Marine Aquarium Instruction Manual circa 1954

[John_Brandt]

From my collection of antique marine aquarium memorabilia:

 

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[Anonymous]

The Porkupine fish may be "inflated" by holding him against the glass

8O :wink:

 

[PeeJ]

HAHAHA....remove all corals once every 6 weeks...good stuff...cause wed all love to take out our live rock and coral and hose it down with freaking FRESH WATER........even for 1954 seems like an abviously bad thing to do.

 

[PeeJ]

the more i read the more i laugh...20 gallons is sufficient....ha...if 20 gallons is big, then wed all be the kings of reefing

 

[Anonymous]

"10. Some Money"

 

[Anonymous]

10 gallon tank : One French Angel !!!

Yeah, watch the wonder...the wonder of quick death...

Peace,

Chip

 

[dizzy]

John,
Good stuff.

 

[Anonymous]

I'm waiting for one of you to pop up and reminisce "Ah, the memories.." :lol:

 

[Chiro]

I'm waiting for one of you to pop up and reminisce "Ah, the memories.." :lol:

Well we could, but even nostalgia is not what it used to be.

 

[ChrisRD]

Well we could, but even nostalgia is not what it used to be.

:lol:

 

[Anonymous]

Those stocking levels are crazy! I can't imagine that anyone following that manual was very successful.

 

[Anonymous]

John, that collection of yours must really be something.

"The Lowly Ones: Invertebrates, Sea Anemones, Sea Slugs..."

 

[Anonymous]

I can't imagine that anyone following that manual was very successful.

10 years from now, people will probably make the very same comment about us too.

 

[brandon4291]

They are talking about using dead coral branches and rinsing them to prevent algae fouling. Mr. Eng must have been impressing the hell out of them at that time, wasn't that right avout the time he was the first to keep captive live inverts?

 

[MLVA123]

They are talking about using dead coral branches and rinsing them to prevent algae fouling. Mr. Eng must have been impressing the hell out of them at that time, wasn't that right avout the time he was the first to keep captive live inverts?

Yeah, and he was ridiculed by most who didn't understand his very progressive theories!

 

[John_Brandt]

John, that collection of yours must really be something.

"The Lowly Ones: Invertebrates, Sea Anemones, Sea Slugs..."

I do have some pretty amazing things. I'll be sharing some of it with you. Take a peek at the 1968 wholesale marine livestock price list.

 

[John_Brandt]

They are talking about using dead coral branches and rinsing them to prevent algae fouling. Mr. Eng must have been impressing the hell out of them at that time, wasn't that right avout the time he was the first to keep captive live inverts?

In fact, Robert Straughan was keeping corals, other invertebrates and live rock in aquariums in Miami at the same time as Eng. Straughan in many ways was a pioneer in the USA, and unlike Eng he wrote numerous books on saltwater aquarium keeping.

Both Eng and Straughan has a distinct advantage, that would still apply today. They both used natural seawater.