A saltwater aquarium book got me into SW...I think. That was a long time ago. I had tonnes of freshwater tanks, but I couldn't resist the ole clownfish and anemone! I fell in love with Copperband Butterflies...and I have yet to own one. Soon I say, soon!

I used to keep sw in the 1980s but started up again after my wife asked me for a sw tank so she could keep Nemo. That was the most expensive movie for me ever!!!

I bred african cichlids for a while, then came upon a book that sparked an interest in keeping a reef tank.

I looked at hubby's FW tank in our early years of marriage and he totally neglected it. One day I was sitting there and fed the fish. Lights went on (with me), and next thing I was breeding cichlids...

Hubby (again) decided he wanted to do SW. After he plumbed a sump twice (upstairs) and it cracked, he gave me his three rocks and three blue damsels and the rest is history. :biggrin:

I have had FW tanks since I was 12......(not THAT long ago :wink:) and one of my co-workers started a reef tank...she said it was easy....well for her it was she stuck with her original 72g tank and I bit the bullet really really hard! Many tanks later.....and no money left...ahhh what a great hobby!

after 2 years of cichlids i started looking thru the saltwater sections at lfs's...but my trip to maui snagged me into this hobby, and glad it did

Started in the 80's with a small FW tank when I lived on my sailboat. Had kids sold the boat and moved into saltwater. Stepped out of that for about five years, and am now back into it.

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I used to live up the street from this little fish store that I acquired many of my cichlids from. (Tanks a Lot) They had a very unsuccessful reef tank setup that I never found that spectacular. Beside that tank they had a 29 gallon nano which housed a Manderine and a few softies. It was that little tank that made me want to try reef keeping one day. About 6 years ago was when I setup my first little nano. And every other year since I've been upgrading. I'm up to 110 gallons today.

I blame my wife. :mrgreen: She has allergies to anything with fur or feathers, so that left fish as the only choice for a pet. It just snowballed from there. :lol:

Lol, you couldn't collect stamps or something?:lol: