LoveLiveRide

When I was 3, my mom bought be a 15 gallon tank, and a trio of platies. I absoultely loved them. To this day I hold my mother responsible for my addiction to livebearers. (:

Firefly's Love

My first fish was Shee-Sho the betta, who lived in a vase until we moved, and then went on to live in a friend's community fish tank for another year and half.

My second was Seiko the betta, who lived in a cookie jar until he died, and is now buried in the back yard.

My third (and first since I've become really interested in fish) is another betta, whose name is really Scipio, but no one can pronounce it, so we call him C3PO, or just 3PO, is living in a 4 gallon tank now. I also have a girl betta and a cory cat in another tank.

I think I may have also once had a goldfish in a bowl....

g.low

I started with 1 male Betta, then 2 female Bettas. The females got along famously in a 10 gallon tank. The male was in a 5 gallon tank. Next fish were Platies and CoryDoras.

Sharkdude

I started with a Colombian shark, an opaline gourami and two long fin rosy barbs. The shark is Jaws, currently my only named fish and the only original I have left.

Tom

I was about 3-4 years old, and started with a good old red capped oranda. I miss it, I just might go get another for my pond this summer.
Tom

Landozer18

Im pretty sure Tetra but can't member that long ago

LisaMarie

Was a classic plecostomus! Ya great job LFS! I still have him and he is bigger every time I look at him. He is about 5 years old and has moved 2x

maximas007

I voted for gold that is what I remember . But may be molly or a sword tail also because it was cheap then ( during my school days ) and I could not afford gold all the time .

LyndaB

Wow, can't believe I've been a member here for years and this is the first time I've seen this thread.

I started off with serpaes and red-eye tetras. To this day, I think tetras are my favorite overall species. Lots of beautiful tetras to choose from and most have good community tank personalities.

So many fish, so few tanks..... and thus, multiple tank syndrome is born.

Sharkdude

I know right! My girlfriend wishes there was a cure!

LyndaB

Tell her she might as well give up and step over to the dark side because it's hopeless to try to escape MTS.

Linni93

I voted livebearers, because that was the first fish I got when I started keeping fish for a little over a year ago.
But then I remembered.... From I was 5 yrs old til I was 8 1/2 (I'm 17 1/2 now) I lived with my family in Caracas in Venezuela. I went to the International school there, and once they held a fair where me and my younger brother won each our little fish in a plastic bag. One was black (named Blackie) and the other was gold (named Goldie). We thought they were goldfish at the time, but now that I think about it I don't think they were (too small and not the right shape I think). But anyway, we kept them in a small see-through bucket (!) becuase my parents didn't want to spend money on a tank Neither did we have a filter, heater or water conditioner or anything. Not surprisingly they didn't last long...
At the same time some friends of ours that lived two floors above us had a beautiful blue betta I think in a small bowl that I fell in love with

Sharkdude

Haha, she does have a betta! Maybe I can get her some more fishies....

Chicken farmer

When I was 4 I had a few lion head goldfish, and a pleco, in a 2 and a half gallon tank. I don't remember what happened to them though. Because I had goldfish like when I was 2 but they might of died. Anyway whichever time it was, we went to visit family and she had my dad dump them into to ditch when there was water

jesstheonly

Had a Betta when I was 12 or 13..... Then a few years back (still completely uneducated!) started up with 4 feeder goldfish and a pleco in my 4gal!!

e_watson09

I started out with a betta in a bowl back when I was like 3. My mom said I killed it by giving it a bath and I cried for weeks.

Then first fish I can remember in a tank was we had a community tank with mollys and stuff but I can BARELY remember it but the first fish I really remember was this absolutely massive oscar we were given. They gave us the tank and all for free if we took him. I was always in awe of him he was the first fish I had to bury instead of flush. I've still never had a fish that large since.

jam

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gator9712

I Used to have guppies in 5 gallon aquarium about 2.. LOL!

Aj17

Got my betta Rosy when I was in kindergarten. Got Rosy 2 a few months later

ROK99

A betta, 6 neon tetras and 2 zebra danios. In a 3.5 Gallon tank.

Jayfeather9

Well it depends, my family got a purple VT betta
Buy my first fish was a blue platy

loverofpuffersandgreen

My first fish was a goldfish that I won. I was only 9 and didn't know any better, so I kept the poor thing in a bowl. Needless to say, it got swim bladder, so we moved it to a tank and by a miracle, I somehow managed to cure it. Even though it was in a tank, I didn't perform maintenance on it as nearly as often as I should have, because I thought the filter would take care of the job. I feel so bad for that goldfish and wish I could have taken care of him better. I could have had him to this day instead of just three years.

Homedog98

My first fish was a goldfish I won at a fair when I was 7. That fish lived for 2 years in a 1/4 gallon critter keeper lol, so I must've done something right!

bankruptjojo

betta, was given to me as a gift. they said is was easy to take care of, but soon as i started reading about them i realized they need a bigger tank. got a 10 gallon and enjoyed taking care of it so much i decided i wanted a community tank and am enjoying the hobby very much.

DewDrop

3 colorful mollies from Walmart. I fell in love with their zip and pep and attitude.

twilauren

I think my first fish were guppies. My neighbor had an aquarium with guppies, and they kept breeding and breeding, so they gave us a bunch of them. We also had a goldfish in there, and a few other kinds of fish. I feel bad, because it was a 10 gallon tank with a huge goldfish and tons of guppies. But the goldfish lived probably 3-5 years, and we had just the guppies in there after that. We didn't know about water changes or prime or any of that, we just stuck a HOB filter on there, so I'm really surprised they all lived as long as they did.

We also had a betta in an unfiltered flower vase. People told us that they didn't need a filter, and that they preferred dirty water, so we only did minimal water changes. I wish we'd known differently.

ETA: Actually, my VERY first fish (when I was really young) was a mud puppy (or what we called a mud puppy...). I'm not sure what they are, but that's what we called them. We had three actually. I'd forgotten about them...

Dogfishead

I have vague memories of a old fashioned gold fish bowl when i was a kid but im not really counting that as my first fish.

My first fish were a Pearl Gourami and Honey Gourami that i bought at the same time as the first inhabitants of my 36 gallon. The Honey i lost a few months ago, but the Pearl is still goin strong.

robbert69

my first fish a good mix of live bearers guppy's Molly's platys sword tails all shapes and sizers

jerilovesfrogs

i voted betta....this is the first fish i had in my adult life and he is the one that is responsible for my MTS. RIP Fred. as a child though, i had a common goldfish and a betta.

Everythingzen

My first was and still is Happy, my golden wonder killi. He's still my happy boy! I'll be truly devastated when he is no longer here. I don't even want to know what a killi's lifespan is because I don't want to know roughly how long he may have left.