Post #17150 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Dec 23, 2002 7:59 PM

That aquarium is the perfect thing to build a little Tiki Atlantis. Don't bother with the hassle of owning live fish! Create a fake underwater environment.

Aquarium stores are my favourite place to shop for little (Tiki bar) decor stuff. They still have (out of necessity) REAL PLASTIC plants. And things like the pirate skeleton at the ship's wheel are a classic. I actually found a set of two Moais made for underwater, with barnacles on them. They sit in a fishbowl over my kitchen sink now, in an underwater still life complete with real mini shells and fake glass fish.

But you don't need aquarium specific Tikis, stone or heavy plastic Tikis like Coco Joe's Tikis will make a nice sunken Tiki environ. Stick them deep in the sand and make them tilted and fallen over, like ruins.
Or find scale plastic models of Sponge Bob and the Moai house, if you like that show. How about a sunken model of the "Minnow"? And a little Palm studded island on top? A blcklite backdrop? The possibilities are endless....