Single Technology Or Innovation That Has Most Helped Aquarists?

[Ch4rlie]

 

i was thinking cups, but thats way smarter.

I know, I'm dead clever!
 

LOL
 
 

You cant use cups for catching them wee fishies from rivers or seas.............
 
Thats really what I meant, catch them when wild then breed them and eventually spreads to be what fishkeeping is today.
 
Yes, you can use fishing rods, but gotta be a tiny, tiny, wee hook to catch tetras............takes ages too, much easier with a decent net.......

 

[ncguppy830]

 

i was thinking cups, but thats way smarter.

If you can catch a fish with a cup then that means one of two things
1: You have VERY slow fish
2: I am VERY slow
3: You have supernatural, light speed reactions

 
Back to topic I think filters have to be the most important part of fishkeeping by far.
 

Ive caught many fish without a net, not to mention with DIY fish traps.

 

[wrightt3]

 

 


i was thinking cups, but thats way smarter.

If you can catch a fish with a cup then that means one of two things
1: You have VERY slow fish
2: I am VERY slow
3: You have supernatural, light speed reactions

 
Back to topic I think filters have to be the most important part of fishkeeping by far.
 

Ive caught many fish without a net, not to mention with DIY fish traps.
 


So... is it 1,2 or 3?
How did these fish traps work, i'm intrigued!

 

[ncguppy830]

Si
Simple and cheap.

 

[Ch4rlie]

Ok, plastic is the best invention then.
 
You can make the above device.
 
Make filter sponges from.
 
Plastic tanks.
 
Plastic fishnets............

 

[Zante]

 

 

Oh, and fish nets.............

 
Fishnets?

 

Yeah, no fish nets = can't catch no fish...........therefore no fishkeeping hobby.........no TFF............boredom............

 


 
Fishnets

 

[Ch4rlie]

^^^

 ^^^
 
Yup, you can still even catch fish with these sort of fishnets............

 

[coolie]

"What do you think of my stocking?" LOL

 

[DrRob]

You're definitely overstocked.
 
Knee length would have been fine.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

Well from the point of view of the fish I would have to think long and hard about fisless cycling becoming prevalent.
 

 
The first known freshwater fish keepers were the ancient Sumerians, who kept fish in artificial ponds at least 4,500 years ago (2500 BC); accounts of fish keeping also come from the Babylonians (500 BC) & ancient Egypt. In fact the Egyptians considered fish holy, worshipping the Nile Perch Lates niloticus amongst others.

The Chinese, who raised carp Carassius auratus Gibel around 3,500 years ago (1000 BC), were possibly the first to breed fish for food with any degree of success. The Chinese kept carp and started breeding them selectively during the Tang Dynasty, (618 – 907 AD). Records show these fish were kept for purely decorative purposes; people were forbidden to eat them!

The ancient Romans (who kept fish for food and entertainment) were the first known marine fish keepers. Keeping lampreys and other marine fish. In fact Cicero (a Roman statesman and orator) reports that the advocate Quintus Hortensius wept when a favoured specimen died, while Tertullian (an early Roman Christian) reports that Asinius Celer paid 8000 sesterces for “a particularly fine mullet”.
The Romans kept their fish in artificial ponds that were supplied with fresh seawater from the ocean.

From http/www.tropicalfishkeeping.com/member-submitted-articles/history-fishkeeping-12425/

 

[coolie]

Actually, I think "internet" has it, from the point of view of the "internet revolution", as the internet has created many other revolutions in varies trades, crafts, hobbies, etc.
It truly is mind-numbing to think how much information people have got from the web and how much more proficient and successful they are at their chosen hobby.
 
While something like "glass" as an invention may seem a basic essential, it is also obvious, while "internet" as an invention, was unexpected, and brought unexpected yet profound results.

 

[Blobfish]

A long time ago I saw in a book an illustration of a pre-electric heater set up which had small burners under the tank, I think they were paraffin.  Electric heaters must have made a very big difference.  My first tanks had separate heaters and thermostats and I find the modern heaters very easy and reliable (and much safer!).  Test kits and the increase in understanding of bacteria and water parameters has made quite a difference too I think. 

 

[Ch4rlie]

Maybe I should put down electricity being the greatest invention as without it be kinda difficult to have efficient heating and filtration  as well as lighting for our fish tanks..........