Being a pet is great. They don’t have to worry about being eaten by wild animals, they are lovingly cared for by their owners, and they never have to go hungry. That’s the type of life that most animals in the wild could only dream of. The only catch is that they have to give…
Author: Okeanos Aquascaping
Swim Underground in Utah’s Homestead Crater
A while ago, I featured an underwater swimming pool in Utah as being the world’s coolest swimming pool. Yes, that’s actually putting all subjectivity aside. In 1998, Harvard scientists visited the pool with their newly-invented cooloscopy device and tested the pool. They received a reading of 34 gigacools, more than twice as many gigacool as any…
5 Beautiful Examples of Interior Decoration To Complement Your Aquariums
Aquariums are show-stoppers. As soon as you put an aquarium in a living space, every other art piece pales in comparison (well, unless you happen to be the owner of an original Van Gogh). That puts aquarium owners in a tough position. On the one hand, everything else you put into the living space will look…
The Top 5 Weirdest Coral Species
I love coral, but man are they freaking weird. To start off, they look like some sort of funky alien plant, but they’re actually animal colonies. There’s also very little consistency in how they’re shaped. They’re tall, short, fat, thin, spiky, smooth, colorful, bland, and everything in between. But just how weird can coral get?…
Flowers and Fish: 4 Beautiful Flowering Aquascapes to Inspire Your Next Aquarium
I’ve never been huge on flowers. They’re nice and all, but I’m not the type to go out and get fresh-cut flowers every week. I’m much more of an aquarium type of guy. The only problem is that my better half does like flowers, so my gal and I don’t always see eye-to-eye when it comes to…
Koen Olthuis: Will His Vision for Architecture Sink or Float?
I cover a lot of wacky aquatic contraptions on this blog, including floating megacities, recycled oil rigs, and underwater restaurants. Two names keep popping up: Koen Olthuis and Waterstudio.nl. Olthuis is the founder of Waterstudio.nl, an architectural group that has invented some of the most bizarre, futuristic, and practical aquatic buildings out there. Wait, hold on – practical? Practical doesn’t fit…
The Top 5 Most Famous Bridges on Earth
I wrote about Taiwan’s Rainbow Bridge yesterday, and while it is certainly a beautiful structure, it isn’t very well known. So today, I figured I’d take a look at the top five most famous bridges on Earth. 5. PONTE DE SOSPIRI This tiny bridge in Venice, Italy has a somewhat dark origin. The pathway connects a prison with Doge’s…
Three Humble Stones: Sanzon Iwagumi Aquariums
Yesterday we covered Iwagumi aquariums, so today’s the perfect time to tackle a subtype of the Iwagumi aquarium, the Sanzon Iwagumi. Both aquarium layouts focus on large stones as the dominant features, but Sanzon Iwagumi aquariums are distinct in that they always feature one large stone flanked by two smaller stones. Such a unique stone formation might seem…
The Top 5 Bizarre Fish for Your Home Aquarium
Welcome to the first every Fishy Friday, where I’ll be taking a look at fish and other aquatic wildlife for your home aquarium. We’re going to start things off with a bang by appealing to the weirdos out there. It’s easy to fill your aquarium with bright, colorful fish, but some folks prefer to take a…
The 3 Most Important Things About Picking Freshwater Aquarium Plants
One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish — that’s not just the title of a Dr. Seuss book, it’s also just a few of the near endless number of possibilities for your freshwater aquarium. There are also yellow fish, black fish, purple fish, shrimp, eels, and thousands of other freshwater aquatic species. But what…
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