my family had fish when i was young and my mom allowed my brother and i to pick them out...haha but i'v been keeping fish seriously for about 4 years now started with the typical 10gallon tank of death but have built up my collection to a 220,135,110,90,55,29,29,29 haha and still have that 10gallon up and running (although not with the same inhabitants, although i still have 1 blue gourami and 4 gold barbs from the original batch(diff tank now))...
as far as knowledge i know a fair amount but still classify as a 0 IQ, because i believe the beauty of fish is that even the scientists don't know near everything about fish, and even they find new things/are proved wrong by the day.
just think how awesome it is being a hobbiest and one could very well discover a breeding behavior or something else and be the first person to ever document it from the home aquarium.
as far as knowledge i know a fair amount but still classify as a 0 IQ, because i believe the beauty of fish is that even the scientists don't know near everything about fish, and even they find new things/are proved wrong by the day.
just think how awesome it is being a hobbiest and one could very well discover a breeding behavior or something else and be the first person to ever document it from the home aquarium.