who got u into the fish hobby

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My dad always had a fish tank, I thought it was the best thing. I helped clean it, trips to the fish store. I thought those little neons and guppys were sooo cute :naughty: Now that I am a big girl, I showed him, Now those cute little fish are MONSTER FISH FOOD :evil_lol: Who has the bigger toys now Daddy? :woot:
 
My mother showed me way in to the hobby.
I kept and bred newts. I had my first tank when I
was around 8 in 1979. Then back in to the hobby hard core
in 92. Bought my house in 97 and replaced all my old
tanks with new ones. remember the old 55g with the
thick glass and no top brace.
 
It was my classmate in high school, he was keeping some puffers then; he graduated to african butterfyfish, bichirs, knives, snakeheads and the like. My first fish was a 2'' oscar!
 
I always liked fish, when i was young a friend of the family has a piranha, i dont remember the size of it back then but all i remember was it eating live fish and really putting on a show. Ever since then i wanted one. I got into fish probably 12 years ago, i've had Piranhas, Snakeheads, JAck dempseys, oscars,red devils, pacus etc..

I currently still have Red Piranhas which are my fav fish.. I really like red snakeheads alot but getting one is next to impossible now since they've been banned.

anyways thats about it. .
 
Saw a 20 gallon tank on the curbside with a "free" sign on it. I was going to use it to add another reptile or arachnid to my classroom zoo. One of the other teachers suggested fish. I gave it a try and now I'm hooked. I have 2 fw tanks in my classroom and one at home.

gally
 
I've allways loved fish.....I think what got me hooked was my first african ciclid tank........29gal w/ 1spotted venustus / 1kenyi / 1yellow johanni / 1blue johanni / 1albino zebra / 1auratus / and 1 electric yellow........I loved that tank.
 
I wanted a Super Nintendo and my dad didnt want me to "rot my mind" playing video games. He went and got a 30 gallon tank with 2 oscars so that I'd do something else with my time at 13 years old. I'm 23 now and I have a fish tank everywhere I go. My classroom has 2 tanks that we're gonna set up and a third on the way. The goal is to get my juvenile delinquents into a positive hobby instead of drug dealing, rape, murder, or stealing.
 
I got my gf's best friend a betta fish and then she got a 10gal fish and some small tetras, then a betta tank and some bettas, then I wanted some and it just went on and on from there.
 
My Mom. I grew up in a house full of aquariums and she let me help. In return I could keep snakes, lizards, amphibians, guinea pigs, mice, tarantulas... Anything but rats. And I did (except rats o'course.) I stayed with fish anyway; been in the hobby about thirty years now (I took off for through my twenties to, you know, sew my seeds and stuff).
 
ive always liked fishing and i thought it was cool to watch how fish co-exist and act through a panel of glass, what really kicked it off though was workin in a petstore and now im studying aquatic biology at texas a&m university.
 
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