Expensive tanks NY Times article

I was reading the NY Times this morning and came across and article on expensive tanks and this tank maker that does suspended tanks, very interesting but pricey.

Aquarium ASP

Full article

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/garden/19aqua.html?src=me&ref=general

 

Reefs in 3D.

 

another twist on the crappy picture frame tanks...

 

good for fish only i guess...??

 

The 700g hanging tank scares me.

 

They say you could put an angel in it, but I wouldnt too thin!

 

The article reminds me, in a way, of people that have really expensive cars yet know nothing about them and have no real appreciation for them.

 

I agree it is like finding a $4000 a month apartment that has great square footage but is only 5 feet wide.

 

Ahh NYC.
In another lifetime I used to run around Manhattan on the 6 train with a duffel bag with a Python siphon hose, test kits and scrub pads going to rich peoples condos to clean their tanks. I was given my own accounts for extra money from the aquarium store I worked at. This one 5 foot tall goldfish tank was a bear to clean but I was done in 25 minutes collected my $75 for cleaning and a $50 tip and was gone to the next one. This was in 1993. NYC is the mecca for the aquarium maintenance biz.

matt