Owning a stylish aquarium does not only serve the purpose of having colorful fish as pets but it acts as one’s status symbol as well. Knowing the demand of these fancy items, designers all over the world have come up with the most creative, adorable and unusual aquariums. Here’s a list of 12 most unusual aquariums in the world.
1. Coffee Table aquarium
An illuminated aquarium built just beneath a transparent coffee table looks elegant and mesmerizing. It’s a uniquely designed set to give pleasure to both the user and the fish.
2. World’s smallest aquarium
Anatoly Konenko from Russia created the world’s smallest aquarium. The glass aquarium has dimensions in mm. It contains miniature plants, pebbles and real immature zebra fish.
3. Macquarium
Macquarium refers to a Macintosh-based aquarium. It is an aquarium that is placed inside the shell of an Apple Macintosh computer.
4. Kreisel tank
It’s a circularly shaped aquarium designed to hold delicate water animals such as jellyfish. The best part about Kreisel tanks is that they contain a minimum of interior hardware that prevents delicate fish from injuries and also provides a slow circular water flow.
5. Sink aquarium
Sink aquarium livens up boring hand washing and brushing routines. Access for feeding the fish and tank maintenance is done through two soap dishes located at both sides of the sink.
6. Glass art aquarium
A bohemian style of creating this glass aquarium makes it quite unusual. Organic bubbles inside the aquarium provide the right kind of environment for fish like beta to survive. They can be easily cleaned using a soft sponge and water.
7. Local river plant aquarium
The aquarium serves an ecological purpose as it is not only a home decor piece but also a fish hatchery and vegetable garden.
8. Aquadom
Aquadom is the largest cylindrical aquarium in the world with a built-in elevator. As a matter of fact, it requires 3-4 full-time divers for its cleaning to be performed daily!
9. Aquarium Telephone Booth in France
Artists Benoit Deseille and Benedetto Bufalino from France transformed an ordinary-looking telephone booth into an adorable glass aquarium consisting of exotically colored fish.
10. Spacearium Aquarium
Take a gander at the spacearium which is a great idea to “re-invent your indoor space”. It hangs from the ceiling and bears resemblance with a flat-screen TV. Spaceariums are suitable for being used as room dividers.
11. Bath-tub aquarium
By using the bath-tub aquarium, you would not be bathing in a tub but in an ocean surrounded by fishes. It is built around the bath tub periphery maintaing a small gap between the aquarium’s and tub’s wall. It is luxury in your bathroom.
12. R2-D2 aquarium
It is where technology meets nature. It is designed like a robot and it’s central compartment contains the aquarium. The radar eye houses a periscope that provides an intimate view of the aquatic activity below.