Longest time out of the hobby?

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^ Agree!

This is a ~2.5gal fish bowl. I keep red cherry shrimp and java moss in iit. Lighting is a cheap daylight standard LED bulb "75watt equivalent". You can't see it well, but there is a small black sponge bubbler filter in there too.
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Very nice boss
 
About 5 years for me and the advances are staggering.......lots of catching up to do!
No kidding, back in the day we didn't have a lot of info, or decent internet, you had to really look for info in books, and a lot of the info you could get wasn't correct.
 
I was sort of out of the hobby. Moved to Hawaii and taught and led scuba tours for 14 years. I spent a lot of time with fish. Moved back to Oregon and it took me 2 years before I set up a tank.

Wait. You're literally scuba Steve? Haha awesome!

I've been out for two years just started my 120 and 125 back up a couple weeks ago. I am doing a fishless cycle getting that nitrite spike now. Although...I have had my koi pond running for over three years, so I suppose not completely out just didn't have my fish tanks running.
 
Wait. You're literally scuba Steve? Haha awesome!

I've been out for two years just started my 120 and 125 back up a couple weeks ago. I am doing a fishless cycle getting that nitrite spike now. Although...I have had my koi pond running for over three years, so I suppose not completely out just didn't have my fish tanks running.

Better check the koi pond. It might be over flowing from all the rain.
Do you keep papios? Based on your user name.
 
Better check the koi pond. It might be over flowing from all the rain.
Do you keep papios? Based on your user name.

I just checked last night and had to backwash my filter to drop the pond level a couple inches. As far as stocking I only have koi. The name was due to my GT fever back in 2007 lol. I mostly dive or go trolling these days, but every once in a while I'll dust off my poles and reels.
 
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