{"product_id":"snow-mountain-aquarium-lamp-mini-fish-tank-light-with-thick-glass-terrarium-for-serene-aquatic-decor-ambient-pet-display","title":"Snow Mountain Glass Bowl – Decorative Tabletop Centerpiece with a Frosted Glass Peak","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"ge-pdp\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA heavy glass bowl with a frosted mountain moulded into the floor of it\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ge-lede\"\u003eFill it with still water and the frosted peak reads as a snowy ridge rising out of a flat white lake. That is the whole idea, and it works because the glass is thick: the walls hold the water dead still and the wide, shallow shape gives the surface enough room to act like a mirror. It sits low and wide — about as wide across as an adult's open hand — so it belongs on a desk, a shelf, a windowsill or the middle of a table rather than on the floor. You can choose the plain clear bowl on its own, or the smoked-grey bowl on a round wooden base that lights the peak from underneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"ge-note\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead this before anything else: this is an ornament, not an aquarium.\u003c\/strong\u003e The earlier version of this page called it a fish tank and showed a full-grown goldfish swimming in it. It is far too small to keep any fish. Allowing for the solid glass peak that takes up the middle of it, we estimate it holds on the order of two cups of water — and it has no filter, no heater, no air pump and no lid. We have taken the fish out of the photographs and out of the copy, and we would ask you not to put one in. Everything below describes what it is genuinely good at.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat it actually is\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOne piece of glass, not an assembly.\u003c\/strong\u003e The mountain is not an ornament dropped in the bottom. It is frosted glass formed as part of the bowl, so there is nothing to lift out, nothing to lose and no seam to trap dirt.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWide and shallow, not tall.\u003c\/strong\u003e The maker's dimension drawing gives it as about 5.8 inches across at its widest and about 3.7 inches tall, narrowing to a 3.4 inch opening at the top. The shoulders curve inward, which is what keeps the water from slopping when you move it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeavy-walled, with a thick flat foot.\u003c\/strong\u003e You can see the wall thickness in the glass at the base. It is the reason it feels like an object rather than a jar, and the reason it sits still on a desk.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTwo versions.\u003c\/strong\u003e The clear bowl is exactly that: glass and nothing else, no cord, no switch, no electronics. The lit version is a smoked-grey bowl sitting on a round pale-wood base with one small push button on the side; the light glows up through the peak from below.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt ships empty.\u003c\/strong\u003e No water, no stones, no plants and nothing living. What arrives is the glass.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe measurements, and where they come from\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ge-grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ge-k\"\u003eWidth\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAbout 5.8 in (14.8 cm) at the widest point of the bowl\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ge-k\"\u003eHeight\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAbout 3.7 in (9.5 cm) for the clear bowl. The lit version stands taller by the depth of its wooden base; the maker does not publish that figure\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ge-k\"\u003eOpening\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAbout 3.4 in (8.6 cm) across at the top\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ge-k\"\u003eWater it holds\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eOn the order of two cups filled to the level shown in the photographs. This is our own estimate worked out from the maker's dimension drawing and the volume the glass peak occupies — the maker publishes no capacity at all\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ge-k\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eClear or smoked glass with a frosted glass peak. The maker says \"thick glass\" and does not name the glass type, so we are not going to name it either\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ge-k\"\u003eLight\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eOnly on the version with the base. One warm-white LED under the peak, one push button on the side of the wood\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"ge-note\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout those numbers, honestly.\u003c\/strong\u003e The three dimensions are the maker's own, taken off its drawing. The capacity is ours, calculated rather than measured, and we have said so rather than rounding it into a spec. We hold no figure at all for the weight, for the glass composition, or for how the lit base takes its power — whether it charges by cable or takes a cell. If any of that matters to you, ask us before you order and we will find out rather than guess.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat people actually use it for\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStill water and nothing else.\u003c\/strong\u003e The plainest version and the best one. Cold tap water, filled just past the lower slopes so the peak breaks the surface. Change it every few days.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA floating candle or a single flower head.\u003c\/strong\u003e The wide mouth and flat surface suit one tealight in a floating holder, or one bloom cut short and laid on the water.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAir plants, kept dry.\u003c\/strong\u003e Tillandsia sit happily on the glass around the peak with no soil and no water in the bowl. Take them out to soak them, and put them back when they have dried.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEmpty, as a sculpture.\u003c\/strong\u003e It reads perfectly well dry on a shelf. The frosted peak is the point; the water is optional.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA night light, if you take the lit version.\u003c\/strong\u003e Warm and low rather than bright. It lights the peak and a small pool of table around it, not the room.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eLooking after it\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHand wash in cool water.\u003c\/strong\u003e A soft cloth and mild soap. It is not a dishwasher item and the lit base must never go near water at all.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNever pour boiling water into it.\u003c\/strong\u003e We do not know what glass this is, which means we cannot promise it will take thermal shock. Treat it as ordinary glass: no kettle, no freezer, no hot-to-cold jumps.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLimescale is the thing that spoils it.\u003c\/strong\u003e Hard water leaves a tide mark on the frosted peak. A short soak in white vinegar and a rinse takes it off; a scouring pad will scratch the frosting permanently.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eKeep it off the edge.\u003c\/strong\u003e Full of water on a thick glass foot, it is heavy enough to break a tile floor and itself. Put it somewhere it will not be knocked.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eIn the box\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne glass bowl with the frosted peak formed into it, in the version you choose\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe round wooden lit base, on the lit version only\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo water, no stones, no plants, no candle and nothing living\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"ge-note\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat changed on this page.\u003c\/strong\u003e The previous description sold this as a fish tank and an aquarium lamp. Both were wrong. It is much too small to house any fish, and the cheaper of the two versions has no light in it whatsoever — it is a plain glass bowl — so an entire section about ambient LED lighting described something that variant does not have. We removed the animal framing, removed the lighting claim from the version that has no light, replaced the maker's photographs with our own, and set out the three dimensions the maker actually publishes alongside the one number we had to work out ourselves. Where we do not know something, this page now says so.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"chigous","offers":[{"title":"Clear Glass Bowl (no light)","offer_id":44362442899543,"sku":null,"price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Smoked Glass Bowl on Lit Wood Base","offer_id":44362442932311,"sku":null,"price":114.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/0256\/1367\/files\/01_hero_clear_bowl_still_water_white.jpg?v=1790637135","url":"https:\/\/chigous.com\/products\/snow-mountain-aquarium-lamp-mini-fish-tank-light-with-thick-glass-terrarium-for-serene-aquatic-decor-ambient-pet-display","provider":"Secure","version":"1.0","type":"link"}