WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST FISH?

[spoofsjsc]

arrowana,cichla,dats,polys,fh,rays,plecos, etc.
these are what most of us have now.

but where do our roots lie?
do we still keep those kinds of fishes now? if not, why the shift? was there some sort of transition/progression?

..just wanna compare notes. thanks!

 

[WyldFya]

I started with 3 neons... that was a few years back... 18 years ago.

 

[spoofsjsc]

i started in 97 with a comm tank of predatory fishes (some oscars,arros, a senegalus, some knives, pacus, a pleco etc.) that ended up killing each other. dumb. The senegal was the ultimate survivor for some reason. i took a break and started again in 2001. Now i keep a lot of bichirs.

and a lung in a separate tank.

 

[amesbien]

my parents always had fish tnak when i was growing up but then they quit. I do remembering have 2 bluegill in a larger tank downstairs.

I got back into the hobby about 2-3 years ago with a small gold fish pond.

 

[fishnutham]

Mine was a Bicher,thought it was cool killed it in a matter of weeks dumb kid but because of it i started reading about fish.

 

[bettagurl]

my first was a betta
about a year ago...I was just getting a five gal,now I have 3 tanks and im trying to figure out how big of a tank to put in my basement

 

[OscarRobinson]

A red oscar when I was 7. That was in 1980. Had him for 6 years, didn't know anything about fish but did a pretty good job considering. Then one day my uncle thought it would be cool to feed him a hotdog. I came home from school to find him chocking to death on a friggin hotdog. That sucked.

 

[rallysman]

5 years ago I bought an oscar and a 10 gallon tank. I still have him and he is beautiful.

 

[eman b115]

I first started with discus; a good 12 years ago.

 

[Gonzaga]

My father always kept fish. He's had oscars, piranhas, severums, aros and other misc fish.
My first fish was my Largemouth Bass and I still have him at 18".