When you were a newbie...

[MommyJulia]

When you were a newbie did you start off with a super small tank? And then now years later you look around and you have several big tanks? lol.

I started off with a 6g, a tiny little starter 6g with platys, and now my whole downstairs has been taken over....ranging from 30g to 130g.
I have puffers, to cichlids, to bichirs....not all in the same tank but you get what i mean. This was my process over the last 3 years...from platys in a 6g to oscars in a 130g.

What did you start off with? and how far along have you come?

or did you jump right in and started off with a huge tank and big fish?

 

[randomlugia]

Well, I started off with a ten gallon when I was 8, and I had that for 5 years. Then I got a 30 gallon and have had that for several years, and now I'm soon buying a 125G. So yeah it's been pretty slow for me.

 

[Red Tiger]

Started with a 10 gal and now have a 685 gal water trough. lol..

Plus 3x 125's and 2x 150's plus numerous others.

Over a 5 year stretch.

 

[cobra29svt]

Well I am still a newbie, but yes...I started w/ a 10 gallon. Had it for maybe 6 months & bought a 29 gallon bowfront. Had it for 2 months & bought a 72 gallon bowfront. Havn't even finished setting it up yet, but bought a 46 gallon bowfront last weekend. I'd love to have a big tank, but I just don't have the room for one.

 

[Madding]

Twenty gallon to five hundred gallon.

 

[Darth Scohin]

When I was a n00b....I had a 10gal with a Blue Gourami, Albino Rainbow Shark, Senegal Bichir and Pleco with 100% water changes with full clean outs of gravel and everything YIKES!!! it took me two years to realize the tank size was too small, upgraded to a 20gal it wasn't until my tank felt empty with a featherfin syno and ctenopoma with my 2nd senegal,it wasn't till June that I found a fish board that said I needed a bigger tank, so I got a 55gal and my realization of my faults came to light now I have a 2.5gal Betta,10gal Mollie/QT, 20gal Tanganyka, and my 75gal "Big Bichir" tank I still have the filter from 3 years ago AC20 and the Ctenopoma are all that is left from my poor care....I'm Still a newbie but I'll never stand watching a tank with Nitrates above 20ppm again

 

[spwd]

Started with a 50g with platys and angels and clown loaches then changed to discus and rams and corys etc,kept that for probably 5years+.
Then got the 180g full of discus etc,kept that for 7years +.
Moved to new house and got a 100g for the discus,and the 180 has my aro etc in now for 2 years + and got a 60g growout monster tank for 2 years+ also have a 20g hospital tank for emergencies.

Now were waiting for planning permission to come through so we can build the extension for the 9' x4'5' x32" high which is 800g

Been keeping fish for approximately 15 years.

Steve

 

[BODYDUB]

I started off with a 5G long for bettas and a 30G with community fish.........

 

[peewee]

i started out with a 30G. with anabas and other local fishes. (Philippines)

 

[LowCel]

I had a 10 gallon when I was a teenager but I don't think that really counts. About ten years ago I purchased a 29 gallon shortly after I got married. About a year later I purchased a HUGE 55 gallon tank. I currently have a 300, a 210, and a 55 gallon. I'm sure I will end up with a bigger aquarium one of these days but I'm in no hurry.