atmmachine816

just curious when people started ther hobby

atmmachine816

i started at age 13

atmmachine816

when did everybody else start

EmpPleco

I've wanted to since I was 16, but I just started this year 19 years old

newbie101

I had a small 1 gallon tank with 2 goldfish when I was about 6-7 (I killed about 5 goldfish and 1 betta sorry), now I'm back with a 10 gallon

beckers4oranges

19 years young

dano569

i was 10 or 11 when i started i kept fish for about 2 years.then i didn't have anymore until i was 21.

Parvath

My dad has an aquarium back home in India. We have a small lake nearby our home and its also a place where you find fisherman catching fishes for their lively hood. When I was a kid I would be running behind them to give me a couple of fishes. I dont know what kind of fishes they were.. I think they were either Rohu or Katla fish. And the aquarium we had was filled with tap water.we never treated or tested the water cause I never knew anything about that. Surprisingly they were pretty hardy

I am 27 now and I got an aquarium like a month ago.. so far so good

Jon

when i was 10 or so i started but not seriously until recently.

0morrokh

I killed quite a few Goldies and a Betta ( ) when I was young. But this summer I set up a real tank.

gammerus

I got some fish when I was younger painted glass fish (I learned later of their origins) but I got my first betta when I was about 12-13

newbie101

exact same with me, I had won a goldfish at the fair when I was like 6 and kept him in a big gallon jar filled with hose water and fed him lettuce then a couple days later me and my dad got him a 1 gallon tank with undergravel filtration and an air pump, and some goldfish food. Every week we would take the whole tank outside, put the goldfish into a container, rinse out the whole tank, and put Goldy back in. After a while he died, no surprise, and I got 2 more (hey 28 cents, who cares if one dies! ) and it kept on, dying, getting 1 or 2 more, then I got a betta to put in with the current goldfish and the betta died the next evening I still have that little tank...reminds me of "way back when" ...it is really dirty now because my little brother drew on the tank with permanent marker, used it as a shovel in the garden, etc. But I saved the air pump and am going to use it for my new betta, who WILL have adequate housing, a heater, a filter, and everything else he could want

0morrokh

I think a lot of people have Goldfish-killing stories, unfortunately. I started when I was young with a goldfish in an un-filtered tiny plastic container, he didn't last too long, you all know how it goes... Then a few years later I got a 10-gallon tank with a filter, but the Goldfish all died anyway since I knew nothing about water changes or cycling or anything. I also tried keeping a few Chinese Algae Eaters in there...you can guess how long they lasted. Ditto the snail. Oh yeah, I also was dumb enough to believe that you could keep a Betta in like a 1 quart jar, he lived like a few days. Well anyway I gave up after a couple years. But then I missed having fish, so thanks to everyone on here I have a 10 gallon tropical tank and I haven't killed any fish yet, and I am planning on getting another tank. I am also planning to get Bettas (female), and they will get MUCH better housing than the one I had before...

gammerus

the only bad luck I ever had with fish was picking the wrong ones...those painted glass fish lasted only a few months...

newbie101

not surprisingly...did you read Isabellas posts on fish dyeing?

fish_r_friend

just the day after Christmas My B-DAy

atmmachine816

That's cool

kerryve

My dad bought me a 10g tank when I was 4, I just liked looking at all the pretty fish, but obviously he did everything for me, but i learnt pretty quickly that white spots or a fungus or somethig like that was not good, I started looking after my own fish from about 7 or 8, still making a few mistakes like over loading my tank, i once put koi in with my betta, they seemed ok, but my dad shouted at me and i quickly removed them... hehe. Betta was ok, he seemed happy to have some friends!

Joe G

MY FIST TANK 30 GALLON TROPICAL

Allie

We got into fish in the spring of 2006. So two years now...seem like we've always had tanks tho.

Angela_96

Lets see.. my son was 1 when my mother got him his tank.. he is 6 now... 2003, its been 5 years... I had my first tank as a teenager though when I was 14...

Narcicius

I had a tank when I was younger but mother had to help change the water, lol.

MagpieTear

I started around 12 or 13 by helping my Dad maintain his 55 gallon and his goldfish pond. Since then I've had a couple of twenties and a 55 of my own. So I've been messing with the hobby for almost 29 years.

muvver

just started 2 year ago and just finished cycling my 2nd tank
love being called young adult lol

mlinden84

I had goldfish for about 5 years when I was younger (somehow they managed to stay alive that long even though I knew nothing about how to take care of them).
I got started into real fishkeeping about 15 months ago when I was given a 20 gallon tank full of fish.

Martinismommy

I have had aquariums for 40 years.....But never took it as seriois as I do these days..... My equipment has improved 100% and my fish do very well because of it.....

Sabi

I started when i was 11.

angelfish220

I was 9 when I first had a 3 gal tank and raised a tadpole from egg to full grown toad. Then I got a turtle at 10. Then someone gave me a tank for the turtle and I already had one so I put fish in it. so 11ish

Blub

My first tank was a 7.5gal (Still have it) for my 11th birthday.

Devon

LOL ... I got my first betta right after I turned 18 I think, but I voted 17 cause I didn't want to think about "middle age"!!