I placed Eden 501 external filter canister next to the fish bowl for measurement. The glass thickness is 0.6cm and the bowl is quite light to carry around.
This fishbowl has wide opening at the top (12 inches) - more than enough space for lighting, fan and filtering. It also allows plenty of space for my hand to move around for future aquascaping. Stay tune for future update.
A nice piece of talking point, with volume of at least 12 gallons? I lugged 4 large pails of water to fill this bowl to its brim. Massive!
Sketching on aquascape
I have googled how people did their aquascaping on a Jumbo fishbowl and decided to come out with my own that is not too packed that the fishes can't swim - taking note of swimming space, hiding space, feeding space, scape texture, low tech plants, small community fishes. Here are two Option to think about:-
Option 1 - planted bowl (Most likely)
Flora in Mind
Cryptiocoryne
Fern
Water sprite/Wisteria
Dwarf pennywort
Stargrass
fern
Option 2 - rocky bowl
Flora in Mind
Weeping Moss
creeping plants - dwarf pennywort
Bucephalandra
E-Tenellus
Creatures to Consider Mix & Match
Amano Shrimps (always a favorite)
Malayan Shrimps
Boraras brigittae
Endlers
Cardinal or Neon tetrra
Assassin snail (if necessary)
Otocinclus
Kulih Loach
Garra Fish
Rainbow Fish
Lampeyes
Dwarf Gourami...
Rummy Nose
Well see how thing goes....
Update: 25 May 2016
Here is a kick-start of my planted Jumbo Bowl.
Plants: Water sprite, water wisteria, marsilea hirsuta, dwarf pennywort , windelov fern, nana, crypt backteii, crypt wendtii brown, stargrass.
Fishes: Dwarf rainbow fish, endler, yellow guyppy, cherry barb, betta, Amano shrimps, Otocinclus
Substrate: 6kg (3 inches thick), black unbranded substrate for plants & shrimps. Polished natural color river rocks.
Light: 4watts led light (blue/white)
Filter: Eden 501
Having done the above, I am keeping my hands off and let the bowl go on auto-pilot bowl.
Update: 1 July 2016
Here is the latest matured Jungle Fish Bowl
