Comments on: Fish Bowls by Roger Arquer http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/16/fish-bowls-by-roger-arquer/ architecture and design magazine Fri, 16 May 2008 04:01:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Tina http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/16/fish-bowls-by-roger-arquer/#comment-118081 Tina Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:57:47 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/16/fish-bowls-by-roger-arquer/#comment-118081 Wow! Amazing art. My family and I had a wonderful discussion over each work. Very thought-provoking. Wow! Amazing art. My family and I had a wonderful discussion over each work. Very thought-provoking.

]]> By: AKFAA http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/16/fish-bowls-by-roger-arquer/#comment-106422 AKFAA Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:53:36 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/16/fish-bowls-by-roger-arquer/#comment-106422 GR8! I really want to find out this idea can work or not. Thanks man. GR8!

I really want to find out this idea can work or not.
Thanks man.

]]> By: Bumpsey http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/16/fish-bowls-by-roger-arquer/#comment-93994 Bumpsey Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:42:15 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/16/fish-bowls-by-roger-arquer/#comment-93994 I need a fish bowl for non-productive politial office cliques. I need a fish bowl for non-productive politial office cliques.

]]> By: chartreuse boots http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/16/fish-bowls-by-roger-arquer/#comment-79932 chartreuse boots Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:58:26 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/16/fish-bowls-by-roger-arquer/#comment-79932 ps- here is a lil doodle i did off this art. i hope it illustrates my point: kill an animal or let it live, but don't let if suffer under your care. image url: http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n309/rainbowstiletto/pulltheplug.jpg ps- here is a lil doodle i did off this art. i hope it illustrates my point: kill an animal or let it live, but don’t let if suffer under your care.
image url:
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n309/rainbowstiletto/pulltheplug.jpg

]]> By: chartreuse boots http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/16/fish-bowls-by-roger-arquer/#comment-79910 chartreuse boots Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:56:27 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/16/fish-bowls-by-roger-arquer/#comment-79910 these are beautiful pieces of art, but as many people have pointed out, inhumane. there are a few that are bothering me especially, like Russian Dolls. it is a horrible myth that goldfish only grow to the size or their container. it has long been used as an excuse to keep a fish that gets six inches long plus tail in a tiny bowl. you cannot make a fish stay small, you can only kill it before it reaches adulthood. also goldfish DO NOT breath air, they will only swallow air if they are suffocating, and even then it doesn't do much except make them sick. they need filtration and aeration to be healthy. the only reason goldfish will survive in a bowl is that it is a very hardy fish, but is surviving really living? to me keeping a goldfish in a bowl is like keeping a scottish deer hound in a closet. betas are at least slightly better off in bowl because they have a labyrinth organ that allows them to breath air, however that does not mean they are happy in there. far from it, betas come from warm, slow moving waters choked with plants, compare that with a bowl. they are very shy and sensitive to light, a bowl offers no cover and puts the fish under alot of stress. how would you like it if you had to spend your life in a white sterile room where it was always too cold and the lights were too bright? maybe if you actually changed the warm water in 'Chill Out / Warm Up' often enough to make a temp difference and added a big bunch of frogbit (a floating plant) to provide cover and shut out some light, plus daily water changes in the main bowl to keep the ammonia at a safe level.... THEN you would have a passable home for the fish. as art it is fine, i don't have any problem with putting a fish in a fish bowl long enough to take a picture, it's keeping them in there long term that bothers me. i sincerely hope that these do not end up being sold. these are beautiful pieces of art, but as many people have pointed out, inhumane. there are a few that are bothering me especially, like Russian Dolls. it is a horrible myth that goldfish only grow to the size or their container. it has long been used as an excuse to keep a fish that gets six inches long plus tail in a tiny bowl. you cannot make a fish stay small, you can only kill it before it reaches adulthood. also goldfish DO NOT breath air, they will only swallow air if they are suffocating, and even then it doesn’t do much except make them sick. they need filtration and aeration to be healthy. the only reason goldfish will survive in a bowl is that it is a very hardy fish, but is surviving really living? to me keeping a goldfish in a bowl is like keeping a scottish deer hound in a closet.

betas are at least slightly better off in bowl because they have a labyrinth organ that allows them to breath air, however that does not mean they are happy in there. far from it, betas come from warm, slow moving waters choked with plants, compare that with a bowl. they are very shy and sensitive to light, a bowl offers no cover and puts the fish under alot of stress. how would you like it if you had to spend your life in a white sterile room where it was always too cold and the lights were too bright? maybe if you actually changed the warm water in ‘Chill Out / Warm Up’ often enough to make a temp difference and added a big bunch of frogbit (a floating plant) to provide cover and shut out some light, plus daily water changes in the main bowl to keep the ammonia at a safe level…. THEN you would have a passable home for the fish.

as art it is fine, i don’t have any problem with putting a fish in a fish bowl long enough to take a picture, it’s keeping them in there long term that bothers me. i sincerely hope that these do not end up being sold.

]]> By: ky http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/16/fish-bowls-by-roger-arquer/#comment-51594 ky Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:53:56 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/16/fish-bowls-by-roger-arquer/#comment-51594 Are they being sold anywhere? Are they being sold anywhere?

]]> By: sammy http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/16/fish-bowls-by-roger-arquer/#comment-50759 sammy Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:28:35 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/16/fish-bowls-by-roger-arquer/#comment-50759 THIS FISHBOWLS ARE SUPER COOL !! ID SO GET ONE FOR MY FISH !!! HAHA THIS FISHBOWLS ARE SUPER COOL !! ID SO GET ONE FOR MY FISH !!! HAHA

]]> By: sylvie http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/16/fish-bowls-by-roger-arquer/#comment-50277 sylvie Mon, 12 Nov 2007 02:09:16 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/16/fish-bowls-by-roger-arquer/#comment-50277 where can i buy these fish bowls? i would love to buy one for my fish. i think they are fantastic. sylvie nyc where can i buy these fish bowls? i would love to buy one for my fish. i think they are fantastic. sylvie nyc

]]> By: fabrega http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/16/fish-bowls-by-roger-arquer/#comment-49726 fabrega Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:51:40 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/16/fish-bowls-by-roger-arquer/#comment-49726 q de puta madre q estan ... q de puta madre q estan …

]]> By: metagrow http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/16/fish-bowls-by-roger-arquer/#comment-44353 metagrow Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:44:08 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/16/fish-bowls-by-roger-arquer/#comment-44353 ...poor fish …poor fish

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