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	You've got to be kidding!!!! Lamp-Quarium?????????
dreamweaver8891 Big Fish Posts: 320 Kudos: 533 Votes: 79 Registered: 25-Apr-2004	A recent browse through a well known auction site produced this item: The Lamp-Quarium is a high quality lamp with a hand blown fish bowl for the base. The lamp-quarium is beautiful and functional!! Goldfish, Bettas, and Danios can live long and healthy lives in the bowl with no additional equipment. To feed fish, simply lift the 3lb lamp unit off the bowl and sprinkle food onto water. The Lamp Aquarium package includes: Brass Lamp unit: Compatible with 40 watt or 60 watt light bulbs. Lifts off the fish bowl for easy feedings and maintenance. Lamp shade: Available in Blue, Green, Beige and Maroon. You will be able to make your color selection at checkout. Stones: Color matches shade. Plastic plant. Glass bowl: Volume: 2 US gallons Can hardly believe that this "lamp-quarium" would provide the necessary environment for healthy or happy fish.... And where do people get the idea that fish are just "adornments" or "decorations"????????? ]:\| Maybe I'm just making a mountain out of a mole hill.... But it doesn't look humane to me! To thine own self be true...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:57
TheGoldenDojo Fish Addict Posts: 575 Kudos: 559 Votes: 8 Registered: 04-Apr-2004	At least it's a 2g bowl instead of a 1 quart bowl. God, I wish they could give the death penalty for stupidity beyond belief...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:57
wish-ga Mega Fish Dial 1800-Positive-Posts Posts: 1198 Kudos: 640 Registered: 07-Aug-2001	That takes the cake of the hobby's most inappropriate modifications. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ My fish blow kisses at me all day long ~~~
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:57
lunker101 Fish Addict Posts: 521 Kudos: 284 Votes: 2 Registered: 19-Aug-2003	That takes the cake of the hobby's most inappropriate modifications Actually, i think the handbags with the betta containers built in are worse, but this is defenitly high up there on the list.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:57
jake Fish Addict Posts: 594 Kudos: 875 Votes: 2 Registered: 21-Mar-2004	I don't like those aquarium coffee tables either. Imagine being a fish and having cups and people's feet being flopped on top of your tank numerous times a day. It'd be nothing but an ich tank, imo, due to the stress. http://www.theaquariumshop.co.uk/ishop/1029/shopscr299.html#overture Also, I find the hang-on-wall aquariums kind of gross due to the extreme lack of depth. http://store.thesellout.com/poaq.html Here is a "bubble" aquarium you stick on the wall and apparently house a betta in. Reading the info, the part about having a mirror backing caught my attention. How nice is that, now your betta can flare at its reflection until it makes itself sick. http://bubbleaquariums.com/
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:57
Godburger Fingerling Posts: 34 Kudos: 16 Votes: 0 Registered: 21-May-2004	In my old house when I was younger my dad used to have an aquarium which was built into the wall. It was pretty cool looking, and had a picture frame border going around it. However, it wasn't a "hang on wall" type of aquarium. It was a normal size 20 gallon tank, and there was his workshop on the other side, so you could perform normal tank maintenance. Another popular auction site had a 'fish tank headboard' for a bed. A thin tank built into the headboard. Interesting concept, poor design.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:57
lunker101 Fish Addict Posts: 521 Kudos: 284 Votes: 2 Registered: 19-Aug-2003	Ive been in a house with a 250g reef tank that was built into the wall with a "hidden" door next to it that led to the maintnance room. Was really cool, but i didnt even want to know how much it cost to put in
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:57
Theresa_M Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004	My dad had a 55g built into our basement wall. On the other side he had a separate room partitioned off from the laundry room and storage closets for all his fish 'stuff'. Plus he could do all the tank maintenance from back there. I'm trying to find out if my sister has a picture of it. That's pretty much what got me into fishkeeping. These other 'tanks'? :%) What concerns me about the coffee table is it's cold water and they're recommending goldfish; is that actually big enough for them? Not that these things usually are ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:57


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