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I'm hoping they altered the functioning parts of that "aquarium" in order to increase the aesthetic appeal for the photograph. If it were to be run as it appears in the picture, you'd have yourself a nice little fishy Auschwitz. There's no where near enough surface area for gas exchange to take place naturally. This is typically the reason why low-tech goldfish bowls have such a horrible reputation for killing fish and harboring disease.

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I have to agree with you, I am a long time fish nut and I have tried to look at this thing from as many different directions as they allow. Unless it has some external input out put arrangement I cannot see how it could maintain much in the way of inhabitants. I can think of a few ways to alter it that would be cool but as it appears it's not much better than a gold fish bowl.

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I'm hoping they altered the functioning parts of that "aquarium" in order to increase the aesthetic appeal for the photograph. If it were to be run as it appears in the picture, you'd have yourself a nice little fishy Auschwitz. There's no where near enough surface area for gas exchange to take place naturally. This is typically the reason why low-tech goldfish bowls have such a horrible reputation for killing fish and harboring disease.

I believe there’s more to this pricey fish home than the article’s photo suggests.

 

Drill in one link from the article to the retailer’s page, and you encounter the following:

The tables are produced in cherry, black or carbon fiber and they conceal the rare filtration and lighting components. Fish swim freely throughout the entire aquarium. Designed for tropical freshwater fish. The table is optional. Filters and all equipment still included if purchased without table.

We can hope that this “rare filtration” equipment not only filter the circulated water, but allows it to exchange gasses with the room air so that the aquarium’s water has an effectively large surface area. With such a system, it should be possible to have an elaborate aquarium like this with no visible water/air surfaces.

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