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Paul B
  • Paul B

    I hate to say it but I have been keeping fish from about 1954 or so. I Was drafted in 1969 and was in the Army until 1971 and when I returned back from Viet Nam I bought my first salt water fish started a tank, that tank is still running. I Did my first SCUBA dive in Sydney Australia while I was on R&R and became certified in about 1979. Most of my dives were for lobsters in NY waters with about a quarter of them in the tropics. I am also a boater and a Lisenced boat Captain. I made my living as a construction electrician foreman in Manhattan from which I recently retired.

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Equipment from the Start

Equipment from the Start

Apr 27, 2011 |

I can unfortunately remember fish keeping from the early fifties.  The very early fifties and it was vastly different from today and almost a different hobby. Tanks were all made with slate bottoms and angle iron corners.  Silicone was not invented yet so they used...

The Beginning

Apr 6, 2011 |

A little salt water history. In the US at least, the salt water hobby started in 1971.  In NY it started in a large store in downtown Manhattan a couple of blocks from the Trade Center. They had a small tank of blue devils and they sold for about $7.00 $7.00...