What fish did you start off in the hobby with?

my first fish were a pair of blue gouramis kept in a 20g with a pair of huge african aquatic frogs. the frogs devoured anything in their path smaller than the big gouramis and were really cool pets. i think i was about 10 at the time.

growing up, my father always had a fish tank or two going, mostly with cory cats and zebra danios or a betta. my mother claims that keeping aquariums must be genetic, because when she met my father, he had an apartment FULL of fish tanks and an old hollowed out refrigerator in which he bred various goldfish. hmm.
 
My first fish was a comet goldfish in a 1gal. tank... looking back at it, I can't believe I had two of them in something that small.... :( they died. Then I got 2 more... here's the timeline. And you ask why my signature is what it is??? :(

1) Goldie
2) Bronzie
3) Tiger
4) Midnyt
5) Treasure
6) ??? (not a 6 yet)

Right now I have a 29gal. which I happily filled with 1 Kissing Gourami and 1 Opaline Gourami. I learned my lesson with goldfish the hard way. :( Well, anyway, I LOVE my new gouramis!!!:D :D
 
Originally posted by Fishskin
Male and female guppies in a 5 gallon "marble" Metaframe tank over 50 years ago.
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Mine was a 10 gallon stainless steel frame tank with a slate bottom. And I also kept Guppies and other livebearers and that was over 30 years ago.. yeesh, **** i am getting older. ;)

And wish I still had those stainless steel tanks. I love their looks now.


jim
 
My first experience ever with fish was in highschool. My sister had a 10-gal with lemon tetras, neon tetras, and a betta in one of those "hang on the side, plastic box things" like you see in fish stores (poor guy). My brother and I chose to put hermit crabs in our 10-gal tanks, so I helped my sister with water changes and such.

More recently (early spring of this year, I think), I adopted a 29-gal with 4 Buenos Aires tetras in it. Luckily, I found this website/forum and other websites shortly after I got the tank and nursed the tank back to health properly (3 of the tetras are still there - I lost one recently). The tank is now thriving thanks to alot of internet research and the helpful people here at AC. Thanks everyone!;)
 
The first fish i remember having was a largemouth bass in a 20gal....When i lived in louisiana we had a pond and when my dad stocked it he kept a baby largemouth. This was probably when i was around 5 or 6(15 years ago...give or take). We used to feed it tadpoles, baby crawfish and crickets we would catch. He outgrew the tank and we let him go in the pond. Years after that we tried guppies and zebra danios.
 
lol my first fish were 2 convicts 2 plecos 2 tiger barbs, 2 tinfoil barbs, 2 hifin black tetras 2 blue gouramies 2 eels 2 water frogs and 2 crayfish.............. i forgot a few
all in a 30 gallon XH .....now i know why the guy that was bagging up the fish for me was looking at me funny when i said im nw to this hobby this is my first tank. a year later and about 50 fish burials after the fact i can say i know what im doing.
:rolleyes:
 
30 years ago..ten gallon tank...an oscaR:eek: ....i HAVE LEARNED since then:D
 
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