How long have you been in the hobby? - Page 3

Boomer · 08-18-2006, 11:04 AM

Well yah, we have a bunch of really old people here and it did not fit us in

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misbehavior · 08-18-2006, 03:17 PM

It's been a glorious year. Started with a 37 gal and now have a 125. I have learned so much and I keep learning more everyday. Problem is I want to start another tank, the pocket book is just about tapped.

Witfull · 08-19-2006, 02:29 PM

Im not old,,i started young~

cioutlaw · 10-02-2006, 07:43 PM

When I was 5-6 years old(mid 70s) I had a 5 gallon with the old stainless steel frame. My mother kept it in my room & I remember falling to sleep watching the fish..Black mollies & Swordtails. When in Junior high I worked at a LFS 2-3 years that was 1/4 mile from my house, we had (6) 40 breeder salt tanks but no reefs, place was a dive but we had a lot of fun. I had a 30 gal salt & a 29 gal FW set up at home then. took a break(girls/cars) & then got a salt tank again 10 years ago & switched to a reef about a year ago. If you caount all that I have about 32 years of experience

KimPossible · 10-03-2006, 10:31 AM

5+ in FW, traded it all in and went SW, FO at first then a reef. Im going on almost 3 yrs of salt and loving every minute of it!

ghostwolf · 11-22-2006, 10:26 PM

10+ for me not counting the break we took between PA and MS.

Lin

BrothaWolf · 11-22-2006, 11:26 PM

Wow good question Got my first FW tank when I was 10... got my first SW when I was 25... this is my first attempt at a reef system Im 40 now ... and 2 old to figure out the total...

2455coop · 11-23-2006, 09:10 AM

I too have had fw since i was a teenie bopper. Started with the goldfish from the fair. (Those sneaky little @#$*&!*$) Was breeding bettas, angels, convicts, and other cichlids by the time i was 20. At one time (before kids) had over 20 tanks. My first salt was in the 80's. It was a fish only tank. But had to sell it to finish college. Have been back in the sw game for about 2 and a half years.

Bill

View Poll Results: How long?
Just starting out	2	3.17%
Months	7	11.11%
One year	7	11.11%
Year and a half	2	3.17%
2 years	6	9.52%
3 + years	16	25.40%
10 years+	10	15.87%
20 years+	10	15.87%
30 years+	2	3.17%
40 years+	0	0%
I kept primordial ooze	1	1.59%
Voters: 63. You may not vote on this poll

08-18-2006, 11:04 AM	#31 (permalink)
Boomer Reef Sanctuary's Mr. Wizard Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Duluth, Minnesota Posts: 2,202 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: How long have you been in the hobby? Well yah, we have a bunch of really old people here and it did not fit us in . __________________ Boomer Want to Talk Chemistry ! The Reef Chemistry Forum Want to See More ! The Coral Realm If you See Me Running You Better Catch-Up An explosion can be defined as a loud noise, accompanied by the sudden going away of things, from a place where they use to be.

08-18-2006, 03:17 PM	#32 (permalink)
misbehavior Midas Blenny Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 122 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: How long have you been in the hobby? It's been a glorious year. Started with a 37 gal and now have a 125. I have learned so much and I keep learning more everyday. Problem is I want to start another tank, the pocket book is just about tapped. __________________

10-02-2006, 07:43 PM	#34 (permalink)
cioutlaw Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Champaign Illinois Posts: 958 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: How long have you been in the hobby? When I was 5-6 years old(mid 70s) I had a 5 gallon with the old stainless steel frame. My mother kept it in my room & I remember falling to sleep watching the fish..Black mollies & Swordtails. When in Junior high I worked at a LFS 2-3 years that was 1/4 mile from my house, we had (6) 40 breeder salt tanks but no reefs, place was a dive but we had a lot of fun. I had a 30 gal salt & a 29 gal FW set up at home then. took a break(girls/cars) & then got a salt tank again 10 years ago & switched to a reef about a year ago. If you caount all that I have about 32 years of experience

10-03-2006, 10:31 AM	#35 (permalink)
KimPossible Golden Moray Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Gilbert, Arizona Posts: 2,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: How long have you been in the hobby? 5+ in FW, traded it all in and went SW, FO at first then a reef. Im going on almost 3 yrs of salt and loving every minute of it! __________________ Kim ~My environment is a product of myself~

11-22-2006, 10:26 PM	#36 (permalink)
ghostwolf Torch coral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Mississippi Posts: 570 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: How long have you been in the hobby? 10+ for me not counting the break we took between PA and MS. Lin __________________ Ghostwolf Honor the sacred. Honor the Earth, our Mother. Honor the Elders. Honor all with whom we share the Earth:- Four-leggeds, two-leggeds, winged ones, swimmers, crawlers, plant and rock people. Walk in balance and beauty. *Member "Crabs Are Evil" Society*

11-22-2006, 11:26 PM	#37 (permalink)
BrothaWolf Acropora Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,798 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: How long have you been in the hobby? Wow good question Got my first FW tank when I was 10... got my first SW when I was 25... this is my first attempt at a reef system Im 40 now ... and 2 old to figure out the total... __________________ 75 Gal AGA Nano - 115lbs LR 140lbs LS Tunze 6025 x 3 40 gal DIY Sump/fuge 20lb LS 26lb LR Outer Orbit 150 HQI Mh x 2, 54w T5 x 4, 18 moons, ASM G3 Mated pair Yashia Gobies (seperated) and Red Band Pistol Shrimp, True Percula, Purple Fire Fish, Yellow Clown Goby, Orange Back Fairy Wrasse, Barber Pole Goby, Blood Shrimp, Crocea Clam, Scarlet Hermits, Cerith, Nassarius, Nerite and Margarita Snails (hold the salt) Zoas, Rics & Shrooms, Xenia, Hammer & Frog Spawn, Star Polyps, Blasto, Blue Anthelia, Lord Acans 29 Gal Oceanic Bio Cube- 40lbs LR 30lbs LS Sapphire Skimmer, DIY Nanotuners 4.36 Lighting, DIY Moonlights, DIY Mod CPR Refugium Randalls Goby, Zoa's ,Trach,Shrooms President: Crabs Make Me Itch Society

11-23-2006, 09:10 AM	#38 (permalink)
2455coop Pistol Shrimp Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Amarillo,Texas Posts: 266 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: How long have you been in the hobby? I too have had fw since i was a teenie bopper. Started with the goldfish from the fair. (Those sneaky little @#$&!$) Was breeding bettas, angels, convicts, and other cichlids by the time i was 20. At one time (before kids) had over 20 tanks. My first salt was in the 80's. It was a fish only tank. But had to sell it to finish college. Have been back in the sw game for about 2 and a half years. Bill

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