Check This Old Beauty Out

[samyboy]

Cast-Iron Aquarium
I think my J.L. Mott Iron Works cast-iron aquarium may be quite valuable. It is marked "April 1873." I would love any information about the piece, including how to safely refurbish it.

http/www.find-tv.com/find-tv/learn/qa/qa1004_aqua.html

oooh just found some more

http/www.ofishalaquarium.com/gallery.html

 

[PlecMama]

THAT IS FABULOUS!

 

[Iron Man]

Those are great....wish I had one...if not to keep fish in at least just to have.

 

[pieman]

Looks very heavy and that's before you add the water!

 

[Iron Man]

Just clicked on the second link....man...i would be like a kid in a candy store!!!

I want the $4,000 Victorian!!!

 

[andywg]

Nice. It's cast-iron though! Won't the rust somehow leach into the seams?

Cast iron doesn't rust, as quickly as steel, and hs been used as footigns for bridge supports.

And rust from iron doesn't matter really, look at the reefs that grow on old shipwrecks under the sea.

 

[andywg]

Most reef aquaria have steel screws in them in places, these all rust and thus allow iron oxides into the tank.

Hell, I'm sure I've read of people suffering with an iron deficiency in planted tanks, so I doubt there is any major problem with rust in the aquarium.

Must admit, I do love the house one.

 

[mark.w.jones]

Most reef aquaria have steel screws in them in places, these all rust and thus allow iron oxides into the tank.

Hell, I'm sure I've read of people suffering with an iron deficiency in planted tanks, so I doubt there is any major problem with rust in the aquarium.

Must admit, I do love the house one.

Really I was just thinking it looked horrendous. Almost as bad as a neon pink sunken ship.