This LEGO Creator 3in1 set offers 3 brilliantly detailed models to build and play with.
The glassless tank boasts 5 different vibrant fishes: a clown fish, a regal blue tang, a yellow tang, a cardinal fish and an anthias fish, as well as a mini submarine, some coral and an aquatic plant. Kids can dive into their own underwater adventures with this LEGO Creator 3in1 Fish Tank (31122) buildable toy. For those that can afford a piece of history, Aquarium Architecture are here to make this possible offering an unique service of professionally researching and acquiring a vintage aquarium and adapting it for creating a healthy environment to maintain freshwater and even saltwater inhabitant.View more LEGO Creator 3-in-1 sets About LEGO Fish Tank 31122 Is it the history that they come with or the details in the design that attracts more? The opulent designs of the Victorian era are truly unique pieces of art and some originals are sold in the region of ten of thousands or hundreds of thousands. However, we have noticed an increase in the requests for vintage aquariums. Nowadays, there are many system options and unlimited design possibilities to choose from. The pump made it easier for people to care for fish and made the hobby popular yet again. In “The Ocean at Home: An Illustrated History of the Aquarium,” author Bernd Brunner declares, “By the 1860’s, aquariums were being mass-produced in every possible shape and combination, often so elaborately decorated that one wondered what was more important – the contents, or the aquarium itself.”Įntering the 1900s there were many advances in technology including the invention of the first mechanical air pump for aquariums. They were decorated with elegant cast iron designs to flaunt wealth. Īquariums were so popular that by the 1860s they were being mass produced in all shapes and sizes. A few years later in 1853 the first large public aquarium opened in the London Zoo.
On the other side, freshwater aquariums, the “Lake in a Glass”, were in vogue and with a decided ease of access to its contents and hardier inhabitants were well adapted for the delight of thousands. Anna Thynne, a British marine zoologist, is credited with keeping the first marine aquarium. Saltwater aquaria commonly referred to as “The Ocean at Home” were less popular, being kept mostly for the study of ocean creature. Today it’s easy to dismiss the mysticality of an aquarium, but one must wonder how remarkable it must have been over 150 years ago to look through a window into a truly unknown world. This happened at a time when Colonialists were in the habit of collecting all things exotic to take back to their homes as trophies.
Aquariums became a source of entertainment with friends and family gathering to watch the “liveliness of its inmates”. That was until the Victorian Era when the hobby went through a revival which continues to this very day.Įlaborate aquariums with cast iron frames were displayed in the Great Exhibition of 1851. The centuries that followed saw limited developments in the hobby of fish keeping. Eventually, this type of fish keeping developed into the decorative Koi ponds that we commonly see in Japanese culture even today.
The Chinese had fish farms to keep livestock fresh for cooking. There are records that can date the hobby to China in 2000 BC. Did you know that aquariums have been around for centuries? But the fish keeping hobby is no new phenomenon. We can all agree that aquariums are striking features and would look great in a modern setting.
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