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See Emre’s tank

How it works

My posts live in a tank.

Every video I post becomes a painted fish. The more people watch it, the bigger it grows.

The painted tank: a koi, a goldfish and a school of medaka under lily pads and reeds.
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    Every post is a fish.

    Each Reel, TikTok and Short I post hatches as a tiny fry. About every 3 hours the tank checks how many people watched it.

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    Views make it grow.

    When a fish passes a milestone, it turns into a new species. There are eleven, from a fry to a tide spirit at a million views.

    Meet all eleven
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    Deeper is older.

    New fish swim near the surface and sink a little every day. Scrolling down the tank is going back in time.

    Watch one sink
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    Seattle sets the light.

    The light follows the real sun where I live, with rain, fog and snow when they come. Right now it’s 11°C and overcast there.

    See today’s light

A closer look.

For the curious. Each one opens a small piece of the tank to play with.

Meet all eleven speciesDrag from zero to a million views.

0 views

Seedling fry Oryzula prima

Species 1 of 11 · 100 views to a Paper medaka

Watch a post sinkTwo months of a new post, in a few seconds.
Fish sit at the depth of their age. Ten posts, drawn to the tank’s real scale.

In the tank, open the depth chip and tap Replay the week to watch a whole week again in about 25 seconds.

See today’s lightDawn, day, dusk and night at today’s real times.
  1. DawnSunrise, 7:31 am
  2. DayGold light, long rays
  3. DuskSunset, 4:48 pm
  4. NightMarkings glow, lanterns onNow

Right now in Seattle it’s 11°C and overcast, 6:19 pm. That’s the water you’d see in the tank.

Feed the fishTap the water. It is just for fun.
Tap the water

Feeding never changes a number. The food that counts is views, so when new numbers land, a little paper boat drops food and the fish that got views rise up to eat.

Share a fishEvery fish has its own card.
A share card: a koi with its views, the post’s title and the species it climbed from fry to koi.The same fish as a story card, sized for Instagram Stories.

Each fish has its own link that opens as a card like these, drawn live for one of my fish. The Share tab also makes a story card and a short clip of the fish’s whole life.

Small questions.

Is it live?

Yes. New numbers come in about every 3 hours, and an open tank checks for them every 2 minutes, so you can leave it on a screen and watch it change. The light and the weather follow Seattle as it happens.

Where do the numbers come from?

A small server of mine reads the public views, likes and comments on my posts. No logins and no passwords, only what anyone can see on the apps. The same video on three apps is three fish, because each one finds its own crowd.

Does it track me?

The tank only reads public numbers from my own posts. The site counts visits with PostHog so I can see which parts people like. There are no ads and nothing is sold.

Are the Latin names real?

No, I made them up. Oryzula prima, Leviathan aestus and the rest only live in this tank. The paintings are my own designs too.

Anything hidden in there?

A few things. There is one little speck of plankton for every follower I have. A snail crosses the glass about once a minute. And when a fish makes it to moon puffer, tapping it makes it puff up.

Can I get a tank?

Not yet. Soon you will be able to type in your handles and get a tank of your own, with your own fish.

Go say hi.

The fish are swimming right now. Tap the water to feed them.

See Emre’s tank