Frame A Fish Aquarium - Fish tank

by Flat Screen Aquarium

Product Features

• Real Live Fish (Not included)
• Conversation Piece
• Sleek profile
• Easy Maintenance
• Great Gift Idea

Product Details

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• Product Dimensions: 24 x 3 x 19 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 16 pounds
• ASIN: B0000TEWBE
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,335 in Pet Supplies (See Top 100 in Pet Supplies)

Product Description

Enjoy watching your live fish-aquarium friends as they swim in front of their own personalized background. The slim profile flat screen unit mounts directly to a wall. Overall dimensions are 24 1/4 " wide X 19 1/4 " high X 3 1/8" deep. Insert your own photo enlargement (or one of ours) into the easy slide frame holder, and you have created a one-of-a-kind aquarium for any home decor. This aquarium - Fish tank makes the perfect gift for the home, office or dorm.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

96 of 112 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Advice from a hobbyist and tank/pond serviceman..., December 7, 2004

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K. Krajenbrink "ladyicefox" (Newbury Park, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frame A Fish Aquarium - Fish tank (Kitchen)

I've kept fish most of my life and spent a goodly portion researching fish as a pastime (primarily working with salt water aquaria). I've worked with seahorses, sharks, rays, octopods, tropical fish, corals, and ponds. I cannot, for any reason, see why this would be a good idea for a fish tank. By a rough estimate, this tank holds approximately 2.19 gallons of water. That's enough to put TWO one inch fish per tank. I am NOT a PETA supporter, but this system is an equivalent to having someone live in small hallway all their lives. This is not a sufficient tank for any kind of **active aquatic life** that would require a heater. This MIGHT be a nice alternative for betas, african frogs. If you want fish as a conversation piece, I suggest getting an actual tank. Your fish will thank you for not having to look at your mother in law or child's photo all day long.

21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Review from someone who actually owns one of these!, July 26, 2004

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swimswithfishes - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frame A Fish Aquarium - Fish tank (Kitchen)

[...]

Well, I have had this product for about six months now and have actual experience, so read on [...]
A friend gave me a couple of goldfish in one of those one-gallon jars that you'd see at a carnival. So although I knew this tank would be a little small, at least it would be better than that! Upon receiving this tank, I also purchased a few minnows and an algae-eater. Unlike the messages from the flood of PETA-esque negative reviews that have suddenly popped up, my fish have been in this tank for a while now, seem happy, and I haven't lost one yet. There has been no ammonia build-up... there has been no death-by-nitrates... the fish have shown no signs of stress, nor have they died from it.

HOWEVER...

1. The tank itself is made of plastic, not glass. So where they get the price tag on this is anybody's guess as there's no way that there was $120 worth of product and workmanship on this item (the glue stains on the side would attest to that).
2. After a couple of months or so, the tank started to bow in the middle due to the fact that this cheap plastic is holding all of this water weight and eventually starts to buck under the pressure. This has been a MAJOR cause for concern as I'm not sure as to whether or not my tank is suddenly going to explode open and kill everything in it.
3. There are two small rings in the middle that I can only suppose is there for giving the tank extra support. Therefore, I used some wire to connect these rings and essentially tie down the middle to prevent the bowing. Unfortunately, these rings are made of the same cheap plastic as the tank, so one ring broke within a week and now the tank bowes more than ever!
4. The ACTUAL INTERNAL DIMENSION of the tank (just verified with a ruler) is 20 1/2 inches wide by 13 1/2 inches high by 2 1/2 inches deep! Granted the middle of my tank is now 3 1/2 inches deep, but that's only because it's BOWED IN THE MIDDLE BY NEARLY 50% from the pressure of making the mistake of putting water in it.
5. The frame itself (which is what I guess the stated dimensions are based on) is also cheap plastic that you hang from the sides of the tank. You're supposed to snap these pieces into each other, but they don't quite fit both the tank and each other at the same time, so in the end, you have dangling plastic for effect.
6. Plan on placing this close to an electrical outlet as the cords are very short and thick. This makes for unsightly huge white and black cords going down your walls (although we've simply painted the cords the same color as the wall as a solution).

Bottom Line - We have cats that get at any other type of aquarium, so we figured that having one on the wall and out of their reach would be a nice compromise and if you have small enough fish (and not too many of them), then the dimensions should be fine (despite the cruelty-towards-animals comments below). HOWEVER, note that the actual aquarium dimensions are much smaller than what is advertised for the whole product and that, because it is made of plastic, even though it'll look fine, in six months you'll most likely find yourself in the same situation that I'm in now... out money and having to go get a different aquarium because of this junk.

82 of 112 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars cruelty as entertainment, September 20, 2005

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Shelley Gammon "Geek" (Kaufman, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frame A Fish Aquarium - Fish tank (Kitchen)

I have a 140 gallon salt water aquarium with only 4 fish in it, and I believe the tank is too "small" to put in another fish. An aquarium is not simply "entertainment" but a responsibility. Living, breating souls are put in an aquarium and while they may not be mental giants, fish can and do feel lonely, frustrated and bored just like other animals - AND like all other moving, breathing animals, they need a way to rest their eyes by gazing near and far and a way to "stretch their legs." No fish that you can buy in the trade is going to be comfortable with a width of 3 1/8" inches. Most fish need to swim constantly to stay alive - and to go back and forth like a caged panther, the fish will have to twist itself in an unnatural way every time it goes back and forth across the tank. This is a recipe for a fish that will literally try to kill itself by leaping out of the top of the tank to stop the pain and discomfort of daily living.

Whoever designed this aquarium should be fined by the USPCA for designing a cruel and unusual punishment device for animals. Just because you can't hear a fish complain does not mean it is not unhappy. Imagine being unhappy for your entire life. Unhappy, stressed fish, quickly develop cancerous lesions and tumors.

If you want fish as entertainment, go to Long John Silvers to eat them or go to Sea World to watch them - but if you're going to take on the responsibility of taking care of living creatures in your home - do so with compassion. This tank is just pure idiotic - and the smaller a tank is, the HARDER it is to care for, anyway. Splurge a little and get a 30 gallon tank (minimum) - the bigger the tank, the EASIER it is to maintain because small shifts in chemical balances don't make that much of a difference the bigger your tank is.

If you want a tiny aquarium in your wall like this, you can get a Mac Mini and a small monitor and use the Marine Aquarium screensaver - it's realistic and nothing has to suffer for your entertainment.

This tank is just cruel. It's like having to live your life in a one bedroom loft with no separate toilet, kitchen or closet - FOREVER without being allowed to leave. They have places like these for people - they're called maximum security prisons. No animal deserves this type of barbaric treatment.