Gizmodo: Aquariums

Infinity Aquarium Is a Goldfish Freedom Simulator

Sean Fallon — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:00:00 EDT

Your goldfish may never truly be free, but if you had one of these infinity aquariums you can trick them into thinking they are thanks to a design that "loops the fish around in an infinite tunnel of water and glass." It's like a mini fortress of solitude for your little underwater friends—giving them a life precious semi-freedom before you unceremoniously flush them down the toilet. Not surprisingly, the "Swimming Around In Circles" aquarium is only a concept at this point.

[Yanko Design]

Azoo Eco-Desk Puts a Self-Cleaning Aquarium in Your Desk

Haroon Malik — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:30:00 EDT

I'm pretty sure Missy Elliot had something similar to Azoo's Eco-Desk, which has a self-cleaning tropical fish aquarium contained within a glass and aluminum body. Alas, hers was made by Lamborghini, so this is the poor man's / international female hip-hop star's iteration, but it's still a bit of cool for your apartment. The glass top rests on a hinged support, which can be pulled open to allow Nemo to escape back home, or better yet, add some company to the captives inside. The aquarium contains Azoo's solution for biological, water and temperature control, meaning you don't have to worry about anything other than why your Coi Carp look so damn uncomfortable.

If you have to ask about pricing, well, you know the deal. We'll pass on this one, we just don't think it is very secure—those two mermaids escaped without even smashing the glass. Ridiculous. Hit the link for some more fishy-fun images. [BornRich]

Octopus Studios' Silverfish Aquarium Is 1980s' Future Fish Tank Now

Wilson Rothman — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:30:57 EST

The Octopus Studios' Silverfish Aquarium (see BBGadgets for bookworm joke that, I'll be honest, took me a second) is one of those things you wish you had right up until the day you get it, then you spend a couple of years wondering what you were thinking. Sure, its six orbs of sturdy clear PMMA plastic are future funky in a retro-1980s Schwartzenegger-movie kind of way, and the advertised "easy installation" of this $3,400 complete-kit aqua-sculpture is certainly believable. But the minute green filth starts to build up in the linking tunnels, or one of your gouramis goes belly up in a lower-quadrant globe, well, that's it for fun with fish. [Octopus via BBGadgets]

Wall-Mounted Aquarium: Ditch the TV, Install Life

Charlie White — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:07:55 EDT

Here's a great substitute for that wall-hanging LCD TV: a touch of reality on your wall with an all-in-one wall-mounted aquarium from Aussie Aquariums. They're available in a variety of shapes and sizes, including both rectangular-shaped models and round ones that look like portholes. Putting one of these in your house is going to take some installation doing, but the result is oh-so-cool. Pricing is between $250 and $1000, not including installation.

We really want one of these, but I don't think we'd want to have an aquarium hanging right over our heads in the bed, as you see in the picture above. That bubbling noise, plus the ever-present possibility, however slight, of a sudden deluge of cold water and flipping fish in the bed in the middle of the night might prove daunting indeed. More likely, what if one of the fish jumps out, landing in your open, snoring mouth? – Charlie White

Product Page [Aussie Aquariums, via BornRich]