What Made You Want A Freshwater Aquarium?

[Gplayerz]

Hi my name is Gary from Queens, N.Y A couple of things got me intereted in this hobby. When i was a little kid my dad had two big tanks in the wall one in the living room and one in the basement, i used to watch the fish all day long. Now i am 22 and i been working at blood laboratory and my boss has a 50 gallon tank and i would find myself watching the fish he has cichlilds so i decided why dont i have something of my own so i went out and bought a 10 gallon starter kit and its up and running. I put a coupld of platys in it and just last night i saw 3 platy fry, i only got the tank about a week ago. I am so excited and cant wait to get a bigger tank maybe in a couple months. thats how it all started for me.

[flushingfish]

I started when my 5yr old daughter won a goldfish at the San Gennaro festival in New York and my wife why don't we get a real tank and keep it alive. Now I am working on a nice 20g planted community tank and am planning another 5g setup for that same 5 yr old's (now six) room. I may be exhibiting the first signs of MTS.

[JDogg]

WOW I have been here a while and I do not think I have posted in this.... I looked and could not find myself

Ok here is my story thus far...

Before I was born my father had a 20 gallon with a Red Belly Piranha name "Pete". Well it died and he sold off the tank, he did however keep his fish books. They were not much of books; just paper back jobbies form the 60s/70s, not very thick. He had one on cichlids (my favorite ) catfish, tetra, livebearers, barbs and plants... (Might have been more but those are the ones I remember. I used to love looking at the books, I loved the pictures, and as I got older, I think they were some of the first books I ever read . I also used to love to visit the only lfs in town, Tom's Pets and Hobbies (use to like to build model cars and planes as well, lol), the closed about 10 years ago now though .

As I kid I had the prerequisite goldfish in a bowl, I also one kept a baby bullhead in that bowl as well as a baby mud turtle...

When I was about 10-12 he decided to pick up a 10 gallon, I still remember the first stocking list... 2 angels, 2 julii cory (the only kind I have ever kept) two zebra danio and 2 silver hatchet fish. Eventually he added a pair of swordtail.

As fish would die, he let me help to pick out new fish... (we went through a lot of fish over the following year...my father did not know anything about cycling or testing water, he did do a once a year (full cleaning )

After about a year he did upgrade to a 20 gallon, it is currently grossly over stocked (red tail shark, tiger bars, bala shark, 10" pleco, kuli loach, silverdollar, ...) I have educated him a little in the last few year...

After college I got my fist job and "officially" moved out of my parent’s home. I knew I wanted my first, personal, aquarium, so when my friend wanted to get ride of her 10 gallon, I jumped on it... MTS ever since

[Shubunkin01]

My school used to have a lovely aquarium, and I remember being awed by it; lately a friend of mine purchased an aquarium, and I thought that it looked an easy way to brighten up a room, and not to difficult to look after. How wrong I was! I only have one tank, but even now I am looking to expand. I think I feel mts setting in!

[grumpy^dwarf]

that 13 inch ryukin that was bought fer the wife on mothers day rip titan u were a big gollie and now i just to lazy to get into salt water lol

[AngelaOlsenFan]

I had always had goldfish growing up, just a little one in a bowl (we didn't know it was mean back then!) Then one day when I was 12ish, I thought it would be nice if my goldfish had more space and had a friend to live with, so I got a 5 gallon tank for Xmas (back in '94). Then I thought it would be nice if they had even MORE room, so then I got my 25 gallon tank.
And the rest is history!

[squeekness]

I've had tanks for years and I've had my 110 for about 7 years or so now. I just love fish -- never had much luck with salt water though. I've had good luck with my freshwater tank and most of my fish are older than 5. I never knew they could live so long! I have an aneaus catfish that is 14!

[Mr.Kelso]

I took a trip to the local pet shop with my then 10 year old Grandson to buy a new colar for the dog, He took one look at the fish and my Life and house have never been the same.
1 300 gal freshwater tank with large fancy Goldfish his favorite.

1 60 Gal with Neon Tetra's , his favorite.

1 55 gal with all sorts of tropicals that he picked out during our travels.

He is now 11 and has plans on another tank for guppies. As i said my life and my house has not been the same. "Kids" You gotta love there hungry minds.

[pauliedanger]

Hey everybody, this is probably the best place for a first post.

I've always been a big fan of fish. I love going to aquariums and stuff. But a while ago my doctor told me I had high blood pressure. Told me there were two real ways of dealing with it. Pills, or environment control (diet, and influences). So I did some research and discovered that jazz music and fish tanks were awesome for blood pressure.

I've had a 20 gal freshwater, and now I've got a 30 gal freshwater. My next step is saltwater. Too cool to not take a shot at.

[kickeralpine]

it all started for me around 15 years old had couple 10 gallon tanks my grandfather had 135 gallon with a sand shark in it. thought that fish where cool well got married and bugged grandfather for over 15 years for that tank finally he gave in i just resealed the tank this year its over 40 years old he passeed away 2 years ago so its a good way for me to remember him he really loved fish to . fish tanks to me are just a really fun hobby and i also have a 55 gallon and soon as i find a good deal on somthing else ill have another one lol .iv had an oscar for 10 years before he decided to jump out of the tank and had pirahnas never again to mean now i have over 10 different types of tetras fun fish and today im adding some plants allmost forgot my new little buddys got some ottos really neat little fish