How old are you?
 

Just want to get an idea of how many people in varying age groups are into salt water tanks.

hey i agree it will be really interesting to know the various age groups in this hobby. im 26

im 23 and just got into the hobby

Nice thread. I'm 20. Our age group dominating. Lol.

I'll be 29 tomorrow...

I've often wondered the same thing. Hard to get an idea for how old people are by how they type (or is it ? :wink: ).

Lol, happy early b'day. :)

I'm 25...I didn't think there was too many people in my age group. When I go to lfs's I don't reaaly see that many people my age unless they work there lol

I am 48 and have always had a saltwater tank since I was 9!

Dave

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Since 1970! Dave your a pioneer!

+1 Just turned 20 in September, seems to be allot more younger reefers now-a-days.
Levi

i am 28

I am one of the old guys, 50+ :lol:

Which sorta puts cougars a little out of reach...doesn't it? :lol:

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I'm starting to notice a trend. The older the age group the less of us there are. I wonder why?

well how old are danny zubot?

Now I am feeling old 40+ I voted and came up on the down side or numbers that voted. But I am getting my daughters involved in the satwater hobby at least 2 of them. 7years old and 9 years old, we had kids late in life.

Bill

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I'm 32, but started when I was 25.

Thats funny does that mean that you like women that are 70+ :lol::lol:
I am 42 been running salt since the 80's

Hmm, let's just say I had a B&W TV growing up, and remember when microwaves came out. So tired all of a sudden :)

Im 28, i guess i fit right in the majority lol. i expected 40-50 to be the big numbers in this poll

I am 33. Started Reefing 13 months ago.

Still love it
 

Iam 54 and had my first salt tank in 1974.It was a 110gal. undergravel filter,skimmer(air) ozone, ehiem filter,rock not live.Flame angle 90$.I also had a hawksbill sea turtle that the exporter shipped a bag full to ancient mariner(lfs) to see if they would send them money.I had it for about 1 year and she got to big and started chasing my flame so I gave it to Vancouver aquarium they raised her to breading size and gave her to Japan for breading.

I'm 36 and we had a B&W TV as a youngster. I think we were one of the last families around to get a colour TV. I've been keeping S/W for 5 years.

I'm in the 40+ group but started reefing in my 30+ days. I'm sure there are more of us "older" reefers out there but just more secretive or just can't figure out that #@@##!!! internet.

I'm **, but those who have met me probably think I'm in my early 20's. :cheer2: I started my first reef in 1993 it also had an UGF (under-gravel filter), a Skilter 250 "protein skimmer", 18w of T8 lighting, and a Condy anemone that didn't appreciate any of that. :(

This was my expectation also. I wonder if this poll shows us a skewed view of the cross section of reefers... people in the 40+ demographic may be less inclined to use electronic message boards.

This poll does show us a cross section of this message board's members though, good enough for me :wink:

I'm 26. I'm new to saltwater. I've done fresh water most of my live.

I was born in the 1940's

I'm 21... with an extra 30 years of life experience :mrgreen:

I will be 41 next month, got into tanks when I was about 12-13 years of age.

I'm 27 for a few more days!!

I'm 25. Been in the freshwater hobby since I was 10 and just got into the salties a year ago...

Wow interesting pole so far looks like a taper down and only one hard core reefer at 70+

Just turnned 40 end of October. Have had FW tank's for about 20 yrs. Bought my first Sw tank in July of this yr. Set up my 2nd, 65 Hex 2 month's later and now working on my 3rd, 155 gal Bow Front.

I'm 25 until Friday. Had a freshwater tank as a kid, been in saltwater for a year now.

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One of the reasons it seems to taper down with the increase in age because us yongsters aren't as wise with our money. Lol. My next poll might ask people to tell how much they've dumped into the hobby since they've started.

Lol sounds like a good one but I opted for a nano tank mostly becuz of cost. Hehe.

some one on the board over 70, must be Brad :mrgreen:

Steve

23 today :D

Had my nano reef tank since September last year.

Happy Birthday to us! :lol: