| My first fish were like some of you. Throwing a ping pong ball into a small bowl and taking home a goldfish from the carnival. I got a FO tank back in 1978 I think it was a 20g. Not knowing the first thing about anything I went to work one day and it got really hot (I lived in a mobile home) needless to say, when I got home all fish were floating! My next tank came about 1992. FO again. I did well with that tank but, kept seeing all these beautiful fish in the salt water section and finally decided I had to have one. I got my first SW tank about 1995. Had a few pieces of LR , an undergravel water filter and a couple of power heads. I did everything wrong and surprising all fish did very well even the anenome that I got after the tank was set up for only a month. Kept this tank for a year and was talked into selling it.
Then last July Mark and I went into our LFS to pick up some turtle food and the bug caught me again. Once again, started out buying everything before reading or researching first. Bought everything the employee told me I needed to buy. Then one day one of the employees that work there told me about Reef Central. I checked it out and joined. Through RC I found a link to RS and here I am.
I do wish I would have thought things through first before diving in again. I've wasted alot of money in the beginning. If only I could start over! I've learned quite a bit but, have a long road ahead! But, that's good! I love watching my tank and look forward to getting a bigger and better one in the future! |