watch what you say dood, you don't wanna hurt my canadian friends
No dood, we don't want to hurt them. And yes, I feed my reef bananas almost every day. They can't get enough of them.
People started to keep anamones almost from the start but I don't remember when we kept corals. It started very gradually. A store would only have one piece at a time and since we didn't have lighting except regular flourescents we had trouble keeping them. I think it was in the late eightees. I have a bunch of old pictures but I diden't put dates on them so I can't tell.
Street lights were not MH, they were mercury in the seventees and not long before that they were regular light bulbs.
Battery acid also tasted better then. Now it is hard to get the acid out of the "No maintenance batteries" We had to add water all the time. We also had to tune up our care about every 12,000 miles. Plugs only lasted that long and so did points, there was no electronic ignition or fuel injection. You had to replace your transmission at about 50,000 miles and tires lasted about 25,000 miles.
(I was a mechanic for General Morors before I was an electrician)
Silicone for tanks came out in the early sixtees, before that they were sealed with tar and the tank had metal corners and slate bottoms.
Air pumps had a piston pump driven by a belt with a leather piston that you had to oil every week and you had to put it in a box because it made so much noise. Skimmers were only made by Sanders and they were very small hang on units. I still have a bunch of "The Marine Aquarist" magazines in black and white. The only fish in them were damsels.
And of course, almost everyone was in the Army, just got out of the Army or was going into the Army.
Have a great day.
Paul
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