Ohio History
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| Red Discus & Tetra Colony |
This little aquarium was one of my favorite tanks in the whole museum. The Red Discus fish, pictured above, swam very peacefully around their plant-filled aquarium. Their room mates were dozens of shimmery Cardinal Tetras. We in fact have kept Cardinal Tetras when we had our own fish tank years ago, and I have always liked their neon qualities. This tank was very well lit, and my pictures here came out best of any . . . maybe that's another reason I liked the tank so much!
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| Cross-Section Look at Glass (and Fish) |
Isn't it uncanny how the skinny Discus fish can bend? I guess that's where they got their name. On the left side in this picture, where the front of the tank meets the side, you can see just how thick the aquarium glass is. You sure can't tell looking in from the front! Besides the obvious benefit of avoiding accidents and fractures in the tanks, I'd guess this thick glass keeps it quieter for the fish, protecting from small hands tapping on the glass. That's one thing our aquarium manuals always said, don't tap on the glass or you'll scare the fish!
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