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Reefkeeping History
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brandon429
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also, all the pics posted from mags are cr infringements the feds w be at yous doors in no time 
dont care lol
dont care lol
My first homemaid skimmer. That's a Lee's in tank skimmer on the top. With two three inch wooden airstones driven by a Tetra Luft pump, I could pull 3/4 of a gallon of nasty scum from my 90 gallon a week. The P-trap was the adjuster for the height of water in the chamber.
XERXIES_333
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My first homemaid skimmer. That's a Lee's in tank skimmer on the top. With two three inch wooden airstones driven by a Tetra Luft pump, I could pull 3/4 of a gallon of nasty scum from my 90 gallon a week. The P-trap was the adjuster for the height of water in the chamber.
Nice, what year was that?
Nice, what year was that?
Osteoclast
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HR Axelrod was self promoting and always pictured swimming in some lagoon. I was not impressed with his science, however, he did push TFH which was a mainstay in the 1970s. Excellent history thus far.
Misled
In all seriousness, your skimmer looks like a simple good design. I tried a skimmer circa 1973. The cup was the same size as yours but with a narrow clear straight tube with 1 wooden air diffuser. Made good bubbles and after two weeks, I had a teaspoon of skimate. In week 3 & 4 it doubled productiion producing almost 1 tablespoon a week from a well established 50 gallon tank.
Last time I saw it was in my junk drawer. I wonder if I still have it......
RJ
In all seriousness, your skimmer looks like a simple good design. I tried a skimmer circa 1973. The cup was the same size as yours but with a narrow clear straight tube with 1 wooden air diffuser. Made good bubbles and after two weeks, I had a teaspoon of skimate. In week 3 & 4 it doubled productiion producing almost 1 tablespoon a week from a well established 50 gallon tank.
Last time I saw it was in my junk drawer. I wonder if I still have it......
RJ
Peter Eichler
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My first non damsel fish. An asstorted butterfly. I believe it was $21.99. It would have been more expensive if they had to identify it Second non damsel, a powder brown tang. 2 weeks later all my fish died from a parasite.... Ahhh, those were the days!
Second non damsel, a powder brown tang. 2 weeks later all my fish died from a parasite.... Ahhh, those were the days!
Well I was wrong. Usually the “one that got away” gets bigger over time instead of smaller.
I thought it was a 5 gallon tank but Tullock’s tank was a 10-gallon Indo-Pacific biotope with a blenny and a Jordan’s Fairy Wrasse. It had numerous encrusting corals and leathers fragged from the store’s other tanks.
The tank age is unclear but at the time of the book, 1997, it had been around for several years. Since a couple is two, and several usually means 3+ years the tank was probably set up around 1994 and I saw it in 1999.
Also I find it sad that I can remember the ad Jesse showed on the previous page though I am happy to report I am not old.
I thought it was a 5 gallon tank but Tullock’s tank was a 10-gallon Indo-Pacific biotope with a blenny and a Jordan’s Fairy Wrasse. It had numerous encrusting corals and leathers fragged from the store’s other tanks.
The tank age is unclear but at the time of the book, 1997, it had been around for several years. Since a couple is two, and several usually means 3+ years the tank was probably set up around 1994 and I saw it in 1999.
Also I find it sad that I can remember the ad Jesse showed on the previous page though I am happy to report I am not old.
The ads didn't change all that much for quite a few years. I didn't get on the halide bandwagon till about 2004. I ran flouresnts because I could get them at a really good price from Grainger. They even sold actinics. Hamalton was always the second choice though. Also used to run the bulbs way past their life.
And you are too old!!!!
Look just because I think Grumpy Old Men is a funny movie does not make me old.
As I told Paul I learned to respect my elders.
I now wish I hadn't recycled my famas. I even had the subscription and that was when you got to hold the magazine in your hands to flip pages vs. touching a screen.
As I told Paul I learned to respect my elders.
I now wish I hadn't recycled my famas. I even had the subscription and that was when you got to hold the magazine in your hands to flip pages vs. touching a screen.
I never got the subscription. It was used as an excuse to go to the fish store. I still have quite a few even though I know I left some at Anthony's store. One tank was set up in a sort of viewing room. There was a sofa with a coffee table so you could sit and check out how a tank could look in your home. I believe the tank was a 90gal and that side of the room was darkened. The coffee table was covered with mags. There were spot lights over the sofa so you could sit and read or just enjoy. I wasted many an hour on that sofa!!!!!
"Look just because I think Grumpy Old Men is a funny movie does not make me old."
Careful Kafuda Fish! Once officially granted Geezer status, the grantee may infer the title on another. Your walking on thin ice with Misled.
