lefty o Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Daniel said: I think powdered sheep manure was the Root Tabs of its day.🙂 seems to me , if you want to stay 1930's correct, you need some sheep dodoo! LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 (edited) any updates? also can we get a FTS (full tank shot) I read most of the complete aquarium some stuff i thought was cool the different ways they circulated and heated how they built some of there tanks it was really late when i was reading but they occasionally said concrete bottoms right? again i was reading at really late time 10pm-1am ish so idk if I actually read that lol Edited January 3, 2021 by quirkylemon103 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 @quirkylemon103 Here is your full tank shot, although you will notice the tank itself is not full. I have been stealing green water from the tank to feed some new Daphnia that I recently wild collected. Right now the tank has just a mated pair of angelfish, some Vallisneria and a big glorp of floating plants that I haven't sorted out yet. I will probably fill it to near the top again later today. Unfortunately it has been cloudy here for a week so the tank is beginning to clear on me, which of course is not what I wanted. Murphy's law says an aquarium won't produce green water when you want to. But that same aquarium will be opaque green when you don't want it to, right @Colu? The wild collected new strain of Daphnia came from a nearby vernal pool, as I have been pressed for some green water to feed this new very reddish Daphnia species. This video is of the new Daphnia feeding off the green water from the 1930s aquarium. The vernal pool water also has glass worms, blood worms, isopods, Grammarus type amphipods, and Ambystoma salamander larva in it. I try very hard to make sure all the Ambystoma stays in the vernal pool. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirsten Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 I have to admit that I thought a "green water tank" was a joke when I first heard about it. So cool to see experienced aquarists using it to nourish the lifecycle. And this has been such a cool journey in general. It's been great to learn about the history of the hobby, the knowledge vs the mechanical capability. It makes me wonder what fishkeeping will be like in another 100 years. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy's Fish Den Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 7 hours ago, Kirsten said: I have to admit that I thought a "green water tank" was a joke when I first heard about it. So cool to see experienced aquarists using it to nourish the lifecycle. And this has been such a cool journey in general. It's been great to learn about the history of the hobby, the knowledge vs the mechanical capability. It makes me wonder what fishkeeping will be like in another 100 years. I am the same way. I have been in the hobby for over 30 years, and so much has changed in that time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa Ann Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 any updates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/24/2021 at 7:08 PM, quirkylemon103 said: any updates? Soon, I hope. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 how soon is soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levi_Aquatics Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 It has been super cool to follow this thread! Keep up the good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 This is very interesting! I like learning about life in the past and combining it with fishkeeping is fascinating to me. Can't wait to see how it evolves. Now I'm off to browse the files I never knew existed 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtydave Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 On 7/27/2020 at 1:43 PM, TheDukeAnumber1 said: Dean might be your best resource on this one. Dean would be your best resoarse on just about anything. Maybe not plants though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 (edited) Wow, I stumbled across this thread last night and was so fascinated by it I read through all 9 pages of posts. I am simply amazed by the ingenuity of our ancestors, the curiosity of modern-day peers, and the combined knowledge base of this community and others like it to support such an endeavor. I'm 42, but my wife says I am an old soul who should have been born 20-30 years earlier. I have practically NO knowledge of being an aquarist, but I love things of antiquity and the stories they tell. Thank you @Daniel, and all of you for what is destined to be an awesome journey! Edited February 13, 2021 by Martin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetra Guy Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Saw this aquarium in a book of 1920s homes. It is suspended in the window of a sunroom. Thought it was interesting. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celly Rasbora Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 What a fun thread. Loved that you sourced your plants and shrimp from a ditch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 On 7/27/2020 at 4:03 PM, Daniel said: Late this afternoon I delivered the tank to the Imagination Station Science Center in Wilson NC. They have a restoration person on staff that specialized in restoring old windows and glass. I like this shape. Tall and long, with a short front-to-back distance. How many gallons of water does it hold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 On 7/30/2020 at 5:51 AM, Daniel said: I have been thinking about what are the limits (for example, my home is heated and cooled, is this historically accurate) and I have found a line I am not willing to cross. You can still buy this at Eric Bodrock's AllOddballAquatics website. Hmm, isn't this just, Repashy? 😉 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daedalus Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 That gel food pattie is the precursor to repashy 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spewing_nonsense_ Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) On 1/4/2021 at 1:52 PM, Daniel said: @quirkylemon103 Here is your full tank shot, although you will notice the tank itself is not full. I have been stealing green water from the tank to feed some new Daphnia The wild collected new strain of Daphnia came from a nearby vernal pool, as I have been pressed for some green water to feed this new very reddish Daphnia species. I was watching a journey to the micro cosmos video the other day and they were saying how daphnia have the ability to create hemoglobin, which is the same thing that gives our blood its red color. So it's very possible that they just have an increased production of hemoglobin. I cant remember what exactly causes them to make hemoglobin but I'll find the video and link it here. If you go to 5:20 it starts talking about hemoglobin in daphnia. To paraphrase tho essentially when time gets rough and the daphnia are living in waters low in oxygen, they start producing hemoglobin to be able to uptake more oxygen, and the hemoglobin gives them this oranges reddish hue. They only do this when needed tho bc it makes them more visible to predators. Edited March 23, 2021 by Spewing_nonsense_ Adding link 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 6 minutes ago, Spewing_nonsense_ said: I was watching a journey to the micro cosmos video the other day and they were saying how daphnia have the ability to create hemoglobin, which is the same thing that gives our blood its red color. So it's very possible that they just have an increased production of hemoglobin. I cant remember what exactly causes them to make hemoglobin but I'll find the video and link it here. Even the nodules on the pea roots in my garden are pink on the inside. It is because the nitrogen fixing bacteria that make the nodules make hemoglobin (which make blood red and nodules pink) to absorb all the oxygen in the nodule so that the bacteria will have the oxygen free environment the bacteria need to go ahead and break down the triple bonded nitrogen molecules. How cool is that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 so how long until an update @Daniel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 Just now, quirkylemon103 said: so how long until an update @Daniel? Don't hold your breath, my day job is beekeeper and Spring is my crazy time. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 oh I didn't know that . I have a bee question. if someone is allergic to wasp stings is it likely they are allergic to bee stings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 7 minutes ago, quirkylemon103 said: oh I didn't know that . I have a bee question. if someone is allergic to wasp stings is it likely they are allergic to bee stings? @quirkylemon103 Bee and wasp venoms are different as bees and wasps are only distantly related. Both bee and wasp venom contain distinct major allergens. Phospholipase A2 and mellitin occur only in bee venom, and antigen 5 only in wasp venom, but both venoms contain hyaluronidases. People that are allergic to wasp venom are rarely allergic to bee venom. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 6 minutes ago, Daniel said: @quirkylemon103 Bee and wasp venoms are different as bees and wasps are only distantly related. Both bee and wasp venom contain distinct major allergens. Phospholipase A2 and mellitin occur only in bee venom, and antigen 5 only in wasp venom, but both venoms contain hyaluronidases. People that are allergic to wasp venom are rarely allergic to bee venom. Now I know how I sound when I talk about fish to a non-nerm. So many words I never heard before, lol. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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