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No need to buy a real one!
This is an old project I am RE-POSTING on this new account. How to make an aquarium without real fish. I always wanted a real one, but this is also cool! ^_^

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  • How to create art / a model. Fake Aquarium - Step 1
    Step 1

    Make some fish with clay and paint them. Add two layers of nail hardener so they will survive tha water ;)

  • How to create art / a model. Fake Aquarium - Step 2
    Step 2

    Fill the fish bowl with water and some small rocks.

  • How to create art / a model. Fake Aquarium - Step 3
    Step 3

    Now you can use fake plants for the decoration!

  • How to create art / a model. Fake Aquarium - Step 4
    Step 4

    Also some shells are nice as decoration.

  • How to create art / a model. Fake Aquarium - Step 5
    Step 5

    Maybe it's weird, but I used a hair for this, cause that's the most invisible string I had. Now stretch the long hair over the fish bowl and use invisible tape to hold it on both sides. (I know you guys thought it was genius, from reading old comments *wink wink*)

  • How to create art / a model. Fake Aquarium - Step 6
    Step 6

    On the picture you see red lines, those are the hair. The thickest is the main hair. And at the arrows there is tape. Hope you understand how the fish swim now in the middle of the bowl and not at the sides. Now it's more realistic when they swim in the middle. The hairstring is invisible! (well almost)

  • How to create art / a model. Fake Aquarium - Step 7
    Step 7

    And now you have a fake aquarium! If you did it well, it wouldn't look fake at all!

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