1977 Retro-reefing

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  1. N3MATOCYST

    N3MATOCYST Spaghetti Worm

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    i just found this old picture of my dad in '77. there was a 10" blue angel in the tank you can barely see. the tank had a "high tech" hang on the back filter... lol saltwater is in my blood. this was our store "Circle Pet #2" that was in lakewood california. we sold "Circle Pet #1" last year. i miss my store. well i just wanted to share a retro-reefing picture... enjoy... lol gotta love my dads 'stache
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  2. JJL

    JJL Purple Tang

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    Thats so cool. LOL high tech HOB. What did they keep in terms of coral?
     
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  3. N3MATOCYST

    N3MATOCYST Spaghetti Worm

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    u know what? i dunno. not much and it was almost always brown in the tank probably lol not much high tech lighting or knowledge we have now
     
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  4. JJL

    JJL Purple Tang

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    I could imagine......
    What about fish?
     
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  5. N3MATOCYST

    N3MATOCYST Spaghetti Worm

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    this was 5 years before i was born. haha when i was little i used to go to AllSeas Marine and i can remember to this day (not realizing what i was doing) i would take ornamental nudibranchs and put them in the drain tubes to get sucked up. i would always leave with shells and dead coral skeletons... good times as a little boy going to wholesalers and playin with fish and corals
     
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    I love that photo and it's your Dad! That is so cool.
     
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  7. khowst

    khowst Bangghai Cardinal

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    So you remember the magic that undergravel filters brought to the hobby?

    lol. I can remember how aweomse it was when my dad tore our tank apart to install one in our 55g housing 2 lions & a snowflake eel. lol.

    I also remember cleaning the tank with a diatom filter.
     
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  8. VitalApparatuz

    VitalApparatuz Feather Duster

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    Way too cool many luck you :)
     
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  9. N3MATOCYST

    N3MATOCYST Spaghetti Worm

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    yes i do lol i hated those things and i also remember acroporas to be "impossible" to keep. i kept my first sps at 17 with a 175w 10,000k metal halide fixture from hamilton lighting technology back in the day
     
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  10. schackmel

    schackmel Giant Squid

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    lol, I remember when I was like 5 or 6, we had a saltwater tank. (over 30 years ago) we had a seahorses, lionfish and some clowns I guess. All this with an undergravel filter!
     
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