I've been in this obsession for....hm...I'm going to say 2 years? Freshwater anyways. Only got into salt about 5 months ago. Always learning more for sure!
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How long have YOU been keeping fish?
- Thread starter RisiganL.
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i had some fish when i was like 5 and then some more when i was 9, but i didnt really get serious until may so about 6 months haha
Wow, its nice to see that this thread is getting a lot of attention! Boy, do we have a lot of oldies around here 
i have been a fishkeeper since November 14, 2007. my first betta and half gallon cube were thrust into my hands with a cheerful 'happy birthday!', lol.
6 years are being really into the hobby with multiple tanks and constant research. Then I quit my job at the LFS, sold my tanks/fish, and moved overseas for a year. Kept Korean bitterlings then came back home. I left 3 small tanks in the care of my family... kind of scares of what my few remaining tanks look like
Can't get back into the hobby until I stop traveling though sadly.
Can't get back into the hobby until I stop traveling though sadly.
Wow - I suppose that makes me a real 'old'-timer.
I started keeping fish as a teen in the mid-'50s - so it's been about 55 years - it's been on & off though, both fresh and saltwater.
In my late teens, I maintained about 15 FW tanks, mainly breeders, ( bettas, gouramis, angels, barbs, tetras, and others) and sold 3 or 4 month old fry to LFS's for next to nothing - .10 or .15 cents, if I remember right, is the most I got, even for Angels - which they resold for .75 to $1.00.
Strangely enough, in the mid '50s - neon tetras for example, cost more than they do today.
What really got me into discus was when I lived in Singapore for a few years in the late '70s, and visited many discus breeding farms in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Hong Kong - that got me really hooked !
Of course, you could buy an adult discus there at that time for under $5.
I started keeping fish as a teen in the mid-'50s - so it's been about 55 years - it's been on & off though, both fresh and saltwater.
In my late teens, I maintained about 15 FW tanks, mainly breeders, ( bettas, gouramis, angels, barbs, tetras, and others) and sold 3 or 4 month old fry to LFS's for next to nothing - .10 or .15 cents, if I remember right, is the most I got, even for Angels - which they resold for .75 to $1.00.
Strangely enough, in the mid '50s - neon tetras for example, cost more than they do today.
What really got me into discus was when I lived in Singapore for a few years in the late '70s, and visited many discus breeding farms in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Hong Kong - that got me really hooked !
Of course, you could buy an adult discus there at that time for under $5.
