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Why not combine the two?

a liquid cooling system that is also a conversation piece http://nobispro.com/aquatank/?

That's pretty stupid. I can understand fish, but c'mon, a pig?

This would go perfectly with the Aquarium case mod reported here on slashdot a while ago. Then it's all in one box!

In case you missed this when it was posted before or in the other posts in this thread, someone did make a real aquarium mod.

It's been done for real before... Aqua Tank

At least watercooling offers some kind of benefit for the risk taken...

Thx to Pompatus below for pointint out The Real Deal

I believe this is what you are looking for. I thought about doing it, but $700 is a bit much for a computer case, no matter how cool it is.

I don't know if this was posted online before or after the German site, but here's another aquarium case. And this one has real fish in the case (neon tetras, according to the writeup).

There's no mention of a water filter on the page, and with a tank under 2 gallons, ammonia is going to build up from fish waste very quickly.

In this picture, you can see that there's a small fishbowl-type filter in the tank. I'm not sure how effective they really are (I use an undergravel filter in a 10-gallon tank at work and a hang-on-the-back type of filter on a 55-gallon tank at home), but it appears there was at least some thought put into keeping it livable.

That said, $720 to put what can't be more than a 2-gallon aquarium inside a computer is a bit ridiculous. You can set up a 10-gallon tank (much more room for the fishes) for somewhere around $50, and you'll get better visibility and no chance that a leak will toast your computer. (Besides, my dual-Athlon machines run too hot anyway...fish stew, anyone? :-) )

Stained glass case mod (by a hemophiliac too, that's just crazy)
Fish tank case mod (with genuine Neon Tetras)

Rememebr this?

But somehow I can't see it topping this in the aesthetic computer department :).

Just what range of UV is that LED cranking out?

There are apparently a host of different types of UV LEDs. From the LED Museum, here's a quote about one particularly nasty one:

"This is one LED that you should NEVER, EVER look at directly with your eyes. This is because the invisible ultraviolet radiation is harmful to them, and can cause corneal fogging that mimics cataracts; and can cause even more severe damage to your eye's lens with only slightly prolonged exposure.

Thankfully here, the LED's UV emission is all long-wave, and not the even nastier medium and shortwave kind. If you need to view this LED directly for any reason (studying it, curious, etc.), obtain a UV filter and place it between your eyes and the LED's window before you try feeding this LED any power."