00 asia ca. 1429 Fish keeping began in Asia thousands of years ago. Probably. Pretty much as soon as we could make ceramics, we have been keeping plants and fish in them amongst other things like food, wine an oils. The oldest record of a fish is a cave painting in France from 25,000 years ago. There are 5000 year old bowls with carp painted all over them and by 1429 ACE paintings of fancy goldfish emerge. So, China bols and China the country had a lot to do with this. 01 fish-cages 1800+ The Edwardian and Victorian era brought along the idea of plant cages and fish cages to meet ther demand for denizens of the tripics to the parlopur halls of the elite and sheds of the common man. 02 metalframe 1860 to the 1970's BY the beginning of the 20th century or so, metal framed tanks with five glass panes set in mastic would guarantee a leek within years. Originally painted cast iron, later steel, these tended to rust and stainless steel and aluminum were also used. Common these had slate and not glass bottoms. They were rather heavy, even dry as you'd imagine.

03 all glass 1970 Invented bu Du Pont in the 1960s (chemist and killifan Lee H. Harper of Pennsylvania was on the team that invented it) and sold to General Electric, silicone cement more than revolutionized the aquarium industry with the all glass tank. By 1970 half the tanks in any store were all-glass and by the end of that decade all new tanks were. The first all glass tanks has stainless steel on the rim and on the base. Very soon after plastic was used instead. By the late 1980s notably with the Dupla people, tanks devoid of any and all trim had appeared. 04 all glass stand 2007 Some time in the first 5 to 15 years of the 21st Century multiple tanks and a stand were incorporated into a single monolithic unit. Also made as modules than can be stacked without need for the use of racking. Popular in Russia and China, they're not well known in the west almost certainly because of liability issues.