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This is a great thread! Very interesting...
I think another thread discussing a wide variety of design ideas and styles would also be great. It would be nice to see peoples unique or custom tanks (plus the room because to me the room is just as important) of all styles and hear a bit about them...or just hear the comments on overall design and style. Some of us would learn (or remember) a thing or two! Great thread though! |
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Thank you i thought this would bring some interesting response. But i wont lie i really did it for ideas i live very in a very modern house and am needing some new ideas for a new tank he he
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Just look at most stuff that is made overseas and you will see plenty. For some reason, the US is caught in some 'revival' mode that nobody else is. Seriously, go to Home Depot, and most of the stuff on the wall is 'country', 'traditional', etc. Go to B&Q (HD-UK) or some shop there, and you cant even find that gaudy crap over there. Their 'common' stuff is the ultra contemporary stuff that we pay high dollar for here in the US.
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01/25/2008, 05:18 PM | #105 |
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This thread should be combined with the Japanese Tank thread from earlier.
Check out these tanks from Japan: http://www.trio-corp.jp/aquarium/vivaria_tank_5.html and these, especially the "upright tank" with a built in upstream refugium: http://homepage2.nifty.com/aqua-nics/syouhin-annai.html
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I was also thinking the same thing about the Japanese thread and this one. I love the style of those Japanese tanks! |
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I agree look at high end German/European cars vs high en Japanese perfect example^^^^^
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hahnmeister- to show an example of your example of lighting how its built for more effect and not design/efficiency
Japanese lighting typically looks like this
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Great link! Check out the modular tank stand.. pretty cool.
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01/25/2008, 07:20 PM | #111 |
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Looks like many of the Japanese tanks use very thick glass to avoid any bracing or trim. I love the clean look. Sometimes it looks like a section of the ocean is just floating in a room. Very cool.
Yeah I love that stand. Comes in three pieces too! Easy to move and maybe possible to set up in multiple ways? |
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Yes, the japanese tanks are very different from the European and North American styles, but they have a lot of small sized, high powered pumps and plumbing systems we haven't seen yet. They do tend to have a different lighting style, but just because they look like the spotlights you may be familiar with, don't assume it's inferior. They're the ones pioneering LED and cold cathode lighting systems that we have yet to even see.
Not to mention their, livestock....do some searching around and see some of the fish and corals they are breeding and propagating!
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ummm...a fish you won't see at your domestic LFS:
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^super cute!^
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What's in the tank and what's outside the tank are two different issues.
American tanks tend to have "traditional" stands which means they look like aquarium stands. There's no way to make a fiberboard stand look contemporary so those tanks are out of the game. So I looked at the Aisan tank links, they emphasize what's in the tank. They looked great but the environment isn't shown so what does that tell us? Nothing. For all we know they're sitting on empty beer cases. The interior may be contemporary (or temporary based on the lack of coraline algae in any tank) but does that make a modern setup ? European tanks seem to emphasize streamlined lighting and eurobracing without showing the whole environment. Maybe they're also sitting on empty beer cases If you're into "modern design" you have to look at the complete environment and determine how an aquarium fits into the greater plan/scheme of the home.
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The pics provided in this thread are from peoples homes and other real places, they represent the different approaches of modernizing the reef into the living space instead of the gloomy basement fishrooms. Also yes, I agree some are more "modern" or simplisticly clean looking than others but all still fit this criteria as most of them are inovative and surpass the norm in the typical setup. |
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Well I cannot tell you for sure whether this room was just a design concept or real room but what I can tell you is that it is the room father modeled his TV room after and looks almost identical. I reason I had this picture on hand was because he gave it to an interior designer and had him recreate it for his home. I have a few friends who also have very similar looking rooms and apartments where I used to live in Miami. So I have to disagree that this is "not something that would ever be used as a practical living space".
My point was also that quite a few of the pics in the thread do not show any kind of modernized approach to reef keeping. There certainly are quite a few that do as well though. There is a reason I did not post my living room/aquarium in this thread. Although it has a strong sense of design and the aquarium is tied in very much to the decor and style of the room, it is quite contemporary and does not have many modern elements. Maybe the most "modern" looking thing in the room is the plasma tv...but that does not make it a modern style room Sorry but I really don't "get" what you are trying to say... |
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That 'best seller' at Home Depot is just that because its one of the only ones that they sell that is contemporary. That series is very nice, I plan on using those on my Kraftmaid Venicia gloss black cabinet doors when they come in. Why isnt there more? Because its so darn expensive. We charge a premium here for that stuff... most likely because alot of it (AXOR faucets for instance) is common in EU, but is made there as well... so for us it has to be shipped. I have seen those slick looking AXOR 'spigot' style faucets in the EU for 80euro and then over here for $350! I have some friends who just moved into a new home by me and they are from Germany. They want a solid glass door to serve as their kitchen swinging door... just a solid 1/2" thick tempered frosted piece of glass. They couldnt understand how such a simple design was not available. I had to send them to a plate glass wholeseller/mfg to get them custom made. Somehow they did find frosted solid glass doors to act as their closet doors though. |
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is that a green stonefish up there?
my lfs had a stonefish for only $34! |
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Would my new 4 foot cube count as modern?
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