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In 2004, Piquarium’s president and founder, Mark McGrath, had a close relative fighting cancer in a care facility in San Mateo, California. This relative always lived on or near the water. Mark took a look at the boring landscape painting across from her bed and told her, “There’s got to be something better to look at day in and day out.” Mark first considered setting up an aquarium (the big box on the floor type) in her room, but the room was tiny. From there, his thoughts shifted and he wondered “why couldn’t there be an aquarium that hangs on a wall?” The next time Mark visited, he had some rough drawings with him. She loved the idea! On the next visit, he had a very crude, small prototype with him. The plan, you see, was to bring the ocean to her.
Unfortunately, Mark didn’t get the wall aquarium done in time for her, so he put his sketches and prototypes in his garage, where they sat for almost a year. Friends and family that were aware of what he was dreaming up started asking him what became of this cool fish tank on a wall idea. He explained that he was just doing it for his loved one and, since she was gone, he had moved on. After much encouragement, enthusiasm, and quite a bit of prodding, he dusted off the models and drawings, and Piquarium (the blending of the words picture and aquarium) was born.
This small idea inspired by a loved one, eventually turned into Piquarium, Inc., which now ships to all 50 states and Canada. As of April 2021, there are 5,300+ Piquariums out there in homes, offices, restaurants, bars, hotels, salons, spas, medical facilities, senior living facilities and funeral homes.
Mark is very excited to have created a product that transforms any environment with beauty, color, life and tranquility. We dedicate it all to R.M. You are missed. XOXO.
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