oldest aquarium here on MFK
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lehrscott4;3728839; said:
cool if you could shoot some pics of that tank i would like to see what it looks like
well I will chime in, you could say I collect antique tanks because when I see one I buy it even if I wont set it up right away. I have quite a few things in my basement that I have mass acquired so I can't take picks but here are a few
this will be my showcase betta walls when I do my fish store, they date back to the 1950's and came out of a hardware store in rural sask., it will be so cool when I set it up as the fish will be able to see the one beside it and it is rewired to run all six tanks of a single plug.
I also have a few other ones, like this one that I got from a guy who was about 70 who had had guppies in it since he was like 12 or so. had quite the story behind it and came with a killer antique stand.
this will be my showcase betta walls when I do my fish store, they date back to the 1950's and came out of a hardware store in rural sask., it will be so cool when I set it up as the fish will be able to see the one beside it and it is rewired to run all six tanks of a single plug.
I also have a few other ones, like this one that I got from a guy who was about 70 who had had guppies in it since he was like 12 or so. had quite the story behind it and came with a killer antique stand.
my 20G tank is 15 yrs old. made from recycled jelousy window glass, still working til now. housing my mum's goldfishes.
chefjamesscott;3729041; said:well I will chime in, you could say I collect antique tanks because when I see one I buy it even if I wont set it up right away. I have quite a few things in my basement that I have mass acquired so I can't take picks but here are a few
this will be my showcase betta walls when I do my fish store, they date back to the 1950's and came out of a hardware store in rural sask., it will be so cool when I set it up as the fish will be able to see the one beside it and it is rewired to run all six tanks of a single plug.
I also have a few other ones, like this one that I got from a guy who was about 70 who had had guppies in it since he was like 12 or so. had quite the story behind it and came with a killer antique stand.
wow tanks have come a long way, those are some neat looking tanks you got there.
anyone else got some pics of their old tanks?
Here are some pictures of a friends tank. It was originally built in the very early 1900's and was in the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco. Interior dimensions are 120" x 24" x 24". I restored it for him over the course of two months. He has some older ones set up also from the 1800's, but I don't have pics of those. He is a VERY avid collector of antique aquariums.
