Macquarium
A Macquarium is an
Ihnatko originally designed his Macquarium to use the
Ihnatko's slant-front tank design, made of glass, had a nominal capacity of approximately 10 liters (2.2 UK gallons or 2.5 US gallons). Some subsequent designs have utilized
Some of the Macquariums built by others on an individual basis, the versions that Ihnatko refers to as "overly complex", were constructed with parts from two sources located closer to
Macquariums are often stocked with 2-3 goldfish which do not require tank heaters and are cheap. But because goldfish grow large, have high oxygen requirements and are messy eaters they require much larger tanks for survival,[3] Siamese fighting fish and small shrimp are better options.
Other Mac models have similarly been made into aquariums such as the iMac,
The term "Macquarium" as it refers to the Macintosh-based aquarium is unrelated to the
Footnotes
- ^ a b Andy Ihnatko on Macs, Writing, Innovation, and the Macquarium
- ^ Staff writer: A Macintosh Aquarium. The Cupertino Courier, SVCN, LLC., 1989.
- ^ The Golden Rules - Goldfish Guide
- ^ The Apple Collection - The Mac Aquariums Archived 2009-02-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Macquarium Intelligent Communications