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View Poll Results: Who or what got you into the hobby?
Family member(s) 7 13.46%
Friend 6 11.54%
TV show 0 0%
Magazine 1 1.92%
Pet Store 4 7.69%
Love of the ocean 9 17.31%
Visiting other peoples aquariums or public aquariums 2 3.85%
Did it on your own 15 28.85%
Inherited or took over from someone else 3 5.77%
Other(please explain) 5 9.62%
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Old 01-30-2017, 02:28 AM
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As the title states who or what got you into the hobby?
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Old 01-30-2017, 02:32 AM
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A friend of mine convinced me to start in the hobby as he was a SW hobbyist and I haven't looked back since.
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i was bored, and my koi pond dream did not happen at the time.
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I remember always being amazed at all the fish in the local pet store , just had to try the hobby . 35 years later , am still in it & still amazed !
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One of my earliest childhood memories is of my father's fish tank back in Penang, Malaysia. I remember catching wild guppies, barbs, and danios with my little dip net in the local ditches, rice paddies and ponds.

Started my first personal tank at age 8 (overstocked fw community).

Kept my first w/c seahorse in 1981 (fed them live brine shrimp imported from San Francisco Bay and purchased weekly from Main Aquarium in Vancouver)

Started my first sw fish only tank around 1983 (110g & smaller tank with a hand-trained lionfish - big mistake).

Decades later, tens of thousands of dollars and dozens of tanks later, still an addict.

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I had freshwater tanks with Bala sharks growing up. I have up the hobby for a while and when I hit 30 decided that a saltwater tank was needed. I have always been interested in saltwater tanks and finally took the plunge. Blown I would have a hard time not having a tank!
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Quote:
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i'm not gonna lie it was finding nemo


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