lilFishyfish

I still love those things!!!!!!!!!!

sticky fish

My first fish was some kind of Chinese algae eater. we also had some goldfish as well, but my dad let me name the algae eater.

Red1313

We had a gold fish tank, (10 gal only but hey we didn't know) the water got so green it was literally pea soup thick you couldn't see the fish. They lasted a really long time though.
MY first fish were two Goldies 1&2 who lived a tragic 3 days in a 2.5 tank last year. (Pre fishlore)
Happy to say I have done much better now.

jgon_

Japanese Medaka and zebra danios were my first.

BlueLouis

My first fish was a goldfish. I won him at a carnival and we put him in the infamous goldfish bowl. I was about 8 at the time. None of us knew that goldfish need a bigger tank and the pet store didn't tell us differently. He was named Goldy and lasted about 3 months.

Chris123

My first fish was feeder guppys from are school poor things lived in a 1 gallon bowl all there lives

PepsiGirl71

My first fish were fancy guppies (I was 7 years old). My uncle gave me a 10 gallon tank with everything & I have had fish ever since (I'm 37 years old now)! And I still have A LOT to learn...

goggles2

a single black moor goldfish

Matt

Goldfishies For Me And i still got 'em.


-Matt

Mike19

Goldfish

EdnJean

I voted other: Scissortail Raspbora.

fishlover78

I had 2 goldies in a bowl with nothing except water, gravel and an airstone when I was in the 1st grade. at least my parents used water conditioner when they changed the water. and every time a fish died they would preoccupy me at my grandmother's house next door, then they would run out to the fish store and get another goldfish. I never noticed! I recall their names were hocas and pocas. they were feeder goldies. I loved them dearly. then one day they moved the bowl and left it on the radiator, and boiled my fish poor fishies

TFA101

I had a minnow fish i never identified and a 3-line corydoras catfish in a 10 gallons tank complete with an aquaclear mini filter, a rena heater, and two old noisy air pumps 7 years ago. i remember one of them would go out every now and again. My dad would get so ticked about it and he HAD to fix it, my family thinks he might have OCD lol)

... If we look on my aquarium life in the Now time 13 going on 14, you would notice a 2.5 gallon betta tank home to Mango, a 20 gallon livebearer tank with some colorful fish of the genus Xiphophorus, and a 30 gallon tall aquarium that is underconstruction.

cdell

My first post in this forum. I have reveiwed the Fish Lore and am very impressed with it's layout. I think this forum is very good for learning and sharing experiences in the fish keeping hobby. I have been addicted to this hobby now for approximately 4 months and am still learning. I currently have two 55 gal tanks. 1 contains my african cichlid community and the other is a variety of tropicals. Once I return back home from this business trip, I will complete my information with pictures of each of my setups and some of the occupants.

I currently reside in Port St. Lucie, Florida and am now looking for a 125 gallon tank to move my cichlids into and break up the tropical community into the two 55 gallon tanks.

If there is anyone out there in my area that has a 125 they want to part with, don't hesitate to let me know.

Looking forward to communicating with everyone here on a regular basis.

TFA101

Welcome to fishlore Cdell!


i see you're looking for a new tank. You could post that question in the category "Buy Sell Trade" on the forum to guarantee some offers.

MeGustaUnaPez926

I voted twice, technically my first fish was a betta,which my mom bought me in 1st grade, but my first fish that were properly cared for were my cories.

Oil_Fan

green chromis - I have a SW tank. Never had a FW one.

midnightwolf

when i was about four i had three goldfish in a ten gallon tank(poor fish i didnt know what i was doing) unfortunatly i had a birthday party around that time and all the kids wanted to feed them and the next morning the water was cloudy and the fish dead. now looking back i realize that goldfish are alot more responsibility then everyone thinks they are and i promise mysealf i will take care of my future fish.

pepetj

My first fish ever, at age 7, was a common guppy (Fancy guppies were very rare back then).
After a long pause (20 years) I returned to fishkeeping with a female Betta.

Pepe
Santo Domingo

kathyshovel

hi my first fish were my mothers goldfish that lived in a big pond when i was 4 years old ,i was told i caught trying to teach them to swim lol ,standing in the pond giving swimming lessons to who ever i caught lol ,for some reason they gave them away (now that they could swim hehe ) maybe thats what the fish wanted to do to me

Fisheyy

Wow I feel bad now that I think about it =\
I had two goldfish I won at the school's Halloween fair in elementary school. So I was about 6 years old, and my parents did not know how to take care of them properly. Their names were Sarah and Goldy, I loved them, but sadly, they lived in a bowl. T_T With no decorations for hiding spots. No filter. No heater. They ate flake food and nothing else But my dad knew to change their water a lot.

inuyasha_lover_21

My very first fish was 2 figure 8 puffers. I was 10 at the time. Did not know they were brackish fish and they lived with my dads fish. Sadly they died in a month. Now that I know more about them I am getting them again.

Nick G

My first fish back in England about 20years ago were 6 Zebra Danio's that I put in the tank about 10 seconds after I had filled it! (didn't know about cycling then!). They all survived though...

agabr123

technically my first fish was probably a goldfish. however, i REALLY consider my first fish to be billy, my first male betta, that got the whole cycle started (no pun intended). i now have 6 tanks!

fishlova #23

tiger barbs and a red tail shark

jrod

zebra danios 4 of them

jwokmuba2

my first fish was a few gold fish in a regular fish bowl, my mom bought them for me on my 8 birthday, i can't remember if i named them but i do remember that a begged for a bigger tank. then i got a pleco and found a crayfish that i stuck in there, the tank stayed alive for about a year. back then i had no idea about the nitrogen cycle, so i was just cleaning the tank alot

livetowin

Mine were 3 Goldfish "Moe, Curly and Larry" that i won at a local carnivel had em in a bowl then a 2.5 gallon hex then a 10 gal where they died a year later. but those three started a life long thing for me

charzar-g

My first fish were a pair of golden gouramis - they're tank was hidious looking with bright green and yellow gravel and hidious ornaments....you can imagine....

They didn't have names, but i had them when i was 12 - i'm now 15

ladylouroll

my first fish were
4 guppies: Jester (R.I.P),Sherbert,Flame,Leo.
a RTS - sharky
and a cory - george.

They were my fish from my very first trip to the fish shop
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