How did you become interested in this hobby

[Len]

Some good discussions going on in other Reefs.org forums made me wonder: how did you become interested in this hobby?

edit: added one more option to the poll

 

[Anonymous]

Sushi Bar... :wink:

Actually, have been keeping fish (betta) in jars since 4 yrs old, and it just progress into brackish then salt. Mostly the diversity of colors and life in coral reef that facinated me and make me stay in this hobby.

 

[Anonymous]

I've always been interested in the hobby, being a marine buff and all. I never wanted to get into a hobby that raped the see, and always thought everything just died. Saw a few insane websites, and was hooked on the coral farming angle.

 

[Anonymous]

Started keeping fish in grade school. Progressed throught the ranks like many.

 

[Anonymous]

Kept FW tanks since I was a kid. Went to a LFS one day and came home with a new tank for a reef.
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[jsteel]

i kept FW and through visits to the local shop i fell in love with reefkeeping. from there it quickly evolved into an obsession.

the whole process from my first FW tank to first reef tank took less than a year.

 

[Mandrake]

I kept FW years ago,I decided to buy my daughter a 35 gal. for chritmas this past year and I've been totally hooked since,now I've got the 35,a used 120 bought from RDO member off this site and a QT tank.

 

[Anonymous]

My Pop bought me two goldfish "bubbles and lonely" when I was five, kept 'em alive til I was 10 and then my fish habit fractaled as much as avian flu til its current iteration of LPS/polyp reef. So I guess it was family inspired.

 

[Anonymous]

Picked up a copy of John Tullock's Natural Reef Aquariums.

 

[melas]

started working at a pet store in college breeding tree pythons and tortoises . . . started taking an interest in the display reefs and was later moved to that department as well. . . it was nice having some knowledge and experience before attempting my first tank (30 gallon)! still learning though!!

 

[trido]

I had to vote other. Only because I really dont remember as I've toyed with the idea since I set up my first FW tank 18 years ago.

 

[Anonymous]

I had to vote other. Only because I really dont remember as I've toyed with the idea since I set up my first FW tank 18 years ago.

You must be very, very old 18 yrs ago...

 

[Omni2226]

Voted other.

First fish I kept wasnt a fish perse, it was tadpoles, crayfish, small snapper turtles. Ummm never owned a real aquarium in those days just metal pails and old pots/pans. (1960,s era)

Kept real FW tanks in the late 70,s early 80,s and one marine tank.

Reef keeping is a whole new world to me but I have always loved the ocean and now that the technogoly and access to live rocks and proper filters are available thought I would give it a try.

 

[trido]

:lol: Awe C'mon man!! :lol: I figured since some here had their first FW tanks set up at five or ten I could reveal that I set mine up at 18. :wink: Also, I could never afford SW so I had a tank put on my leg.

 

[Rob Top]

Wife bought me a 10 gallon for our 1st Christmas together. She really didn't understand how addictive of a personality I have. By May of that year I had 6 tanks. Now it's 19, and I need another :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

If I were you wife, there will be very little chance I will let you have a second wife...

 

[travisurfer]

i chose other because ive always been obsessed with the ocean. reefing has just been the next step as i grew older. :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

I am not interested in this hobby

I really don't know why I even have a salt water tank.


Oh that's right, my daughter wanted a bigger tank and when we went to get one I saw this bow front tank and lost my mind.



Anyone seen it?

 

[Rikko]

As with any tragic story, mine began with a girl...

 

[dadstank]

other: necessity

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