Aquariums

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Hello? Hello?! Sorry, There’s A Fish Bone In My Phone

9:40PM March 7, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Boy, you’d really flounder about in the aquarium phone booth, wouldn’t you? It was installed by two artists for the French Lyon Light Festival, to make a statement about the phone booths that litter our streets, laying dormant save for sex phone-line leaflet hander-outers. More »

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The World’s Smallest Aquarium Only Holds Two Teaspoons Of Water

9:40AM February 23, 2011 | Casey Chan

The world’s smallest aquarium measures 30x24x14mm and holds only 10mL of water. For reference, 5mL is one teaspoon, so the aquarium can only hold two teaspoons worth of water. The tank was made by Anatoly Konenko, a Russian artist who makes his name in microminiature art. [Telegraph UK]

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There’s An Aquarium On This Man’s Head

4:02AM January 26, 2011 | Kyle VanHemert

Last weekend, at the Edwardian Ball in San Francisco, some brilliant or deranged or brilliantly deranged man showed up wearing an honest to goodness fishbowl helmet. A helmet, on his head, with real, live goldfish inside of it. More »

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A Trip To The Aquarium In 3D

12:00PM December 22, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

If two intense hours of Tron in 3D seems like a bit much, maybe spending a few minutes with some three-dee fishies is more your speed. This clip, shot at the Georgia Aquarium, is the perfect bite-sized 3D treat. More »

Birdcage Aquarium Where Fish Live In Fear, Birds Live In Frustration

11:00AM November 9, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

How cruel we humans are. Not content to tempt our domesticated birds and taunt our domesticated fish by keep predator and prey in the same household, we felt compelled to engineer this fiendish habitat which brings them face to face. More »

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Tales From The Recession: The Ins And Outs Of $US200k Fish Tanks

7:00AM August 21, 2010 | Sam Biddle

If you hate your life, pause and consider that it could be much worse: “I get calls at quarter to 12 on New Year’s Eve,” says Ralph Ammirati, who tends to the maxed-out aquariums of New York’s mega rich. More »

An Aquarium Made Of Colossal Beach Pebbles

10:40AM August 14, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

According to the architects, the “Batumi Aquarium is inspired by the characteristic pebbles of the Batumi beach – the residue of dynamic seas continually shaping the shorefront throughout millennia.” Each of the stones forming the building will hold a unique marine biotype. More »

AquaVista Aquarium Is The Other Way To Put 3D Fish On Your Wall

11:20AM May 13, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Yeah, watching some fish swim around in Planet Earth on a wall-mounted, flat panel 3DTV is probably pretty epic. But you know what’s even better? Watching some REAL F-ING FISH swim around in your wall-mounted, flat panel fish tank. More »

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Dubai’s 30-inch Thick Shark Tank Is Leaking

11:00AM February 26, 2010 | Adam Frucci

The shark-filled aquarium at the Dubai shopping centre, full of 33,000 sea creatures and 7.5 million litres of water, has sprung a leak through its 30-inch acrylic walls. This won’t end well! Update: now with video! More »

Spillarium Tank Keeps Fish Acutely Aware Of Their Mortality

6:00AM January 3, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Why bore your fish with a humdrum aquarium when you can house them in the Spillarium, a spherical 19-litre tank that features colour-changing LED lights and a spilling waterfall that plunges into a bigger fish’s ceramic maw. More »