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Spectacular Live Rock Column In Cube Aquarium

By Luke • Jun 14th, 2010 • Category: Impressive Aquariums, Ramblings

Looking through flickr the other day, I ran across this amazing live rock column, it’s a very creative design. I like this mostly because it looks so top heavy and unstable, yet at the same time it is very established looking. It’s almost a sort of Dr. Seuss approach to putting together live rock and [...]



Amazing Aquarium Designs

By Luke • May 2nd, 2010 • Category: Impressive Aquariums, Ramblings

Everybody knows what a standard aquarium looks like. Rectangular with lights on top. There’s some more creative designs out there, however. Check these out: The Fish Highway The Cylindrical Aquarium The Feeding Tank The Telequarium The Octopus Aquarium Aquarium Art Read a lot more information, and view several more photos of each of these amazing [...]



How to build a 180 gallon reef aquarium the right way

By Luke • Oct 26th, 2009 • Category: Impressive Aquariums

I’m always on the lookout for impressive aquariums. It’s amazing how many killer aquariums are hidden away in people’s homes, hidden from the public! I’m sure many of those aquarium owners would like to show off their builds. That’s where I come in. This aquarium setup is just so impressive that I can’t hardly look [...]



David’s Reef Aquarium (extended version)

By Luke • Mar 5th, 2009 • Category: Impressive Aquariums, Videos

Haha, this is an extended version. Dramatic. Either way, this is a really sweet reef aquarium. This is a must see video in my opinion.



Whale Sharks at the Georgia Aquarium

By Luke • Oct 21st, 2008 • Category: Impressive Aquariums, Videos

The Georgia Aquarium is a very impressive public aquarium located in Atlanta. The aquarium contains more than 100,000 fish and sea creatures. The Georgia Aquarium is also the only aquarium outside of Asia that contains whale sharks. Simply put, they are amazing. There were originally 4 whale sharks when the aquarium opened in 2005. Since [...]



A Car Converted Into an Aquarium

By Luke • Oct 20th, 2008 • Category: Impressive Aquariums, Videos

Not much more to say about this one. It’s a car with fish and water inside of it. The dark effect is pretty creepy, it almost looks like the car is at the bottom of a lake or something, but it’s not.