New Status Symbol Of Rich People: Crazy Aquariums

Troy McClure loves fish. A lot.

A new expensive home design trend is just taking a page from the MTV Cribs book! The NY Times' Home section has a very detailed article about oversized aquariums that designers are now incorporating into clients' abodes. One says, "[Typical clients] have a collection of cars, of motorcycles, of art, they have three dogs. It’s like, ‘What else, what’s the next thing to wow my friends?’ It doesn’t seem like the kind of thing you’d see in high-end interior design, but that’s being reconsidered."

City Aquarium's Justin Muir, who shops at ABC Carpet & Home for some of the accessories in the tanks he designs and once built a shark tank for a couple in Chelsea (when the sharks outgrew the tank, they were donated to the actual New York Aquarium), told the Times, "Some people are like, ‘O.K., $5,000 every month to take care of the tank, plus $100,000 cost of the tank — I’m cool with that." And any wonder why they hate us?

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By Jen Chung in Arts & Entertainment on August 19, 2010 4:02 PM

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John L

But Bloomberg keeps reminding us that if we tax the rich they'll run away, please.

The mega-rich have so much money they don't know what to do with it anymore. Do you really think that closing up some tax loop holes will send them running away in droves? I don't think so, not when they're willing to buy $100,000 fish tanks that require $5,000 in monthly maintenance.

TeddyNYC

I'll stick to Marine Aquarium 3 on my laptop. It's a lot cheaper and you don't have to worry about dead fish.

Aveais Essex

My good looks paid for that pool, and my talent filled it with water.

longacre

If you thought it sucked when your upstairs neighbor's washing machine overflowed, just wait until he gets a crack in his 2000 gallon fish tank.