What's the oldest aquarium related thing you have...excluding yourself of course.

[Keith Perkins]

No fair posting to this thread until you've posted a picture. jk, but still highly encouraged.

This little container is in the neighborhood of 40 years old.

http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x418/CozyKeith/FrontLeft.jpg

http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x418/CozyKeith/FrontRight.jpg

http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x418/CozyKeith/BackLeft.jpg

http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x418/CozyKeith/BackRight.jpg

[damba]

I have some books from the 50s if that counts. My dad picked them up in a charity shop.

I live in Eastbourne - the sunniest place in Britain. That isn't really saying much...
Coffee please - black and strong in pint mugs, for best results at least 6 a day.

[daffyfish]

Got some metaframe and pemco tanks.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr325/daffypictures/a9ca01e9.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr325/daffypictures/9ad2e0aa.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr325/daffypictures/f56e5a6c.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr325/daffypictures/aquariums/71AFFB9A-02C3-4577-B303-E43B2C4E6AA6-101-000000046D15AABD_zpseb0365e7.jpg

[Keith Perkins]

I have some books from the 50s if that counts. My dad picked them up in a charity shop.

I live in Eastbourne - the sunniest place in Britain. That isn't really saying much...
Coffee please - black and strong in pint mugs, for best results at least 6 a day.

It has a better chance of counting with a picture or two. :)

DAFFYFISH - I'd forgotten all about tanks with the flashy trim.

[Bill63SG]

This I belive had blueberries in it.It has been a gravel scoop since we moved into our house when I was three,making it between 40-45 years old.Still in use.76331

[Disgirl]

What a great thread Keith! I know I have some things I got back in 1971 when I began keeping fish. I will go look around and post some pics later today.
Barb

[Wes]

I think I won this one. Its a rock that I use to tilt my aging barrel to pump the last of the water out. Rocks formed about 3.5 billion years ago . So unless you using a meter.
http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n622/xeriod/DuPage-20121028-00146.jpg
http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n622/xeriod/DuPage-20121028-00147.jpg
:laugh::alien:

[Bill63SG]

I'm calling grey area.The oldest thing,or the oldest thing you have,been using,lol?

[Second Hand Pat]

I have used this in my fresh water tanks since I was a kid. My dad bought this when I was 10/12 years old. It is a piece of petrified wood. It has belonged to me at least 45 years. Who knows how old it really is. I tried to use it in my discus tanks but it does not seem to quite fit.

http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/DSC_0210.jpg

[Bill63SG]

I have used this in my fresh water tanks since I was a kid. My dad bought this when I was 10/12 years old. It is a piece of petrified wood. It has belonged to me at least 45 years. Who knows how old it really is. I tried to use it in my discus tanks but it does not seem to quite fit.

http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/DSC_0210.jpgI think that's what I was going for,not neccesserily how old the object is,but how long you had it/used it.

[Disgirl]

Ok, here are my 3 oldest fishy things. These are the 3 books I started out with back in 1971. I read them cover to cover. Notice the fish on two of the covers, little did I know back then what was to come in my fish life. Prices were $3.99 for the big one and $1.35 and .90 for the other two.
Barb

[Disgirl]

Here is the right sized picture, sorry it was too small at first.
Barb

[Keith Perkins]

Barb, I've got the exact same Innes book sitting on my shelf as you do. Same addition and everything.

[Bill63SG]

Those bring back memories.I belive I have them on a shelf downstairs,also.

[DiscusLoverJeff]

This past summer I was at an antique store in Door County, Wisconsin and seen this on a shelf. I was going to buy it but we got side-tracked in the wine department, lol. When we were half way home I remembered but was to far away.

Found a picture of the same item, same condition as the one I was going to buy. It says it was from the 40's or 50's.


http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx161/DiscusJeff/Mine/pearlchips.jpg

Maybe when I go back there in the spring I will remember, Lol.

[Bill63SG]

If I remember corectly,those are the scraps after they got done punching buttons out.

[DiscusLoverJeff]

I have used this in my fresh water tanks since I was a kid. My dad bought this when I was 10/12 years old. It is a piece of petrified wood. It has belonged to me at least 45 years. Who knows how old it really is. I tried to use it in my discus tanks but it does not seem to quite fit.

http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/DSC_0210.jpg

I have 3 pieces of the same thing in my garden now. They were in my 150 gallon tank but the rock/wood altered my water so they sit next to the garden gnomes now.

[Wes]

I'm calling grey area.The oldest thing,or the oldest thing you have,been using,lol?
Bill, I have not been using it for 3.5 billion years or maybe I have????:alien::alien::alien::alien::alien::alien: :alien::alien::alien:

[daffyfish]

flashy[/I] trim.

Thanks. I really enjoy bringing those old tanks, back to life. Working on a fifty and a fifteen, right now.

[Kingdom Come Discus]

This may be the wrong place to post this but does anyone remember the Fish Tank Glass Paint which crystallized after it dried, giving a snow flake/frost effect? It came in different colors. I would love to have more!

[Bill63SG]

This may be the wrong place to post this but does anyone remember the Fish Tank Glass Paint which crystallized after it dried, giving a snow flake/frost effect? It came in different colors. I would love to have more!Hell yeah!I was looking for some but it probably caused cancer or something to that effect and got puled.Before I painted my 150 black,thats what I wanted.Prizim something.

[Bill63SG]

Bill, I have not been using it for 3.5 billion years or maybe I have????:alien::alien::alien::alien::alien::alien: :alien::alien::alien:If you have,I dont belive you'd have to be stalking your pairs,lol.

[Moon]

I still have Ebo-Jager green heaters. These must be 30 years old. They all work and in use in my pleco tanks.

[Kingdom Come Discus]

This may be the wrong place to post this but does anyone remember the Fish Tank Glass Paint which crystallized after it dried, giving a snow flake/frost effect? It came in different colors. I would love to have more!

Just found this site.
http://www.jurgenindustries.com/Crystal-Glass-Paints/

http://www.jurgenindustries.com/Lacquer-Glass-Paints/