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iPond plays sounds, stores fish

Fancy this portable speaker that carries a fish along with it? That’s exactly what the iPond is – it hooks up to portable audio devices like the iPod, but has in recent times drawn the ire from animal rights groups as the iPond is said to offer inadequate space for a fish to live. Meant for Betta fish (also known as Siamese fighting fish), the 650mm iPond has been said to be insufficient, since a single Betta fish requires around 10 liters of water to swim around and receive a proper amount of oxygen. In addition, the speaker is located at the bottom, so your favorite trance sounds might actually unsettle the fish further. The iPond retails for $60.

Source: Gizmodo

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22 Comments on “iPond plays sounds, stores fish”

Latest Gadget Gallery Matrix » Coolest Gadgets Says:

December 18th, 2007 at 6:30 am

[...] iPond plays sounds, stores fish [...]

jackson Says:

December 24th, 2007 at 3:00 am

All i can say is im ashamed to call myself a human being, this is a sick world we live in!!!! Soon you’ll be able to buy the new iCage , where you buy a human in a clear box just big enough for him to sit in , its a coffee table , they will have no food or water and we’ll see how long he lives for, that sounds like a good idea doesn’t it.

SMB Says:

December 27th, 2007 at 10:39 pm

AWFUL! No room= stressed fish and ammonia build-up= dead fish. Junk.

HarleyMan Says:

December 28th, 2007 at 9:03 pm

This is absolutely disgusting. It is also more commonly know as CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Just because it is a fish does not mean it is not an animal, does not mean it can be treated like some decoration. The inventors should be fined and jailed. The people that buy these gimmicks should be ashamed and both are guilty of cruelty to animals.

monkeyman68 Says:

January 10th, 2008 at 6:30 pm

hahahahah lmao. this is awesome. im gonna buy one. I’ll be sure to shake the tank. hey youtube search “gold fish chug” lmao. i did it before like steve-o from jackass. you hypocrits go home and eat your hamburgers and chicken nuggets. you don’t care about animals you just like to whine like babies. who cares about one stupid fish.lmao. I hope all the fishes die. stupid activist.

The iConspiracy « Larry and Becky Cobler Says:

February 19th, 2008 at 2:22 pm

[...] . . dough . . . rise? Do people really do this? If you want to multi-task, you could get an iPond and watch your Siamese Fighting Fish swim around in very small circles in a very small tank as you [...]

Christine Says:

April 16th, 2008 at 10:20 am

The fighting fish are native to South-East Asia and have a “labyrinth lung” that allows them to take in oxygen from air. Typically they live in puddles and rice paddies.

clearly they’re fine,
the pictures displayed on the internet of the ipond shows a fish that looks much larger than it does normally, i own an iPond myself and the fish really has plenty of room, and alot more water /oxygen than he would living in a puddle !
but just like everything else in this world..there is going to be people who disagree and people who agree , so honestly .. whatever floats your boat man, i personally think its cute

jonah Says:

April 17th, 2008 at 2:28 pm

that is one of the most disgusting things how could yall invent that its a speaker too! yea cause we all kno how fish love vibrations hahaha…NO is that flat? thats horrible

philistine Says:

April 22nd, 2008 at 5:38 am

Christine. Google “Guillermo Vargas Habacuc”. Given your facile approach to ethics, which is no more complex and valuable than reducing the desecration of life to opinion, this exhibition should be a turn on for you.

Celia Says:

May 6th, 2008 at 3:31 pm

wow, im kinda suprised but then not really. ppl do crazy things for money. i do know that i just bought a betta and have him in a nice sized tank. they do need to be fed and water changed regularly to keep them healthy, and they can suffocate without sufficient air like we breathe. i have also read that fish have a far better memory than we think and mine actually interacts with me when i move near the tank and he definately knows how to beg for food. i think we underestimate animals. as far as activists, no matter what animal or humans, or plants…there isnt enough money or ppl in the world to keep us all from suffering in some way or another. personally i just try to do the best i can and live everyday to the best of my ability and hope it makes even a small difference in someones life somewhere.

Christine Says:

June 11th, 2008 at 9:10 am

i searched that dumb spanish thing, im honestly disgusted that you would even say such a thing like that … it really isn’t that bad and I posted that a very long time ago and my fish is STILL ALIVE TODAY and doing very well, he’s not sick and i feed him regularly and i do clean his tank, sure its not the biggest but come on man, if its really as horrible as it seems why in the fuck would he still be alive ?
and besides, its not like i play music from it, i may have a few times when I first got it but he’s stillll alliiveee .
we’ve all got our own opinions so stick to yours, ill stick to mine

Sue Says:

June 17th, 2008 at 10:20 am

Christine and others who have one, the life expectancy of your fish, if cared for properly, is 2-5 years. After you have kept the fish alive for 2-5 years, then you can talk about how healthy he is. Then again maybe you should try to live in your shower for the same amount of time you have kept the fish in the ipond. Surely if someone fed you, you would also still be alive. So, it must be ok, right? I agree with philistine.