Back in the day, there goes grand pa again, Parameters were simple. Temp., Ph, & Specific Gravity were all you needed. I learned about the nitrogen cycle in the around 1970. I did manage to find a NO3 kit. Nitrite kits were very expensive so I was satisfied with an Ammonia kit to round out my testing suite. I considered myself very progressive and scientific compared to the average marine fish keeper. I actually was hired by several pet stores in Georgia, SC & Alabama to assist them with salt water sales. We didn't understand the importance of light and spectrum played. Getting hobbyist to give up there oblong incandescent bulbs and go with fluorescent tubes was difficult. Cool white bulbs were pretty much the norm. I advised folks to double their lights [going from 1 tube to 2] solely on the basis the tropics had long days and hot sun.
I strongly suggested want-to-be salt water keepers read Robert Straughan's books and articles. He wrote for the general interest aquarium magazine "Tropical Fish Hobbyist" in the 60s & 70s. I still have a couple of his books but I cannot remember the titles and they are in storage. I preached the Nitrogen Cycle. We knew Calcium was important as well as trace elements. We had no test kits and simply advised water changes. By the way the first well accepted and successful artificial mix was Instant Ocean. There were others some made it to the market earlier but those mixes were very suspect, at least in the SE. I continued hauling water from N. Florida but became a convert to Instant Ocean, a prejudice I still have, geezer alert. :bum:
Well back to my hover round.
RJ
Careful Kafuda Fish! Once officially granted Geezer status, the grantee may infer the title on another. Your walking on thin ice with Misled.
Back in the day, there goes grand pa again, Parameters were simple. Temp., Ph, & Specific Gravity were all you needed. I learned about the nitrogen cycle in the around 1970. I did manage to find a NO3 kit. Nitrite kits were very expensive so I was satisfied with an Ammonia kit to round out my testing suite. I considered myself very progressive and scientific compared to the average marine fish keeper. I actually was hired by several pet stores in Georgia, SC & Alabama to assist them with salt water sales. We didn't understand the importance of light and spectrum played. Getting hobbyist to give up there oblong incandescent bulbs and go with fluorescent tubes was difficult. Cool white bulbs were pretty much the norm. I advised folks to double their lights [going from 1 tube to 2] solely on the basis the tropics had long days and hot sun.
I strongly suggested want-to-be salt water keepers read Robert Straughan's books and articles. He wrote for the general interest aquarium magazine "Tropical Fish Hobbyist" in the 60s & 70s. I still have a couple of his books but I cannot remember the titles and they are in storage. I preached the Nitrogen Cycle. We knew Calcium was important as well as trace elements. We had no test kits and simply advised water changes. By the way the first well accepted and successful artificial mix was Instant Ocean. There were others some made it to the market earlier but those mixes were very suspect, at least in the SE. I continued hauling water from N. Florida but became a convert to Instant Ocean, a prejudice I still have, geezer alert. :bum:
Well back to my hover round.
RJ
Peter Eichler
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1985 - I'm 11 years old, my mother and I were at the pet store picking up some crickets for my lizards. This particular store had recently set-up a new section of aquariums, and it was full of saltwater fish. I fell in love instantly and the next thing to do was talk mom into a saltwater aquarium. We always had tons of pets and there had been an aquarium in my house my entire life. So, it wasn't a tough sell.
AGA 35 gallon, a bag of instant ocean, iron stand, UG filter, powerheads, power filter, some crushed coral, hydrometer, bio-zymep), a book and a 3 day wait period before I could add damsels. I think I read that book two times in those 3 days. Fast forward a few years and we have 5 marine aquariums, I've read every aquarium, marine biology and oceanography book I could get my hands on. I'm making my own fish food and heavily studying fish nutrition. Shortly after that I'm producing the food for locals stores. In the next couple years my food is being distributed by Wilson Pet Supply and a couple other pet supply distributors in the midwest, I'm teaching marine aquarium classes out of my house, servicing aquariums, and managing a local aquarium store. Yeah, I got a little hooked...
AGA 35 gallon, a bag of instant ocean, iron stand, UG filter, powerheads, power filter, some crushed coral, hydrometer, bio-zyme
p), a book and a 3 day wait period before I could add damsels. I think I read that book two times in those 3 days. Fast forward a few years and we have 5 marine aquariums, I've read every aquarium, marine biology and oceanography book I could get my hands on. I'm making my own fish food and heavily studying fish nutrition. Shortly after that I'm producing the food for locals stores. In the next couple years my food is being distributed by Wilson Pet Supply and a couple other pet supply distributors in the midwest, I'm teaching marine aquarium classes out of my house, servicing aquariums, and managing a local aquarium store. Yeah, I got a little hooked...
