Saltwater aquariums without the tank.

“In the emergency department by staff and patients alike since the initial setup. For example, when our providers have a sick child in the emergency department requiring emergency services, and their parents also have their younger siblings in the same room as they visited the ED as a family, UNtanked has become a welcome and positive distraction for these children (and parents) while waiting for a family member to obtain emergency care. Healthcare providers have noted that other little ones watch intently as nurses or physicians assess patients and draw lab work, common tasks that are so often perceived as ‘scary’ in the pediatric population. Now with UNtanked, ED staff simply refer family members to the UNtanked virtual aquarium in the waiting area and this calming aquarium provides notable preoccupation for family or visitors while providers render care to the patient. Instead of nurses hustling a family to a chaotic waiting room where other patients are also waiting for triage and formally local news or a sports game were displayed, the UNtanked aquarium has replaced political television and advertisements, as UNtanked plays continuously and thus provides a more welcome and calmer surrounding.”

“It reduces stress for both our patients and our Doctors, which actually was proven with lower blood pressure's. It is so calming watching underwater creatures behave in their natural habitat, without external influences. It is also, a fun search for hidding creatures and naming the different species. We have both the Hawaii reef as well as the Florida keys reef series. It is interesting how they each document the health of the reefs at a certain point in time. We have had them for 6 years and never tire of watching.”