John Says:

June 17th, 2008 at 5:09 pm

Hi Christine, are you for real or just baiting us trying to whip up controversy? You sound far too intelligent to really believe what you’re writing, much less subject an intelligent & friendly creature to a living death purely for your own vanity. Ok-I’ll bite:by it’s very nature a fish lives in it’s own toilet whether that toilet be an ocean, a 3000 gallon tank or an iPond. The problem is a fish will make a given amount of waste & it follows that the smaller the area he has, the quicker this waste will accumulate & suffocate him.

It’s a well known fact among fish keepers that the larger volume of water you have the easier it is to maintain so your poor fish is not living he’s merely surviving & death will be a very welcome release for him-remember also the space he’s in right now is his entire world, he cannot go anywhere else. You can carry on in your fantasy world of happy fish & consumerism or you can do the right thing & get him at least a 10 gallon tank with a fitted lid & a gentle filter. He will certainly thank you for it-full details here of keeping these fish properly: http://www.nippyfish.net/

animal luver Says:

June 23rd, 2008 at 1:35 pm

That is the worst kind of animal cruelty!!! How would you like it if someone kidnapped you from your home, stuffed you in a box where all you can do is sit up, NOT STAND, and then blared music so loud you vibrated all day? And maybe into the night? It got humid in there and you started to suffocate, and then it got so hot in there, you died. Would you like that? Didn’t think so!!!!

Someone has to do something!!!!!!!! Whoever created, sells, and buys this stuff are animal cruelty idiots!!!!

animal luver Says:

June 23rd, 2008 at 1:38 pm

monkeyman86-

SHUT UP!!!!

what is humans DIDN’T have control over all the earth???

and someone treated you like a betta and stuffed you in a stupid iPond????

the world needs less of people like you!!!

Christine Says:

June 29th, 2008 at 12:56 pm

Well we all have our own opinions don’t we, stick to yours and ill stick to mine … Thanks and take care.

John Says:

June 29th, 2008 at 2:07 pm

Hello again Christine,

If you are referring to my post I would invite you to check any or all of my info with any non-commercial fishkeeping website, any fishkeeping forum, any veterinarian specialising in aquatics or any books or other library reference material on fishkeeping & it will all tally because it’s not anyone’s opinion, it’s fact. I would be happy to discuss any or all of the points raised with you on my forum here: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyGoldfish/
I would add that you will not be lectured, verbally abused or patronised, you will be treated politely & with respect.

………….& finally this IS my opinion: “We have a moral obligation to care for any living creature we choose to keep to the best of our ability to give it the very highest quality of life we can because pets are not a right, they are a privilege”

Kindest regards,

John.

Hilppa Says:

July 18th, 2008 at 1:00 pm

If people want to buy an iPod, then they should. If they want to buy a fish, then they should, but in a good tank. :I

Susan Says:

August 2nd, 2008 at 10:57 am

I’m glad to see that there are more compassionate people here than ignorant ones. I don’t care if you have a PhD, if you think this torture device is cool then you are ignorant and suffer from the worst kind of ignorance, you are willfully ignorant. Which raises a question, why is it on this site, this thing is so not cool.

Hilppa Says:

August 6th, 2008 at 11:54 am

A bowl is not actually the best kind of place to keep bettas either, just to warn. Bettas can jump very well, so it’s not so good. An aquarium is much better, bigger and it’s more similar to a pond. I’ve had four male bettas, first died of old age in the old aquarium, second jumped out and the rest two are in the new big tank with four females.
Something about breeding:
Betta males make bubble nests when they are ready to mate. When the male and female mate, male will collect the eggs with its mouth and put them in the bubble nest. After this the male chases females away, and will guard the nest untill the eggs hach and the fry will fall. The fry can’t swin yet, and often they get eaten if they hatch in the same aquarium with other fish. It’s better to have breeding tank if you really want to get baby fish grow and live.
My bettas have been making nests, and mating but the eggs have always been eaten and nests have broken. It’s not a problem though, we dont need any more fish.

But ths iPond is too small for a fish to live a happy and healthy life. Meaby it wouldn’t be hungry if you feed it, or lonely if you keep it company, but it would never live like it would in nature. Bettas are living creatures, not decoration. iPond is a stupid idea. :/

Hilppa Says:

August 6th, 2008 at 12:06 pm

It might be cute and funny to keep your fish sometimes in the iPond, but it would stress the fish to change the tank often. I think if the fish could say what it thinks, he would choose to live in the big aquarium.
This thing really bothers me, thats why I comment so often..

Nathan Says:

July 8th, 2009 at 12:44 pm

I hope Christine gets stuffed into an iPond soon. A Betta deserves to live more than she does. She is obviously uneducated, inexperienced, and idiotic. Bettas are real living beings, not a gadget. They need a properly filtered and heated environment.