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Been keeping fish now for a whole 7 months? ... So very very new to all of this with still the world to learn and most certainly many more mistakes to be made.

Like above, I don't think I would know even a drop to what I know now without MFK. Turned into an addiction as I think I am on pretty much all day (even while I'm at work) and as much as possible during the weekends.
 
Oddball;3108987; said:
I've only been in this hobby for 46 years so, I'll never know all I need to know. And, while I've had success with certain species, I don't consider myself an "expert" by any means. Hence, my fishkeeping IQ is around Gump level.
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i now have to lower my IQ fishkeeping score...you are my idol... your too modest..
 
Remember-"Expert" is not a protected title!
Been in the hobby for 2 years now and passed the 1000L mark this month.
I'm have become a Monsterfishkeeper, A Plecofanatic and an Oscarfishlover.
I learned a lot in those 2 years but I can never know enough!
 
I've been at it for 16 years. This hobby always seems to be evolving so I'm always learning. I love Knives, but more particularly, Notopteridae. It's interesting to find a lot of "care sheets" and recipes on them, but not too much on the scientific level. I wouldn't say I'm an expert by any means. I started with Bettas, Guppies, and Mollies. Fell head over heel for Catfish and then later on Cichla, but Knives have always had me since the first time I saw a large Clown Knife at 8 years old.
 
I've been keeping fish a little more than a year now. We always had tanks when I was growing up but I knew nothing about maintaining it, or the fish/ what the eat, how big they get, etc..
I think I know quite a bit about fish and diseases, but I want to learn more, especially about how to DIY and making your own filters and all that good stuff.
Id say my fish IQ is around 3 or 4 compared to people on here, but my friends seem to think I know alot about fish. and like other people have said I definately wouldnt know what i know without MFK.com
 
Got my first tank about 6 years ago, a 10g that I put an oscar in before it cycled (R.I.P. little guy). Ignorance is...expensive :ROFL: I can't even remember what I had it in after that...I don't think it was set up for long because I'm pretty sure I moved not too long after that.

Once I moved I was already obsessed with the new hobby and did some research / etc to get a better idea of what I was doing. Wasn't long before I bought and setup a new 6ft 125g :D

After browsing this site for the past few months I've definately learned alot, and know I still have much to learn.
 
I've had fish for about 25 years, floundering around on secondhand LFS knowelage and some obscure old books. I was just randomly throwing anything into tanks together. then in '92 it all changed when my granny (RIP) gave me 2 subscriptions to PFK and another fish mag. soon after that the internet came along. I remember some of the early German sites had good fish profiles. (of course it was before google translate so all i could really figure out was temps and tankmates by the pics provided) I am continually resaerching and (i hope) learning. I've always had fresh water SA/CA set-ups, and a few african set-ups over the years, I'm currently playing with an asian bio-type. some day maybe i'll venture into salt water but no hurry. My fish IQ... I guess only my fish can answer that question.
 
off and on for about 20yrs, im 26, so yeah i started young :)
 
I started keeping fish in 2003. I try to learn as much as possible about the fish I keep, but I know there is tons of stuff that I don't know :(
My fish IQ is pretty good compared to non-fishkeepers, but when compared to avid fishkeepers my IQ is pretty low :)
 
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