My Grandads First Aquarium

[peter22UK]

My grandad once told me of his first fish tank...

it was back in the day of historic televisions... he used the tube bowl from an old TV set and made himself his first tank...that was a long time ago

he said the only fish available really were Paradise Fish...goldfish werent even readily available!!

how the world has changed ey!!

Its a shame as he is going blind now...so cant see my tanks

 

[fishlover500]

It is truly amazing how much the aquarium hobby has changed, really think about it.

 

[jourdy288]

My grandad once told me of his first fish tank...

it was back in the day of historic televisions... he used the tube bowl from an old TV set and made himself his first tank...that was a long time ago

he said the only fish available really were Paradise Fish...goldfish werent even readily available!!

how the world has changed ey!!

Its a shame as he is going blind now...so cant see my tanks

Aw, sorry to hear that. But when I read about the paradise gouramis, I thought it amazing how it went for them, because they went through all sorts of voyages and were so tough they made it! Because of it, they were some of the first aquarium fish.

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

I always love reading articles in the aquarium magazines that discuss fish keeping in the past. They are always very, very interesting. Especially hearing what was available to them, and pricing.

 

[jourdy288]

I always love reading articles in the aquarium magazines that discuss fish keeping in the past. They are always very, very interesting. Especially hearing what was available to them, and pricing.

I know, I once read this old book on small pets, and one was the zebra danio, you could get it for around $0.03!

 

[OldMan47]

I never saw fish that cheap even 50 years ago. A dime maybe but not 3 cents. My first fish were some molly fry I bought at 3 for a quarter. It gave me my first experience of actually owning some fish but they were not the first fish in the house. My dad had lots of fish while I was a young child. The tanks were made with a steel frame and had pieces of glass more or less glazed into them. What was used to glaze them was some kind of black tarry stuff. I have no idea what it was. If you let them dry out, it meant you were likely to have leaks the next time you filled them. Tanks were very expensive in real terms compared to today. They could cost as much as a dollar a gallon when gasoline sold for 22 cents. Try multiplying that to today's price for fuel and you will see they were quite expensive. At $18 a gallon, no tanks would be sold today. Even 10 years later, in the 1960s, tanks were still made with some kind of glazing material but had progressed to where they were not just steel frames, they were stainless steel frames. The all glass tanks came out in the very late 60s or early 70s. The silicone sealant used became the standard for all tanks and was used for a short time with the stainless framed tanks before all glass tanks started to catch on.
So much or my trip down memory lane.

 

[dnn3]

suckers!

 

[OldMan47]

Another thread with the same basic subject http/www.fishforums.net/content/Tropical...ng-Techniques-/

 

[dnn3]

again,suckers