wall mounted aquariums for offices

[camu]

What does everyone think about wall mounted aquariums in waiting rooms and offices instead of regular aquariums?  www.thewallaquarium.com has a lot of pictures and information to look at.  That is my website and company and I would be happy to answer questions anyone has as well as hearing your feedback.  Thanks

 

[B]

Would be better than pictures of teeth I hate the way waiting rooms have to be educational, give me a leaflet or something if you want to educate me and I will decide whether I read it or not, theres no need to plaster the walls with teeth..

They could be much more relaxing places..

 

[brit]

Would be better than pictures of teeth I hate the way waiting rooms have to be educational, give me a leaflet or something if you want to educate me and I will decide whether I read it or not, theres no need to plaster the walls with teeth..

They could be much more relaxing places..

Have you found a dentist you're happy with yet?.. I'd avoid the ones with teeth posters if I were you...I bet they have plastic chairs too and a scratched coffee table with dogeared magazines......modern art is all the rage rather than teeth posters in the more modern places..
As for aquaria (?) wallmounted or otherwise, that's also a bit cliched....modern art and relaxing music should do the trick.

 

[Issy]

[highlight]Would be better than pictures of teeth [/highlight]I hate the way waiting rooms have to be educational, give me a leaflet or something if you want to educate me and I will decide whether I read it or not, theres no need to plaster the walls with teeth..

They could be much more relaxing places..

Yeah i agree. Family Dentist had Pictures of Gum Disease up on the Waiting Room Walls ! Any Dentist Waiting Room gives me the creeps.
Luckily the Dentist i'm now seeing doesn't have a Waiting Room - Just a nice light corridor with comfy Chars

But i find Water & Fish very relaxing,so wouldn't mind a Aquariam somewhere

 

[B]

I'd avoid the ones with teeth posters if I were you...I bet they have plastic chairs too and a scratched coffee table with dogeared magazines......modern art is all the rage rather than teeth posters in the more modern places...

The one I last visited had little plastic display boxes with toothbrushes and toothpaste in, like little Damien Hirsts if they had been pickled and sliced up a bit. not quite modern art as they were though
Pickled toothpaste yum.
There were teeth posters everywhere too and even the magazines were about teeth. A lecture wherever you looked basically. I should have scarpered....

Sent you a pm about dentist appt Brit...

 

[kitkat]

hmm don't think it could hurt... they have one in my primary physicians office and while I don't pay much attention to it (not doctor phobic) I suppose it could be soothing and entertaining in a waiting room. My dentist has comfy chairs and teeth leaflets/brochures in the waiting room (thank God no posters!) and always some sort of news channel on the tv which actually kinda puts me on edge for some reason....watching it makes me more nervous, so I would cut the news channel thing! ... however in the exam room they have a GIANT teeth poster on the wall...its one of those fancy ("diagram layout" procedure explanation sort of posters) and it's on the wall that the chair is facing so it's the only thing to look at since it's right in your face....I HATE THAT THING! it's got to go!

 

[Issy]

Yeah i agree i hate Teeth & Dental Posters. But Thankgod there's no Teeth pictures anywhere,in this Dentist.
Plus i shut my eyes when in the Dentist Chair,so wouldn't see anything anyway

I think relaxing music would be more useful for me

 

[FinnishGirl]

This thread is super old, but I just have to comment...

Where I went and will go for my wisdom tooth operation, their waiting room is: Sofas, armchairs, paintings on the walls, local radio, a lovely old building which I consider architectural pearl. Would you like to have your teeth treated in Pori, Finland?

 

[Snowball]

Ah never saw this thread before.

As a fishkeeper I'd have HUGE worries about this. Undergravel filtration - about 40 years out of date. Inadequate. Don't go there.

Another thing that is vital from animal welfare point of view is surface area - fish need as much oxygen as possible - you need something with the biggest surface area you can manage - not something narrow.

Then, fish. You need to 'cycle' a tank - add ammonia over upto a month or so, til the nitrItes cycle into nitrAtes - without this you burn the fishes' gills, give them ammonia poisoning, etc - it's not enough to set a tank up and elave it running a day or two. You should cycle the tank. Not many customers to a business want to spend a month looking at an empty tank. There are some tricks to speed this up, but you're still looking at a couple of weeks and a lot of water testing...

Then there's capacity. I couldn't even find how many litre capacity these things were.... but a goldifsh needs a MINIMUM of 10 gallons - yes, you read that right. 10 gals. I doubt a flat looking frame could provide this. Tropicals need much less but still you're looking at welfare issues.

Goldfish naturally can live upto 20 years, but we think of them as having short lifespans as we don;t know how to care for them.

If I saw that in an office - I'd ring the RSPCA.

 

[brit]

High 5 Poodleoo!

 

[mikey]

It does seem a bit small because walls generally aren't very wide..