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Why did you start keepign fish? When? How did you start, where are you now?
I'm just bored and curious, and would like to know how others got into the hobby...also are you hooked yet and a overboard fish keeper, or just a casual pet owner?
I had fish on and off growing up, usually the carnival goldfish or simple kit tank for a betta. The goldfish always ended up in the horse troughs as we kids had short attention spans and my mom would just throw then in the horse water rather than take care of the (they do breed rapidly LOL and we always had lots of fish in the horse troughs that would help keep the algae down!). It wasn't until college when I started a reef tank at the suggestion of a mentor to help me through my engineering classes. Having hands on experience helped me ace water chemistry and fluid dynamics!
I've been hooked ever since, with the one 100 gallon reef blossoming into many other marine tanks, and finally I moved to some freshwater tanks again after I graduated. I still have several reefs, a few FOWLR, and way too many freshwater now! It happened so gradually I never even noticed I had fallen victim to multiple tank syndrome ;) but hey, if everyone has an obsession or habit I'm glad mine is fish!
So, what was your first real tank? Why did you start? Have you managed to keep just one or two tanks, or are you spiraling down the obsessive path yet?
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- banksy-2kk10Lv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
hello
im 17 and have a "zoo " in my room lol i had my fisrs fish when i was 6-7 my parents brought ma and my sister a gold fish all i remember is it ewas a bowl =( we went away and put feeder cubes in the tank and mine and my sisters died =( then i never had any other aquatic pets untill i was 12 when for my birthday i got 3 axolotals all is great with them lost my breeding female used to breed thewm for wipsnade zoo lol she had cancer i thnk but the male and his son are hudge since have upgraded to a 4ft tank not so long ago now maby 2 years ago so 15 i tried my hand at a gold fish tank 2 ft started withcarnvel fish i upgrded from a bowl and after killing 3 of the fish i surrended them to a friend who still has them now i beleve i put too manny fish in too fast and now at the age of almost 18 im starting a dwaf puffer tank its set up and cycling t=i have had a few bad experyances with pets but we learn from our mistakes and i now now the importance of constant resertch ! im just really getting in to fish now !
Source(s): own: 2x hedgehogs 1x dwaf hamster 1x degu 2x axolotals soon to be 3 dwaf puffers and 20 shrimp ! - Anonymous1 decade ago
13 Years Old.
Had 2 Betta
Girl & CrownTail Betta.
Had A Girl Then She Died.
Then Got The CrownTail And He Died.
I Currently Dont Have Any Fish.
But I Want Somemore.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Me and my friends started out fish tanks last year, all freshwater. It started with one of us talking about it and soon we were all addicted. I have 3 fishtanks and a koi pond in our backyard. But we've all helped each other shop for plants, fish, tanks and helped planted and set them up. In total we've set up 10 tanks total and are working on more. lol we're quite addicted and will continue to love fish.
- 1 decade ago
i have it from my daddy he had a 140 liter cichlid tank when he lived in Berlin many years ago now i have 3 tanks. one 72 liter (betta tank), one 85 liter (Amazon tank) and th biggest 200 liter (not installed and it would be a african cichlid tank)
