Further, I never said I kept both at exactly the same time in a calendar year.
Geeze dude, what have I done to you?
10,000 hour rule - Have you met the requirements?
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Further, I never said I kept both at exactly the same time in a calendar year.
Geeze dude, what have I done to you?
started keeping fish when i was ten.had 2 ten gal tanks almost right away.in my teens in my bed room i had a bed and5 tanks a 55, 30, a 20 for a pair of angels i was breeding and 2 tens. most tanks i've had going at once is 18. when i had discus i spent 3-4 hours a day on maint and feedings. i have a problem just keeping fish. i always wanna breed everything.i have spent countless hours thinking of builds,setups, and research.at points its been the only thing i've thought about.
If you count the time I was deployed during Desert Storm and the liberation of Kuwait (I had friends watching my tanks while I was away), I've always maintained at least one tank since the age of 6. Using the calculations in the OP, that puts me somewhere in the 21000+ range.
Excellent!!
I started fishkeeping in 1968 and have had fish continuously ever since. I went down to only two tanks in my college dorm room (1 fw, 1 sw) in 1977 but once I bought my own house in 1993, my number of aquariums grew quickly to the present count of 59. I started my own pond maintenance business in 1999 (still going), so add another 16,000 of outdoor tanks and ponds. 43 years and still as addicted as ever!
Using 1.2 hours/day rule:
1.2x365x43=18834
But for the last 13 years it's really been more than fulltime between ponds and aquariums. I would add 40 hours per week for 13 years:
40x52x13=27040
Grand total would be 18834+27040=45874.
I don't know whether to be proud or embarrassed about that.
P.S. I never spent any time chasing girls because I am one.
Using 1.2 hours/day rule:
1.2x365x43=18834
But for the last 13 years it's really been more than fulltime between ponds and aquariums. I would add 40 hours per week for 13 years:
40x52x13=27040
Grand total would be 18834+27040=45874.
I don't know whether to be proud or embarrassed about that.
P.S. I never spent any time chasing girls because I am one.
1958 first tank starting with cichlids thru 68
Viet Nam 69-71
71-83 the lost years
84 became insane into scuba traveled to Mexico and Central America observing fish in natural habitat
87 return to cichlid tanks
88 back to school for microbiology and chemistry
94 start work at a water purification plant, filter specialist 96 chemist,2002 microbiologist
2012 retired to just the fish.
Viet Nam 69-71
71-83 the lost years
84 became insane into scuba traveled to Mexico and Central America observing fish in natural habitat
87 return to cichlid tanks
88 back to school for microbiology and chemistry
94 start work at a water purification plant, filter specialist 96 chemist,2002 microbiologist
2012 retired to just the fish.
I have probably tipped this mark already, or I'm close. I have had fish since I was a kid, of course then I didn't do much for them except feed them and clean the tank once a week, but if I go back to when I was 9 and had my first functioning tank with a filter, and then go from then..
If I base it off of 66 minutes a day of fish stuff - I'm at 10,439. I figure between the days of high maintenance and the few times I haven't had fish, it all evens out about here.
If I base it off of 66 minutes a day of fish stuff - I'm at 10,439. I figure between the days of high maintenance and the few times I haven't had fish, it all evens out about here.
