Need photos of tanks from the 60s-90s

[fishguy242]

still got em...

 

[Terry Le]

still got em...

Is there a spray bar too? That attaches to the return pipe?

 

[fishguy242]

Is there a spray bar too? That attaches to the return pipe?

?? modded them so many times in 30 yrs ..lol ..still plan on using on holding tanks soon here..

 

[fishkeepinginasia]

I apologize to all who took my post seriously. I thought it would be obvious it was a joke, but I see some thought it was real.

The first pic is an enema device, the second is some attempt at a typewriter and the third is something else silly.

In my defense, I thought me saying Hanna ultra low range nitrate kit and 1924 would surely give it away.

I trusted you. haha but it's all good. I've been researching old aquariums and figured this was stuff that like bridged the gap between victorian aquariums and the 1960s stuff

 

[fishkeepinginasia]

My first saltwater aquarium was in about 1994. It was a standard 4 foot long 55 gallon with a hood and stand. I ran 4 T-12 vho bulbs with an ice cap electronic ballast. I had an acrylic sump with a Red Sea Berlin protein skimmer.
Some of the corals I had were elegance, pagoda, lobophyllia, hammers, colt, foxglove and many others. My favorite part about the time was you could buy full colonies for around $30. It was still a relatively expensive hobby back then.

Beautiful tank! Thank you for sharing all the details!

 

[fishkeepinginasia]

I did not have one but baby sea turtles were sold in a huge aquarium store in Manhattan in the 70s for $50.00 "Aquarium Stock Company" and it spanned two blocks near the World Trade Center.

Very cute and I am so glad I didn't buy one. I guess I would have let it go in a year when it was larger than my tank.

This was one of the first bottles of copper available. It was mixed with formalin and was made in Brooklyn.
I still have it and it is the only bottle of copper I have ever had.



I am still running some of these, probably from the 80s



I have been using Diatom filters from the 60s.

That bottle of copper is so interesting. I still can't believe what you wrote in your article about using pennies. Thank you for all this information. It's exactly the sort of stuff I was hunting.