Tall aquariums in the interior look very impressive, they resemble towers. They were invented about sixty years ago to decorate small rooms. Most often they are placed in apartments, private houses and small offices.
They make quite interesting installations, silent, but relaxing, which is important for residents of modern cities.
Right backlight
At the moment, technological progress has reached such a level that the body of tall aquariums is made of acrylic in the form of cylinders. The top is covered with a matte gloss. With proper lighting, all the attention of the observer is riveted to the center of the aquarium, and he does not try to consider what is happening there in the upper part.
A photo of a tall aquarium in the interior can be seen below.
Add-ons & Accessories
A vertical aquarium, like any indoor pond of a home type, has many hidden elements, such as a bottom filter or compressor. Also, lighting elements, decorative ornaments, artificial algae that stretch up should be included in the kit for a high aquarium. Moreover, every buyer has the right to free rigging, installation and startup.
When buying a high aquarium, you can choose the finishing material. Here the choice is quite large. It can be inexpensive black acrylic, and artificial stone, and veneer, and natural tropical wood. By the way, teak, wenge or rosewood is most often used for such decoration.
Fish for a vertical aquarium
A tall aquarium is an unusual design product. Unfortunately, only cichlids are able to live in such a house. The fact is that other fish will not be able to live in such an aquarium due to the fact that they will have little space. And the complete absence of natural algae will lead to their rapid extinction. So you should not buy “intelligent” fish.
But the fish that swim in flocks is an ideal option. You can still let in goldfish here, they also fit perfectly into this environment.
Decoration of any home
Water in a tall cylindrical aquarium perfectly refracts daylight. This option is well suited for rooms in which there are many corners and little space. Glare falling on the walls visually increase the area, and if you run into a vertical aquarium a cylindrical shape of catfish-suction cups, then, thanks to the convex shape of the glasses, they will appear larger.
Such jewelry fits perfectly into the interior of the French and Japanese style, as well as in the Art Nouveau style. Prices for tall aquariums start at $ 900.
Corner Aquariums
The angular high aquarium is just a godsend for lovers of home ponds. After all, they take up very little space, but at the same time revive any housing. But like all interior items, such tanks have both pros and cons:
- Such a tall aquarium can be installed in any room. Now you can pick up any design and equipment.
- Angled vertical aquarium saves space. They do not require that a separate place be allocated for them. That is why not only beginners, but also experienced aquarists choose them.
- A tank of this type can be adapted to any dimensions of the room. After all, he becomes in the corner of the room, which helps to save space.
But there are some disadvantages. For example, corner aquariums require additional lighting. That is why there are problems with the choice of location and installation.
In any case, this design has a seam, and it is located in a hard to reach place. Therefore, if a leak forms at the junction, then it will be very difficult to eliminate it. Therefore, it is better to follow the prompts of specialists and periodically do an inspection in order to detect a leak in time.
Huge cylindrical aquarium
This fact will surprise many, but the tallest aquarium in the world is located in Moscow, in the shopping and entertainment center on the Khodynsky field. Its uniqueness was confirmed by a special visiting commission.
A feature of this cylindrical structure is its height (23 meters). It turned out to be the tallest aquarium of its kind in the world. So now it is officially noted in the Guinness Book of Records.
The development and installation of this masterpiece was carried out by International Concept Manegement. This tall aquarium rests on acrylic rings, which are 6 meters in diameter. This foundation made it possible to build a tank with a volume of 650 cubic meters. But most of the aquarium is occupied by artificial decorations, so that the useful volume of water remains almost half as much - 370 cubic meters. Two and a half thousand fish can live in such an artificial reservoir.
Now this tall aquarium is home to 60 species of fish. Most of them are inhabitants of coral reefs. They were specially selected according to the principle of coexistence among themselves and the ability to adapt to artificially created conditions. If the animals are properly looked after, the main part of the inhabitants of the aquarium will be able to live 25 years.