Fish Tower

[Aaron S]

I was wondering if anyone has seen this or has tried something like it. I'm not sure if I like it or not but it does add an interesting feature to a pond.

 

[Sunshine]

Never had one but heard the water that is in the bubble gets really warm and stale. Does look cool tho.

 

[Aaron S]

Yeah that is my concern. Here we get long stretches of 100+ degree temps so I wouldn't want to boil my fish!

 

[bettasngoldfish]

Only cool if there are fake fish in it

 

[Priscilla]

I like them. I had thought about putting one in my pond, not as a full time feature, but maybe something you do when friends are coming over etc. I hadn't thought about it getting hot and stale, but I guess if you used it occasionally and took it out each time, it would be a fun interesting feature to ohhh and ahhhh your friends.

 

[Sunshine]

It sure would be

 

[Dave 54]

You can buy koi domes in the UK only thing thats stopping me ???........................the £2,000 price tag

Dave

 

[Aaron S]

You can buy koi domes in the UK only thing thats stopping me ???........................the £2,000 price tag

Dave

I have seen people using regular fish tanks for this purpose. This one I see was just a 20 gallon tank and the guy had plants going up in it. Some of the pictures the tank was nearly lost in the background and it looked as though the fish were just flying around checking out the landscaping.

 

[koiguy1969]

i started a thread on these a few years back.(add-a-sphere is the most popular)... that said, i'd bet you could run a small pump, maybe solar, to keep some circulation in one. minimizing any heat and stagnancy issues, my biggest concern would be the constant cleaning of algeas off the interior of it. and the exterior under the water line. my thoughts on them, are that they're likey better suited for indoor use.

 

[msgsfc1006]

Looks like it might invite curious predators to me.

 

[talal101]

i started a thread on these a few years back.(add-a-sphere is the most popular)... that said, i'd bet you could run a small pump, maybe solar, to keep some circulation in one. minimizing any heat and stagnancy issues, my biggest concern would be the constant cleaning of algeas off the interior of it. and the exterior under the water line. my thoughts on them, are that they're likey better suited for indoor use.

DARN THOSE ARE SOME NICE FISH THERE, I really like the orange and red with the long flowy fins. I like this idea but I think it has a lot of flaws, Especially the algae issue

 

[BlueOrca]

I agree with Pricilla, it would be a good add on feature for a backyard party, but not practical for continuous use.

I have a cylindrical terrarium that i was planning to use for that purpose.....on my long list of projects....

 

[talal101]

I just don't get how does the bowl keep floating like that?

 

[BlueOrca]

Here's the jist of it.....

More types of fish above the pond surface

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMosKJs0VuI&list=PLfTLYwutnMxZdv9eRmtzCRgBHX2nou1G9&index=2