Episode Details

In this episode, the Water Colors team takes a trip back in time. The early aquarium hobby has some fascinating origins, some good and some not so good. Much of what we know about aquariums has changed through the years, but one thing remains constant – people are enamored with fish. In this discussion, we’ll go through some of the earliest fish species to be imported and kept in the US, as well as aquarium styles, equipment, and care through the years. Do you own any retro aquariums?

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Sources used in this episode:

• The Aquarium, Mulertt, Hugo
• Handbook to the Fish House, E. W. H. Holdworth
• The Way We Were: 1973: Breeding The Clownfish Amphiprion ocellaris, Martin A. Moe
• Guppies, The New York Times