welcome to MFK!!! i am only 16. i started with a bullhead cat 5 years ago in a 20 gal. i still have him and he only grew from .5" to 14". now he is in a 60 gal. start with something hard to kill 
turtlesrock;3728080; said:i personally atarted with a 20gall and had tetras, rasberas, blood fins, and a pleco. then i got a 10gal, then another 10gall, then another 20gall, then 3 5galls, then a 6ft long 100gallon tank!