Here is my first salt-water aquarium that I had specially made by a plastics company. The black, white, and yellow striped fish with the long dorsal fin is a Moorish Idol. They range in price today between $50 and $75 depending on size. I think the two I bought here were about $50 at the time (1961). However, there is a little more to this "story." In 1966 Christine and I got married and the next day moved to Hawaii to finish school at the University of Hawaii. We arrived on June 5th and classes didn't start until September so I spent some of the summer working (selling pots and pans door to door ) and most of the summer in the water collecting ocean fish and invertebrates. One of the first fish I caught and brought home was a Moorish Idol. We lived on bologna and cheese sandwiches the first half of each month; then cheese sandwiches, and then by the end of the month it was pretty much "honeymoon" sandwiches (Just lettuce alone). So, you can imagine my thrill in catching a $50 fish.
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| 50 Gallon Plexiglass Aquarium with Moorish Idol, Powder Brown Tang, and Naso Tang |
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