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One Pot, Two Lives
No drugs! Only fishes and plants. Not weed! Thought I bet it’d be extra cool if-no! This is a planter and a fishtank. You put your regularly potted plant in this pot on top, and a goldfish on the bottom. What could they provide for eachother, you might ask? Waste! Yes, the fishes turn their eaten bait remnants into nutrients for the plant, while the water fed to the plant is filtered as it passes though and becomes clean for the fish. It is a totally natural and lovely system.
Let us discuss something – the size. Do you think this tank is too small? I’ve got a bit of a concern for that little fishy, but what are your standards for a gold?
Using this system of cycling materials keeps the fish poo from staying in the water long enough to turn it acidic. It also can reduce the use of chemical substance such as nitrifying bacteria and other materials, “maintaining the steady neutral PH quality of the water.”
Benefits!
The soil remains humid, extending the watering period by about one week.
The product’s middle layer is the filter layer, which accumulates fertilizer as the nutrient for outdoor pot plant.
So… I’m also adding this to my gift list.
Course Director: Dr. Hsien-Hui TANG @ NTUST Design Dept.
Designers: Sheng-Zhe Feng and Ling-Yuan Chou
18 Comments »
Melissa says
Interesting. A few questions – how are you regulating the temperature of the water for the fish? If it gets too cold, the fish dies. If the motor for the filtration system adds heat, how to ensure that it doesn’t become too warm? How is the fish getting fed? And yes, the space is an issue. There may also be certain fish/plant combinations that don’t work together.
While the ying yang style is aesthetically pleasing, it might be more practical to have a round fish bowl wrapped around a potted plant with the filtration system under the plant and between the planter/bowl. This would also allow extra space for a small heater and aerator and an opening at the top for feeding.. If you could get two gallons of water in the surrounding fish tank, you could put in three neon tetras or a couple of guppies.
Golan says
Gold Fish and most small carp family fish can live in cold water, very cold water. In fact they need and perfer a lower temperature for there habitat.
Kikaru says
goldfish are cold waterfish..but goldfish grow and get pretty big. none of this “fish only get as big as their tank” maybe a betta?
Kikaru says
guppies and tetras need warm water though
Megan says
Where can I buy one?
Idiots says
This is a good way to kill a fish after torturing it it’s entire short life.
Any fish small enough to live in this would need heated water. It would also need regular water changes, a single plant cannot filter a fish’s wastes.
Thanks fashion, for once again fucking over the animal kingdom.
Allison says
There is no motor for any filtration system.. the filtration system IS the plant.
Also, fish have been living in regular glass bowls for hundreds of years before heaters were invented. It’ll survive, and it won’t cry itself to sleep. I care about cruelty to animals, but this isn’t one of those situations.
Alex says
How much and where???
riyadh says
How Can i Buy one ?????
and HOW much ?????
PLEASE Reply
KJ says
I have worked in the fish business for a few years. Here are some pointers:
Goldfish and Betta fish do not require a heater, but generally all other fish do. Betta fish do well in smaller spaces, but there are certain plants that can not be put into a Betta’s environment.
Generally, Chinese evergreen, philodendrons, photos and peace water lilies are acceptable plants to be used with a Betta’s environment.
As far as the size, a common rule in the fish keeping world is 2 gallons per inch of fish. However, with goldfish, this is hard to measure due to their bodies being wide. For smaller fish, like Rosy Reds (feeder) this habitat would be okay. But for comet, fantail, etc. I would recommend at least 5 gallons of water per fish.
Carlos says
I wanna buy !!!
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