIKE OBJECTS. DISGUSTING :/
Jan 8th, 2010
choco
the sink and sofa and telephone both and the aquadom is all awesome (Y) .
Jan 19th, 2010
LOU
Innovative………..
Feb 2nd, 2010
shannon
the r2 d2 1 is well kool
Feb 5th, 2010
stella
Typical of humans, torturing animals to amuse ourselves.
Feb 6th, 2010
prpceolc
I love that it’s assumed that the animals are tortured. if people are willing to spend so much money buying these unique aquariums i think they’re going to take good care of the fish.
Feb 11th, 2010
stella
No matter how well animals are taken care of, putting a living creature, designed to move or fly around an unlimited space, depriving it of its freedom and confining it to prison for having done nothing wrong is the cruellest torture that only human being is capable of. Those who think animals in any kind of captivity are happy should imagine themselves in their place — in a small cage, well-fed and clean, gawked at by passersby and think if they would enjoy it.
Feb 12th, 2010
Reyairia
prpceolc: Someone who knows how to properly take care of fish knows that the smaller the aquarium, the more DIFFICULT it is to clean properly. A 1G bowl should be cleaned every other day. But the people who own 1G bowls are those who know the least about fish and are not suited to that high level maintenance. Even if someone does clean the bowl twice a day, cleaning a tank that often stresses the fish anyway.
Despite stupid myths perpetuated by the pet industry to make quick sales, bettas do not live in puddles, and the only reason they can survive in the equivalent for more than two days is because bettas have a labrynth organ that enables them to survive bad water quality for SHORT periods of time which they developed to cope with their native dry seasons. therefore, in a bowl a betta’s lifespan is much, much shorter. A betta kept in the right conditions should be able to live 3-5 years, and some are even reported to live up to 7 years.
Has anyone ever kept a goldfish in a bowl? How long did it live? 6 months? a year? two years? A goldfish kept in a 10 gallon tank can live up to 10 years, and one kept in a good size pond can live up to 20 or 30 years. The oldest living recorded goldfish is 39 years old.
No matter how well you keep the fish, one kept in anything less than 3 gallons will never be as healthy nor live as long as one kept in the appropriate filtered (and in case of a betta, heated) tank.
Feb 17th, 2010
shar
whoa, i really like the sink one..that was creative…
Mar 4th, 2010
Elena
Anthropomorphism, anyone? Just because a HUMAN would feel a certain way about something, PLEASE don’t assume a FISH would feel the same way—ESPECIALLY one that has probably been bred in captivity for YEARS. However, I must agree with Reyairia. I had a fancy gold in a 10gal tank for about 8 years before he died–I don’t know how old he was when I got him.
Mar 8th, 2010