| A transparent toilet tank that
doubles as an aquarium is being marketed by Elseware Design in Brooklyn,
N.Y. The acrylic tank is partitioned into two sections, so the fish in the
front section are in no danger of being flushed away. The tank is designed
to connect to almost any standard toilet bowl, using an offset 3-inch PVC
connector pipe. The heavy tank requires three steel legs to support its
weight, since it holds 8 gallons of water in the aquarium section and at
least 1.6 gallons in the rear section. "The standard toilet was designed
about a hundred years ago, and it hasn't changed much," says the designer,
Oliver Beckert, who is now taking orders for the $1,200 toilet tank. "The
idea is to bring more fun into the bathroom." |