fishkeeping - Who have you influenced?

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We got a friend of ours brother into fish and now he is a good friend too even though I tease him non stop. He got the bug bad and now has about 25 tanks up and running and has bred several kinds of fish himself. We are fairly new at this too as this is only 3rd year with fish but we have 62 tanks going and enjoy breeding the fish too. It has turned into a friendly competion but we are winning so it is all good. Great to have someone nearby to bounce ideas off and what not.
 
I got a co-worker into the hobby and she now has a Malawi tank. I also got my mum into it with a goldfish tank and my best friend has one of our old tanks for his bettas.
 
MyGiants;5106293; said:
In my years of keeping fish I have influenced many people to keep fish. The problem though is they want me to come and setup there tank and then asked if I can do some servicing on them. They constantly call me wanting me to figure out why there fish keep dying. I don't have time for this!
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Like the joker said "If you are good at something, never do it for free"
 
My co-worker has my first 55 gallon and then a month after getting it from me he bought a 150 gallon. My bestfriend, sister, cousin, and my aunts boyfriend wich has gotten just as addicted as i am, and several people that come to me for advice.
 
Here's how my Tree Looks

Me ----> 240, 150, and 40 Gallon
Parents ----> 100 Gallon
Best Friend ----> 80 and 60 Gallon
Coworker ----> 5 Gallon
Roomate ----> 55, 55, 46, 30, and 10 Gallon
Girl Friend's Brother ----> 135, 110, 90, 30, 10, 10, and 10 Gallon
 
my mom - 55g w/ peacocks (to be fair, she had tanks when i was a kid but i got her back in the game!)

my sister - 40g cube w/ rasboras and others

brother - 60g w/ cons and some big clown loaches

my cousin - 20Lg w/ axolotl

other cousin - 120g w/ something different every week, lol!

friend - 55g w/ sm bass and a bullhead

Dan F;5105871; said:
However, I have started to influence one person's fishkeeping in a big way - my son, Clifford. He loves fish, in fact fish was one of the first words he learned. :D
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same with my niece! she's 1.5 and screams my name whenever she sees me and starts yelling "fish, fish!!" and pointing for me to show her the pond and tanks, pulling me around by the finger! i love that kid!

when i go to see her, she pulls me to her mom's tank to show me her fish.

Fat Homer;5106086; said:
have started to get my 1 year old niece into fish... even went out to get her a fake tank, with animated fish inside which she seems to love...
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lol, i did the exact same thing word for word! she has a ton of fish toys, dvd's, bed sheets, everything!
 
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