My tank from the seventees

[mg426]

I remember the eighties and the undergravel filters. I had a 55 with NO flourescant (shop lites) Dolimite was the in substrate.
Actually kept a few fish and a couple anemones alive for a year or so.

 

[garvondavis14]

lol in the late 70s my dad was in h.s. and he and his brother had huuuuuuge afro's. by huge i mean like 3-4 times as big as their heads lol and that's by two white guys....no perms. i'm jealous that i can't grow one

 

[thejuggernaut]

Haha...my hair looked like that the other day until my mother told me that all she wanted for her and my father's 25th anniversary was for me to get my hair cut. And no...that isnt all i got her....im not the worst son in the world

 

[Paul B]

What kind of lighting was used back then for that tank? Or was there any lol...?

Lighting was regular 40 watt flourescent light. one lamp. As for undergravel filters and dolomite, my tank still uses those only the UG filter is reverse.
Haircuts were terrible
Paul

 

[Flatlander]

:bum:

Great pics Paul.

 

[plandy]

Yep, I remember them good ol' days. Back in the '70ies, the flower child/Viet-Nam era, quiet a few marine hobbyist were still using metal framed tanks. And Moorish Idols were around $500 or more. Under gravel filters were the state of the art and skimmers were all powered by air. Keeping corals was next to impossible. Times have changed...

Like yourself Paul, I used to spend quiet amount of time along the Jamaica Bay collecting sea water and stuff. Now I am in Albany too far away from the seashores.

 

[raskal311]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8286673#post8286673 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by garvondavis14
lol in the late 70s my dad was in h.s. and he and his brother had huuuuuuge afro's. by huge i mean like 3-4 times as big as their heads lol and that's by two white guys....no perms. i'm jealous that i can't grow one

My little brother had a nice size Afro just a few years ago. Imagine a 15-year-old Asian kid with a huge afro!!!! Well on day when he wasn’t looking I took a clipper to his head and took a nice chunk off the back. He cried like a baby for a while then shaved his head balled. Kids……. These days

 

[stereomandan]

This has to be one of the coolest treads ever. Thanks for sharing Paul!

What kind of livestock selection was at the LFS back then?

Dan

 

[six.line]

Brilliant picture. Really adds perspective... hopefully one day we won't need a million adjunct gadgets, filters, injectors, sterilizers, skimmers and so forth to keep a stable tank. Hopefully it'll all just be one little tiny black box that magically lets us keep the most beautiful of reefs.

Thanks for the picture, that's just capital.

 

[Paul B]

What kind of livestock selection was at the LFS back then?

Damsels, damsels and damsels. They also had arrow crabs

 

[reefermike1]

not a bad idea with the ug filter in reverse...

 

[Paul B]

not a bad idea with the ug filter in reverse...

I have only been testing it for 30 years so I can't comment on it's effectiveness yet. :lol:

 

[stereomandan]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8290488#post8290488 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Paul B
I have only been testing it for 30 years so I can't comment on it's effectiveness yet. :lol:

That got a good laugh out of me. :lol:

Dan

 

[sunfishh]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8283725#post8283725 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Paul B

Look at the lower picture. You guys worry about a little algae. I taught the copperband butterfly how to use a weedwacker during that algae bloom. It disappeared on it's own as I knew it would with no rabbitfish, snails, urchins, grenades etc. :lol:

I guess I can take those grenades back to the LFS

Seriously Paul you are the man