Old School marine aquarium keeping
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Kensington Reefer
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Squist
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Reminds me of visiting the National Aquarium in the basement of the Dept of Commerce building in DC years before Baltimore National Aquarium was built. There've got to be photos on the webs (National Archives for sure) but having trouble locating. Thanks for this post! I'm going to start searching.
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The Lesser-Known National Aquarium — or How 5 Alligators Ended Up in the Basement of the Commerce Building
Before Baltimore's National Aquarium, there was D.C.'s National Aquarium, a hidden gem under a huge government building.
What is this book thing you speak of?
Kensington Reefer
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Squist
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Nice! Similar Baltimore and MD connection as you. Bowie. TSU. I was a member of Chesapeake Marine Aquarist Society (CMAS) mid-90s. Had some nice tank tours of Baltimore aquarium with the club. The old one in DC too, if I remember right. I remember the disappointment seeing that old relic of a “reef” tank. Historic tho. From the 60s or 70s.
ashburn2k
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Growing up in DC and actually visiting both aquarium as offten as I can, the best thing is dc aquarium is free even if it’s small.
Squist
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Had no idea you were from DC--cool. (I meant "disappointment" to be very tongue-in-cheek BTW. Poor word choice. More like how one might describe or feel when they see the mobile quarantine facility on the USS Hornet. It's an Airstream camper
Anyway, nice to know you're both from Baltimore-DC area.
Kensington Reefer
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ashburn2k
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Growing up eating blue crabs and I hated them, I’d prefer bay area’s dungeness crab
Kensington Reefer
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Steam one with beer and old bay!
Nooo! There's nothing better than a bowl of blue crab and butter.
Squist
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Let's do it! Straight from Crisfield, Hon! https://www.crabplace.com
I'll bring the crawfish.
Squist
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More old school 70s reefing.
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Title: Scientist Walter H. Adey Inspects a Created Coral Reef at MNH
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:siris_sic_7411
TITLE
Scientist Walter H. Adey Inspects a Created Coral Reef at MNH
METADATA USAGE
Usage conditions apply
DATA SOURCE
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
AUTHOR
Farrar, Richard
SUBJECT
Adey, Walter H
SUBJECT
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
SUBJECT
United States National Museum Dept. of Biology
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
CATEGORY
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
NOTES
Smithsonian Institution Research Reports Spring 1979
SUMMARY
In the dim recesses of the basement of the National Museum of Natural History, marine researcher Walter H. Adey and a team of co-workers succeeded in developing a functioning, growing coral reef. More than 130 species of Caribbean reef plants and animals have been transplanted into an 1,800-gallon tank with a balanced reef ecosystem whose functions and processes mirror the natural habitat. Adey is holding a magnifying glass to inspect the new ecosystem.
CONTAINED WITHIN
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-016, Box 1, Folder: Research Reports Spring 1979
CONTACT INFORMATION
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
PLACE
Caribbean Sea
STANDARD NUMBER
SIA2009-2204
DATE
1979
TYPE
Photographic print
TYPE
Person, candid
TOPIC
Aquariums
TOPIC
Coral reef ecology
TOPIC
Marine biology
TOPIC
Smithsonian Institution--Employees
TOPIC
Invertebrates
TOPIC
Corals
TOPIC
Zoology
______________________
Sticks in 1979?
Title: Scientist Walter H. Adey Inspects a Created Coral Reef at MNH
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:siris_sic_7411
TITLE
Scientist Walter H. Adey Inspects a Created Coral Reef at MNH
METADATA USAGE
Usage conditions apply
DATA SOURCE
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
AUTHOR
Farrar, Richard
SUBJECT
Adey, Walter H
SUBJECT
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
SUBJECT
United States National Museum Dept. of Biology
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
CATEGORY
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
NOTES
Smithsonian Institution Research Reports Spring 1979
SUMMARY
In the dim recesses of the basement of the National Museum of Natural History, marine researcher Walter H. Adey and a team of co-workers succeeded in developing a functioning, growing coral reef. More than 130 species of Caribbean reef plants and animals have been transplanted into an 1,800-gallon tank with a balanced reef ecosystem whose functions and processes mirror the natural habitat. Adey is holding a magnifying glass to inspect the new ecosystem.
CONTAINED WITHIN
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-016, Box 1, Folder: Research Reports Spring 1979
CONTACT INFORMATION
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
PLACE
Caribbean Sea
STANDARD NUMBER
SIA2009-2204
DATE
1979
TYPE
Photographic print
TYPE
Person, candid
TOPIC
Aquariums
TOPIC
Coral reef ecology
TOPIC
Marine biology
TOPIC
Smithsonian Institution--Employees
TOPIC
Invertebrates
TOPIC
Corals
TOPIC
Zoology
______________________
Sticks in 1979?
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dochou
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Wow very cool. Looks like the author was a very well known aquarist born in 1924 and died in 1976. 52 yo, so young! I wonder how he died. His books inspired many people to start salt water tanks in the 60's, 70's, and 80's.