The Last Macquarium - Vids

[macquariumguy]

Thought some here might like to see the raw vids as I build what will surely be my last Macquarium.

Intro to Macquarium (2:43) -

Mac Plus Teardown (6:06) -

There will be 2 or maybe 3 more vids. One where I cut/bend/bond the acrylic sheet into a tank and another where I cut/chop/hack the Mac case to hold the tank. Hoping to have them done this week. Stay tuned!

 

[noone]

Why is this going to be your last?

 

[macquariumguy]

Why is this going to be your last?

It's something I started doing for extra cash in the 90s but I had quit making them over 20 years ago. I didn't need the money and I didn't need any more for myself. I'm retired now and just got a nostalgic urge a few months ago and here we are. Not just the last Macquarium, but the first (and only) 21st Century Macquarium.

Anyway, I took a few months off from the project but picked it back up last week. I'm about 80% done, just some detail work now plus building a filter and figuring out what kind of lights it'll have.

The videos will be coming along once I'm done. Here's what it looks like today. The tank came out really nice. I made a bunch of these back in the day, but it took me a while to get my mojo back once I started. That plus all my tools are antiques now.

More to come!

 

[noone]

It's something I started doing for extra cash in the 90s but I had quit making them over 20 years ago. I didn't need the money and I didn't need any more for myself. I'm retired now and just got a nostalgic urge a few months ago and here we are. Not just the last Macquarium, but the first (and only) 21st Century Macquarium.

Anyway, I took a few months off from the project but picked it back up last week. I'm about 80% done, just some detail work now plus building a filter and figuring out what kind of lights it'll have.

The videos will be coming along once I'm done. Here's what it looks like today. The tank came out really nice. I made a bunch of these back in the day, but it took me a while to get my mojo back once I started. That plus all my tools are antiques now.

More to come!

That's shaping up to be a nice looking tank. Shame you've retired though - I'd love to have purchased one.

 

[macquariumguy]

It is done. I'll be packing it up this weekend to ship off to its new home. The video is gonna be a whole other project, one that will wait until it's too hot to work outside.

 

[CooperBox]

I enjoyed this, bravo well done!
One thing bothering me though. Will the fish be using Windows, Linux or OS 7.5.5?

 

[macquariumguy]

^^ Here's the boot disk.

 

[macquariumguy]

Did some editing on the teardown video. I think this is close to the format I want to use for the whole set.

This also has inspired me to dust off my own remaining Macquarium and put it back in service. This is my first fish since probably 2004-ish. I really LOVE the lighting options I have now compared to 20 years ago. Love LEDs!

This old tank still looks great and performs well after 22+ years. I build them to last!

 

[DMG35]

Love it. I have an iMacQuarium myself:

 

[macquariumguy]

Love it. I have an iMacQuarium myself:

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I would love to see some details of the tank in that iMac. Once the price went down I bought a couple of them but never could figure out a tank design that I liked. Do you have a picture with the front bezel removed?

 

[macquariumguy]

Okay, I've got 4 videos done. How I build a Macquarium, 9 hours of work, soup to nuts, in less than 25 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8XIYI1zKkla53HbEUgLdQQ

Intro

Teardown

Tank build

Case prep