A popular feature of the Aquavista 500 includes the space saver design that allows you to attach the fish tank to the wall instead of searching for the best place for an aquarium and stand.

Choose your personal wall fish tank

The Aquavista 500 comes complete with a silver frame and your choice of background decorations including Rama, Seaweed, or Tropical Water. Other features include the patented self-contained wall mounted aquarium that hangs on the wall like any art masterpiece and the ability to change the picture frames and backgrounds.

The fish tank comes complete with an advanced filtration system, heater, air pump, lighting, and is monitored by an LCD control panel that allows you to program the light and temperature.

Low maintenance aquarium

The Aquavista 500 only needs around ten minutes of maintenance each month to keep the water clear and your fish happy and healthy.

The fish tank holds 6.6 gallons and is great for smaller fish.

Highlights that make the Aquavista 500 stand out includes an easy set and no assembly required, an advanced aquarium system that is pre-assembled with gravel and biological wet/dry filtration system. This special design offers overhead lighting system, which provides the fish with a high quality aesthetic environment.

Safe and easy of use

The frame is created with advanced engineering and shatter-resistant materials that ensure safety and ease of use and hanging. The interchangeable backgrounds provide a very vivid 3D background.

The Aquavista 500 is the perfect fish tank for those that want to have a fish aquarium without all the headaches of regular aquariums and the low maintenance makes it also the perfect addition to hospital, doctors, or dentists lobbies.

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No matter what type of fish tank you own, the most common rule is that you need a tank that is between 1.2 to 1.6 times wider than the length of the fish. This means that if you chose a wall mounted fish tank that has a 4-inch wide wall your fish should not be more than 3.3 inches in length.

The fish most commonly seen in wall mounted fish tanks are Betta splendens, Ghost Shrimp, Guppies, small tetras, and white cloud mountain minnow. All of these can live quite well in a wall mounted fish tank. You may have larger fish if you are looking at the larger wall mounted fish tanks.

Betta splendens also known as the Siamese fighting fish grow to lengths of around 2.4 inches up to 3.1 inches. This type of fish is very colorful and will provide a compliment for all wall mounted fish tanks. This type of fish has a life span of 2 to 5 years.

The Ghost Shrimp is an amphipod crustacean that grows to lengths of .35 inches and even though it is a brownish color, the skin is pretty much transparent. There is a large variety of small tetras offering various colors and sizes.

The white cloud mountain minnow is similar to the tetras as they are both freshwater fish and come in an array of sizes.

One thing to remember when you are purchasing fish for your wall mounted fish tank and that is not all fish can life together harmoniously. Ghost shrimp are often a meal for other larger fish. Wall mounted fish tanks can usually hold most fish, however, before purchasing you should learn which ones can live in a tank together without fighting.

The best way to install wall mounted fish tanks starts with finding the focal point of the room. If possible using the wall mounted fish tank, as a room divider is perfect as the fish tank can be seen from both sides.

Choose a tank that will accommodate the fish you wish to have in your wall mounted fish tank. The way in which wall mounted fish tanks are made, larger fish may not be able to receive enough oxygen, so it is best to go with smaller species.

Choose a location for your wall mounted fish tank that will provide you with an easy way to clean the tank and be sure that the wall mounted fish tank is near an electrical outlet so the wires for the filter, etc… will be out of the way.

Now, you are ready to hang your wall mounted fish tank. Find the studs in the wall and ensure they are strong enough to support the weight of wall mounted fish tanks. According to which wall mounted fish tank you choose it could weigh from 75 pounds for smaller fish tanks to 300 pounds for larger ones. Remember to use the correct tools to install the wall mounted fish tank.

You may wish to build cabinets above or below to provide you with an area to hold accessories for your wall mounted fish tank.

Of course, wall mounted fish tanks are those that are mounted on the wall often called portrait aquariums or wall aquariums. The tank is mounted to the wall using the studs in the wall to ensure the fish tank is well mounted and that the weight is supported.

You can find a wide array of sizes, with the normal wall mounted fish tanks being between four and six inches thick, around 17 inches high, and 18 inches long, but you can find a larger one if you desire up to seven feet long.

Advantages

The advantages of a wall mounted fish tank include saves space, the design allows placement in several locations, the tank is normally placed at eye level making it a better way to enjoy your fish, compact design, and for those that have children do not have to worry about little ones knocking over the tank.

Wall mounted fish tanks offer the opportunity to have a fish tank placed out of the way while enhancing the room in which it is placed. With a wall mounted fish tank, banks, hospital, doctor’s offices, and other businesses due to the compact designs that usually includes the filter and light tanks all in one design.

Disadvantages

The disadvantages of a wall mounted fish tank includes a major one which is the tank limits the water to air exchange due to the reduced surface area of the fish tank.

Other disadvantages include the need to use very strong wall studs as even the smallest wall mounted fish tanks will weigh between 75 and 100 pounds with larger fish tanks weighing over 300 pounds.