R2D2 aquarium for HT room ??

[Scooby Blu]

Just saw this today. Thinking of getting this for the blu ray room ? So, if there is anybody out there. What do you think ?

link http://www.petco.com/product/108058/...-r2dt-_-112808

[Lepidopterous]

Looks kind of ridiculous. But if you're going to have a fish tank in your HT room, I'd go with that.

[JJ]

Scoobs, don't be cheesy now.

[Scooby Blu]

Originally Posted by JJxiv1215

Scoobs, don't be cheesy now.

Well, ya know cheese is pretty good !

I see you have switched your avatar to the big bad 800 series. Is your plan a five year plan or 7 year plan to get those ?

[phantompwr]

I just described that fishtank to my wife in the next room and she asked if it was a hint.
I don't think I'll bite, but it is kinda cool, in a really dorky way

[JJ]

Originally Posted by Scooby Blu

Well, ya know cheese is pretty good !

I see you have switched your avatar to the big bad 800 series. Is your plan a five year plan or 7 year plan to get those ?

Stalin ended up going with 2 5-Year Plans to industrialize the Soviet Union. This is a 15-Year Plan, if even,

[Turnda643]

If you have a lot of other Star Wars items in your HT room, I'd go for it. Otherwise, I'd pass.

[Midnightsailor]

lol it's just cheesy enough... i'd say go for it!

[Scooby Blu]

Originally Posted by phantompwr

I just described that fishtank to my wife in the next room and she asked if it was a hint.
I don't think I'll bite, but it is kinda cool, in a really dorky way

Cool you have a cool wife like mine who will listen to us blab about our sub-culture passion. Star Wars and dorky ??? Guilty as charged !

[crackinhedz]

I think its pretty cool. Nostalgic.

Have you owned a fish aquarium before? ...its no easy task to keep it going. You have to be fairly dedicated to cleaning or else it will get out of hand and can actually detract from being "cool" in the HT room.

[crobert0247]

Tempting. Very unique.

I'd be up for something more along the lines in this with the Interactive R2...

[crobert0247]

Originally Posted by crackinhedz

I think its pretty cool. Nostalgic.

Have you owned a fish aquarium before? ...its no easy task to keep it going. You have to be fairly dedicated to cleaning or else it will get out of hand and can actually detract from being "cool" in the HT room.

Yeah. I wonder what the maintenance would end up being like with the the R2 aquaruim.

[crackinhedz]

Originally Posted by crobert0247

Yeah. I wonder what the maintenance would end up being like with the the R2 aquaruim.

well, if he's using a room with no windows it would actually be fairly easy. But if his HT room has windows and sunlight gets to the tank...then you have to worry about algae and water temp/evaporation etc.

I use to have a 90 gallon tank when I was in high school, but I was seriously into fishtanks...so it was fun.

But now I have a 10 gallon tank and no free time, so now its an extra "chore" to keep going. Im actually ready to get rid of it. I keep it in a room with many windows so its an uphill battle. Im ready to call it quits.

[Anthony P]

crobert0247: that is the projector, isn't it? he can put a BD with underwater images and forgo the tank

[crackinhedz]

just read the specs...1.8 gallons.

That's actually kinda small. Id like to see that in person!

[Rob71]

Telescope rotates 65 degrees for an up close view of fish.

Sold!

1.8 gallons is kind of small. It comes with a filter, probably a small screen type. Just don't put too many fish in it. You could probably get away with a trio of small Tetras, like Neons or even Danios.

[Schrute Farms]

I almost bought it, but my Petco wanted $129 for it. No Thanks.

[Cinema Jaguar]

Originally Posted by Rob71

Sold!

1.8 gallons is kind of small. It comes with a filter, probably a small screen type. Just don't put too many fish in it. You could probably get away with a trio of small Tetras, like Neons or even Danios.

tetras like to school in groups of 6 to 8 and this aquarium seems a bit small for that.

How about the celestial danios,perhaps,this kind of smaller fish may work.

[NotMe]

I've often wondered about putting an aquarium inside a dedicate home theater.

Do you think the sounds from the speakers/subwoofers might harm the fish? Or drive them crazy?

I keep thinking of the scene in Finding Nemo.... Darla tapping the tank.

I'm thinking of a larger tank with much more surface area.

[Cinema Jaguar]

Originally Posted by NotMe

I've often wondered about putting an aquarium inside a dedicate home theater.

Do you think the sounds from the speakers/subwoofers might harm the fish? Or drive them crazy?

I keep thinking of the scene in Finding Nemo.... Darla tapping the tank.

I'm thinking of a larger tank with much more surface area.

It might cause a situation if the volume was too loud or the subwoofer is getting a good workout pumping so much energy that vibrations scared the aquatic life or put them into shock.

If there was something that could absorb the soundwaves before it got to the aquarium its possible no effect would occur or keep the volume turned down or sub off.