What Made You Want A Freshwater Aquarium?

[Nippy Fish]

When I found out that keeping bettas in a bowl is cruel...and I had a betta in a bowl. I immediately got a real fish tank for him. Now I have 7 fish tanks...3g up to 55g. Bettas, the gateway drug.

[JPKeenan]

for me it was stress relief. then I got the bug and wanted another tank, now I am going to be on a 4th tank by the end of the month.

Sitting at the computer I look over and see my colorful little friends swimming around. It is also a good conversation piece. Anyone that comes over sees the tanks and we start talking about them.

[DragonFish71]

Originally Posted by JPKeenan

for me it was stress relief. then I got the bug and wanted another tank, now I am going to be on a 4th tank by the end of the month.

Sitting at the computer I look over and see my colorful little friends swimming around. It is also a good conversation piece. Anyone that comes over sees the tanks and we start talking about them.

Only 4 tanks? Eeeesh, my boyfriend is only wishing we were still at 4, we're darned near out of room (I still have the dining room wall empty *cackles softly*. We're at 7 now in just under a year. He gave me my first tank in years last year for my b-day. Poor sucker!! He is just now understanding the addiction and is hooked. He has been drooling over a 125 *lol*

[JPKeenan]

Originally Posted by DragonFish71

Only 4 tanks? Eeeesh, my boyfriend is only wishing we were still at 4, we're darned near out of room (I still have the dining room wall empty *cackles softly*. We're at 7 now in just under a year. He gave me my first tank in years last year for my b-day. Poor sucker!! He is just now understanding the addiction and is hooked. He has been drooling over a 125 *lol*

*lol* know what you mean.. Just some quick math in my head while I was at work and I was figuring that once I get water in all the tanks I have now I will have something like 10ft of glass Thankfully my cat is not a jumper.

Your quote “Unless a serpent devour a serpent it will not become a dragon. Unless one power absorb another, it will not become great.” I should post a pic of one of my tats.

If I can get a seal to stay put I will have gone to 5 tanks in a year.... Luckily I got addicted to fish instead *lol*.

[Trisomy21]

My friend got me into it and gave me an extra 15g tank he had with pretty much everything needed to start up. Initially had some feeder fish in there
and noticed one didn't belong, turns out to be a peacock cichlid and recently added a kenyi. They're both very small and have plenty of space for right now, but I'll be getting a 55 gallon shortly. So glad I got into this.

[fromtheheart]

I got started because I had a thing for bettas but unfortunately mine died. However, a good friend of mine got me some glowlight tetras. I'm quite smitten by them.

[LT1FirebirdSLP]

My girlfriend had a couple of small betta tanks and it got me thinking about how much I wanted a tank. I always had one as a kid but never got around to getting a tank again until now. She had to give away one of her bettas because she just started to have too many fish so that was my excuse to go out and buy a nice 28 gallon bowfront kit! LMAO!

[nukesk8er]

well im 15 last year my brother got a 10 gallon tank from his friend he wanted to get manganese cichlids or jaguar cichlids we went to pet's mart and got 2 then about 4 months later they died so we did some research and now we no a little better how to care for cichlids we currently have 1 10 gallon tank with a jaguar cichlid 1 20 gallon community tank and 1 30 gallon tank with african lake malawi cichlids

[fishfreak5]

I was hooked at... 12 or 13, at My sister`s husbands house he has a huge saltwater and a small freshwater (with a not so small pleco, he is about 13 or 14 inches long...) I am 15 now have a 20 gallon tank with 1 loach, 1rubberlipped pleco, 1 platy (she is EXTREMELY fat.) 1 glass fish (1 died last month) and about 6 or 7 guppies 5 or 6 males ( who are REALLY interested in the glass fish) and 1 female guppy.

[mermaid8]

Mine started off with a friend selling their's and my husband decided to buy the 2 tanks they had. so after that i was hooked... so now i have an over abudance of fish and three tanks. oh my....