Who got you started in this hobby?

[erics3000]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10456522#post10456522 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ChuckLawson
Marc, I've got to agree that it's expensive and addictive -- but then over the years, I've found that most of the really fun things are

So true..If it is not a sports car, motorcycle, jet ski or 4x4 , now Wife.. I seam to always find something to waste my money.hahahah:rollface:

 

[GlobalEvan]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10454382#post10454382 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ryansholl
Four tank raised clowns, all host, fyi.

I'll trade ya

 

[mhhauser321]

Myself

short and sweet

matt

 

[down and outman]

A friend gave me his old 55 with all the freshwater toys, and my wife popped up and said "Let's do saltwater". The rest is history. Little did she know what she was getting me into. Now I'm hooked with a 90, and telling her, "We need........"

 

[ludnix]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10440249#post10440249 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by purebullet417
melev's stupid websight lol.

I'd say the same for me If he hadn't made the information so readily available I probably wouldn't have gotten into the hobby.

Thanks Melev!

 

[Jutta]

My house got me started - sounds weird ?
Well, i bought a house and the previous owner left me his empty tank which was build into the wall. So what was i supposed to do? fill it with water and put one of thise %^$*^% bubble blowing divers in there??? NO!

 

[Zucker26]

My girlfriend asked for a "Nemo" for Christmas, so like an idiot I bought her a Nanocube. I'v been broke ever since!

 

[clown-x]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10457759#post10457759 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Zucker26
My girlfriend asked for a "Nemo" for Christmas, so like an idiot I bought her a Nanocube. I'v been broke ever since!

you got that right.

 

[Serioussnaps]

Sadly I have no one else to blame.

 

[Amphiprion]

I watched a documentary when I was about 4 years old called "Seasons of the Sea" by National Geographic. I had wanted one ever since then and that is also what got me involved in marine biology. So, after 4 more years, I was finally able to set up my first marine aquarium--a 29 gallon FO (liverock wasn't really readily available in my area then).

 

[lilprincess]

Mom bought me a Little Mermaid tank when I was 5 years old...so I guess it was the Little Mermaid that got me into the hobby.

 

[mk2flip]

delusions of grandeur

 

[mk2flip]

"Hey! i could have a tank like that" (delusion#1)

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

For me, it was moving out. Ever since I can remember, I've had fish tanks and been obsessed with them. Because of all the bad rumors of marine aquariums being "hard" or "expensive", I've never started one as a child. Instead I busied myself with books and trips to the library to study. After I moved out and got married I realized that I wear the pants in the house (for now) and make the money, so I'm going to try a saltwater tank out. Here I am a few years later with a few healthy reef tanks.

 

[happyface888]

I heard the samethings about saltwater fish and stuff before I started. I started with a 10gallon fresh water tank and wow I never kept a fish longer than a week. Fresh water seemed harder.

 

[rkcca]

My parents bought a guppy tank when I was about 5. Shortly thereafter, the guppies had babies. The first batch of baby guppies got eaten by their parents. Next batch prompted another tank. Sound familiar.

A college dorm mate showed me his aggressive saltwater tank and I was hooked.

In 1987 the addiction kicked in and I've been keeping reefs ever since.

 

[T Man]

I guess you could say the United States Marine Corps!!! OOOhRaaHHH!!!! TinMan

 

[pepeinthenavy]

My Father. He was always interested in marine fish and 10 years later he finally saw my final product.

 

[Trigeek]

My family went to Bermuda when I was 11 years old to visit my aunt and uncle. They had a 20g freshwater tank that I was absolutely captivated by. I saved what pennies I could and bought a 10g set-up, freshwater which I had until college. I got back inot the hobby with a salt fo tank 10 yaers ago. Now I"m going reefing!!!

 

[Nanook]

My wife purchased a 29g tank with blue rock from Wally World...the rest is history. Actually, I started reading about saltwater tanks after three months of FW and got bit by the bug...the rest is all downhill