Antique Aquarium Update

[@LushSaltyAquariums]

Cheers from my fish room channel in Chicago! My God how you put the Victory in Victorian! So cool.

[@PawlikLab]

Thanks very much! Tell all your friends!

[@2shy1151]

Wow. Thank you for your labour in keeping this incredibly beautiful aquarium still in use. I could look forever and fantasize about having anything as awesome as this for my pleasure. The white fish add a incredible pop for the eye, but not in an intrusive way. You or whomever chose the plants and fish is an artist!

[@PawlikLab]

Thanks very much!! I have a great deal of fun with this aquarium. I appreciate your kind comments.

[@plantholicmax8185]

Amazing!! I can’t wait to have mine restored!

[@PawlikLab]

Do a video of the restoration!!

[@NellsStuff]

WOW, male AND female betta fish! Nifty video, and that brick floor is a MUST for such a heavy tank and all the water involved!

[@PawlikLab]

Yes, as long as you have multiple bettas and they have places to hide or escape from each other, they are a lot of fun together. And, yes, these tanks need a very stable floor!

[@CronicasdeSergioVet]

I need more and more of this aquarium 🐠🐟🐠🐟

[@melissacourchesne2121]

So your white angel fish are more than 10 years old? Great! Your aquarium is very beautiful and it means that old generation people can keep aquarium with almost low technologies.

[@PawlikLab]

This pair is about 3 years old -- the last pair died of old age at about 7 years.

[@moutaintopfish1597]

Really nice looking tank. Just did a video on my old metal 55 gallon that I restored. And it is not a metaframe. Father fish told me it was a old shop class project. I want to find one of those to restore

[@2shy1151]

Found it and I'm in aqua love with this tank! Thanks again and I hope your aquarium (an old metal shop project!!?OMG!) is going well :)

[@sonofhibbs4425]

Ahhhhh! Those are THE most happiest and healthiest fish in an aquarium I’ve ever witnessed. Absolutely wonderful! How do you have two male betas in a tank? Are they just that happy that they are not fighting? I noticed them right before you mentioned it and was in awe. Do you think the hexagon shape of these antique tanks is more beneficial for the fish? I get the sense they may like the circular spread better than today’s rectangle- unless some outcropping of rock in the center provides a similar feel. I think it’s a more natural layout for fish. Thank you for sharing. I have always been curious about these old aquariums since I fist saw etchings of them.

[@sonofhibbs4425]

Oops..I mean octagon shape.

[@PawlikLab]

Yes, you can keep 2+ males if they can get away from each other -- in this tank, they escape behind the central column. But more bettas is better because it diffuses the fighting across many fish. They are SO much happier than living in tiny bowls.

[@shahesfelazi8549]

Nice

[@shahesfelazi8549]

Better get a borneon river sucker than the chinese ones