What's your age bracket?

[Jaylivi1212]

19

 

[EriksOasis]

26. Started keeping and maintaining my own freshwater tank at 12. Started my first saltwater reef tank at 18 been hooked ever since.

 

[MamaLovesHerReefTank]

50 for another month. Started 3 years ago.

 

[Maritimer]

I'm 58.

I've been keeping fish almost continuously since my parents gave me my first ten-gallon tank. It came with a steel frame, slate bottom and a filter-box filled with glass-fiber "angel hair". Started saltwater with natives and damselfish somewhen in the seventies, when I was in High School, and had disposable income, but backed off to freshwater while I raised my own kids.

My granddaughters get to look at saltwater fish and corals when they visit.

~Bruce

 

[Rich_T]

62 in two days! Started with freshwater 50 years ago. First saltwater 8 mo. ago!

 

[Kent12456]

61 3/4. ......if I was a chair I’d be an antique.

 

[DSC reef]

It's really great to see the age difference in here. This is such a wonderful hobby for all to enjoy. We all have knowledge to share and able to learn from everyone.

 

[flsalty]

Turning 54 December 23.

I want to retire so badly!

They lied to us when we were kids. They told us we could retire at 55. Well I just turned 55 and I can't retire.

 

[owenmck1]

21

 

[Sterlingg]

On my 16th birthday, I wanted a car.. instead I received a fish tank lol.. here we are almost decade later at 25! Lol

 

[Crabs McJones]

28

 

[Crabs McJones]

On my 16th birthday, I wanted a car.. instead I received a fish tank lol.. here we are almost decade later at 25! Lol

A car would have costed less

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

A car would have costed less

Depends on who you ask. I would never just buy a car and leave it stock. Unless of course it was the new vet then I might... well maybe

 

[Crabs McJones]

Depends on who you ask. I would never just buy a car and leave it stock.

Very True! I have an AWD lancer, but it's non turbo, and I would love to turbo it but I don't have $4,500

 

[DSC reef]

You guys are making me miss my 11 second street camaro.......

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

You guys are making me miss my 11 second street camaro.......

I wish I had a chance to ride in it it was a sweet looking ride

 

[easternreefer]

Yep, I remember some of mine done that way.

Wife’s is on the 2nd of December. Two kids in November. Other two kids in January. Holidays at the flipper house is a huge money drain, but worth every dime.

We have that in march/april . Son, Daughter and myself in 6 days.. Easter is somewhere in there most of the time.. now that the kids are older and out of the house not quite as much of a drain.

 

[Mikedawg]

I'm 58.

I've been keeping fish almost continuously since my parents gave me my first ten-gallon tank. It came with a steel frame, slate bottom and a filter-box filled with glass-fiber "angel hair". Started saltwater with natives and damselfish somewhen in the seventies, when I was in High School, and had disposable income, but backed off to freshwater while I raised my own kids.

My granddaughters get to look at saltwater fish and corals when they visit.

~Bruce

I remember those tanks well because I saved up and bought one at Woolworth's about 55, yes, 55 years ago. The store clerk was trying to convince me that a live bearer mollie would successfully breed with an egg laying zebra danio - I thought something was wrong and that started me reading everything I could find about freshwater fish. So, now I'm 70 and have three saltwater nanos including a Biocube 32 and a 90 gallon Amazon biotope.

And my granddaughters race upstairs to see how the fish and corals are doing whenever they're here.

 

[easternreefer]

61 3/4. ......if I was a chair I’d be an antique.

nope.. Vintage.... you have to reach 100 to be antique

 

[easternreefer]

I have a 2 1/2 gallon slate bottom steel framed that was my wifes grandfather.. still had the bubbler and filter floss box. right now its filled with rock from a freshwater tank I broke down.