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Moody Acquario: Bathing With The Fishes

There is something about aquariums that is just plain cool—and the Moody Acquario is definitely a cool bathtub. While I can see where the designers got the idea, the logic behind the $14,500 price tag is a little harder to fathom. I mean, the design itself is pretty basic and it doesn't look all that comfortable to sit in. Plus, you have all of those fish quietly laughing at your whale-like physique or less-than-impressive manhood. [Giant.co.uk via Apartment Therapy via Born Rich]

10:00 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Sean Fallon
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General Tsao aka Ivan... at 10:28 PM on 03/27/08
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You could really screw with some fish in this thing. Keep all the nice happy little goldfish in the small tank and then make the main tub salt water and raise a nice young baracuda. Or like put a lid on the tub with a bunch of kittens inside!
paulnptld at 10:33 PM on 03/27/08
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It all sounds great until the first scalding bath results in a massive fish die off. Brilliant.
Dook_In_The_Urinal at 10:45 PM on 03/27/08
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Im gonna totally get one of these for my trailer.
Derick at 10:49 PM on 03/27/08
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You can make a better one custom made with a carpenter or something like that, it just does not look like a $14K bathtub. I mean, where are you going to put the girl? Unless you like being intimate with fish, this is not a good thing to have.
shenanigans61 at 10:53 PM on 03/27/08
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@paulnptld: My first thought too...
Neat way to combat that would be two sheets of plexiglass/glass between you and the fishies, with .25" gap between them, and a cool water circulation system to run water through the gap.
shenanigans61 at 10:58 PM on 03/27/08
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Actually...looking at the pictures closer...it appears they have an air gap between the two tanks. Nevermind.
tidybowl at 11:48 PM on 03/27/08
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@Derick:

"where are you going to put the girl?"

On the bottom of course - that way it'll be much more comfortable to sit in...
Monty at 12:07 AM on 03/28/08
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Based on the comfort design, I have to assume that this is not for someone to take a bath but to toss someone in who needs to sleep with the fishes.
gadgetfanatic at 12:28 AM on 03/28/08
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@Monty: Zing!
Curves at 07:38 AM on 03/28/08
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Looks like a b*tch to clean.
Rick Lobrecht at 08:34 AM on 03/28/08
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@Curves: Both the tanks and the tub. How gross would it be to bathe in the tub if the tanks had algae growing in them. Or how gross would it be to see the ring around the tub through the tanks.

FAIL
scarbrtj at 09:59 AM on 03/28/08
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one fish two fish red fish *expensive* fish
taciturnforsale at 10:42 AM on 03/28/08
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uh. fish are very temperamental to temperature changes. if you take a nice long hot bath, since the tub and fish tank are right by each other, won't the temperature change kill the fish? that might kill the warm fuzzy feeling one gets from a nice bath.
freelunch at 11:16 AM on 03/28/08
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.............
seriously?

what does this gizmodo staff do during a normal workday? play video games with the Kotaku team?

at least take a look at the other gizmodo sites - the germany gizmodo blog had this a week or two ago - [www.gizmodo.de]
sook at 11:39 AM on 03/28/08
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wow. the drastic temp changes would in no way be good for the fish! this is a horrible idea!
frigg at 12:02 PM on 03/28/08
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I wonder if in the land of fishes, they construct great big tanks of swimming humans, with small little antechambers for the fish to take their baths next to their human pets.
shenanigans61 at 02:01 PM on 03/28/08
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@taciturnforsale: Reeeeaaaaaaddddd earlier comments before posting.
Skeptical_Geezer at 02:45 PM on 03/28/08
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Tony Soprano said he doesn't like this. TOo confusing.
yougottabekidding at 06:27 PM on 03/31/08
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I thought the idea of taking a bath was to get rid of that fishy smell!