Month: May 2021
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How Much Did The First Angelfish Spawned In America Sell For?
In 1915 the first angelfish in America were spawned, How much did they sell for? How did they transport them?
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Move Over Mr. Stork
In the 1950’s Aquarium Frogs “The Clawed Frogs” were used in human fertility testing.
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To Say Guppy Or Not To Say Guppy
You may have thought it was just a Guppy, but who is the Guppy behind the Guppy. Read On And Find Out:
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Aquatic Life Magazine November 1915
This 1915 Issue Of Aquatic Life Magazine Is Full Of Neat Things That Aquarium Keepers Will Love. First For The Cichlid Lover Is The Very First Written Account Of Breeding Angelfish. Next Is An Interesting Oil Heating Device Of The Day. Along With Advertisements From That Time Period.
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Let’s Go Shopping 1930 Style
This is a Putnams 1929-1930 catalog
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Our Dear Old Corydoras Paleatus
Corydoras Paleatus Is A Very Old Member Of The Aquarium
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Neon Via Hindenburg
The Story Of How The Neon Came To The American Market Is One Of The Aquariums Most Compelling Accounts
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Tan’s Fish
In 1935 a boy scout found a Tetra and the fish was named in his honor
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The Strange History Of “Babington’s Curse”
Babington, it turns out, was an innocent man -OR – Kind of, Anyway! By the year 1854 the name “Babington” was well known in Britain because most people wanted to choke him, maybe not to death, but choke him none-the-less. What did this English professor of botany do to warrant such an outrage? He loved…
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Hugo Mulertt
As Hugo and his horse crossed Sailor’s Creek, he must have felt like he was living in a nightmare. The winter would not surrender to the April sun and the enemy would not cease firing. He was so very far from anything that remotely resembled home. That place, “home,” he had left behind in Leipsic,…