?How did you get started with Fishtanks?

As a small kid, I used to always go down to the end of our street and catch crawdads from the bayou. (I was forbidden to go there, but I did anyway...but that's another story) I was fascinated with them and kept them in a bucket. My Dad saw this and hauled out an empty 10 gal from our shed. I started keeping them in there and I was hooked. My parents have always loved fish and my Mom decided to set up another guppy tank (her favorites) and the rest is history. Oddly enough, I've never kept guppies or Crays on my own, but most everything else at one time or another.
 
It all started with a beta fish (yes... in a bowl) when I was 4

they died, and then I got some goldfish (same bowl)

I grew up in montana... and I used to go fishing a lot---- periodically I would bring things home (crayfish, minnows etc) and keep them in a 5g bucket in the garage... this further triggered my fascination

when i was 12-- I got a red belly pirahna in a 20g high

it wasnt til I was 19 that I discovered that I was doing things all wrong.. and started cycling tanks properly and doing research

I moved into my own place and had 7 tanks set up.. and it just took off from there

I developed an un-satiable thirst for plecos, and other bottom dwellers.... I have started breeding at this point.. mostly plecos (yes I started with the hardest first)... this is when i became the "pleco junkie" that I am today lol

Now I have 12 tanks in my posession.... and more to come
 
When I was growing up we had a couple of tanks. When my family moved (when I was in my teens) my parents stopped keeping fish. I then got into reptiles. I had an iguana, 2 ball pythons, 2 tokay gekos, and a very huge albino burmese python:grinyes:. I started getting back into the aquatic scene right after my apartment burned down. Now I am an addict and I seriously need help:hitting:
 
Girlfriend and I went to the fair, she made the ping pong ball into the cup and won a gold fish. Well there you go, that was the start for me.
 
I got my first aquarium when I was 11 or 12 I believe. My parents just surprised me on my birthday with a 10 gallon. (I guess they knew I liked animals.)
 
Co-worker couldnt keep up with his tank anymore and just gave it to me. 55 gallon with stand, hob filter, bright blue gravel, heater that didnt work, one light out, 2 ornaments 1 standard pleco and 5 cichlids. I had never kept fish besides the occational neon or betta in a bowl.

I now have 5 tanks and just can't stop. I can't imagine life without fish ever again.

55 when I got it:
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Today:

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:D :headbang2:
 
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