webfact Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Bangkok Fishbowl: Exotic species swim free in abandoned mallBy Praj Kiatpongsan"New World" Banglamphu IntersectionBANGKOK: -- A few blocks away from Khao San Road sits New World, a four-storey, roofless, abandoned mall on the corner of Banglamphu Intersection. The building’s flooded basement now serves as a home for thousands of fish and is arguably home to the most exotic underwater species in Bangkok.How was this new world created inside New World? It’s a long story.Back in the 80’s, Kaew Fah Plaza Company Limited built New World as an 11-storey mall. The company was later found in breach of a building law after it constructed seven more floors on top of the approved construction blueprint.The mall was shut in 1997, and an unfortunate series of events occurred thereafter. The mall was set ablaze in 1999, causing some casualties and in 2004, one person was killed from collapsing debris during a partial demolition.The mall’s fifth to eleventh floors were eventually dismantled to be in line with the original plan and New World has been roofless ever since. [more...]Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2013/06/19/bangkok-fishbowl-exotic-species-swim-free-abandoned-mall-- Coconuts Bangkok 2013-06-20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Payboy Posted June 20, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted June 20, 2013 arguably home to the most exotic underwater species in Bangkok I've seen lots of other fishbowls around Bangkok with contents that would give any exotic underwater species a good run for their money. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee b Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 There are many exotic species all over Thailand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Koh Samui Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Correct as there are all 'types' of species in Thailand incl two legged ones!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeaverage Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 (edited) that is so <deleted> cool. think i will pop by with a bucket and a net and restock my pond. it overflowed during a flood a few years back, all the fish (koi) escaped, and i have never restocked. Edited June 21, 2013 by joeaverage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasun Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Some more info on the species of fish would be good. Googling 'Exotic' and 'Bangkok Fishbowl' didn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAL9000 Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Good grief! Why didn't they just get approval for the modified blueprint instead of start tearing it down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrry Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Good grief! Why didn't they just get approval for the modified blueprint instead of start tearing it down! Ran out of folding stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkk_mike Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 (edited) Good grief! Why didn't they just get approval for the modified blueprint instead of start tearing it down! You're probably making the assumption that they strengthened the foundations and the bottom four floors so that supporting the additional 7 floors was structurally sound. Factor in the mall in Korea that collapsed after problems caused by a single additional floor in the mid 90s, killing over 500 people, and the earlier collapse of the Royal Plaza hotel in Korat after it's 3 additional floors, and even a Thai building inspector would start to worry... Edited June 21, 2013 by bkk_mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morakot Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Well done Khun Praj! A good article. I think the quality of Coconuts News is improving by the looks of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrens54 Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Now, what are those "FLESH DEVOURING" Fish from the Amazon called.....and do they have any in BKK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaanUSA Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Wow, that's amazing. Super cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrry Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Wow, that's amazing. Super cool Most places would make them pull the thing down and make it safe instead of remaining a disease pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaanUSA Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 (edited) Wow, that's amazing. Super cool Most places would make them pull the thing down and make it safe instead of remaining a disease pool. Disease pool? I assume you're talking about Dengue Fever? Edited June 21, 2013 by IsaanUSA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besth Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Wow, that's amazing. Super cool Most places would make them pull the thing down and make it safe instead of remaining a disease pool. Disease pool? Why? I would not like to be a mosquito in that place! (actually I would not like to be a mosquito anywhere, but in that place I don't think mosquitoes survive long) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrry Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Wow, that's amazing. Super cool Most places would make them pull the thing down and make it safe instead of remaining a disease pool. Disease pool? Why? I would not like to be a mosquito in that place! (actually I would not like to be a mosquito anywhere, but in that place I don't think mosquitoes survive long) Don't you think there are rats galore there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besth Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Possibly (probably), It really would depend on what else is there to attract the rats. I haven't been inside that place since it still had some open businesses, after it had closed as a mall. I was thinking about the previous comments on mosquitoes only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeaverage Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 (edited) i would think that to sustain a fish population of that size, the water would have to be quite healthy Edited June 22, 2013 by joeaverage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw25rw Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 I found a little more on this site here. Amazingly, they let the place stay open while it was being demolished despite a big sign warning people not to enter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonarax Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 that is so <deleted> cool. think i will pop by with a bucket and a net and restock my pond. it overflowed during a flood a few years back, all the fish (koi) escaped, and i have never restocked. sounds like a plan, I'd be interested in seeing what's in there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrHammer Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 That is very cool, might have to go take a look. But I think now people are probably feeding the fish. All those large fish can't survive on insects.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 All I can see from the Coconuts pic are Tab Tim and regular Tilapia. It would have been nice if they had another pic, or at least a sample list of some of the species there. Otherwise it just another Thai pond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw25rw Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 There must be vegetation in there somewhere as well. They would need somewhere to lay their eggs and something must be taking nutrients out of the water. With that many large fish, the water would be putrid otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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