What got you in to this hobby? How long have you been doing it?

[neoh]

Curious how long everyone has been reefing. What got you into it in the first place, and what keeps you going with it?

Have you ever stopped, then started back up again?

Curious to see everyone's views.

I came up with an interesting theory of my tank. I think of it almost like the stock market. I buy corals (stocks) and hope they will grow large enough that I can sell off pieces, or just let them ride and continue to grow.

But if everything goes wrong, you can loose everything. Or, I can sell everything off and either loose money, or hope to break even. With the amount of money we have tied into these tanks, it sort of feels like your money is somehow tied up in these wonderful little creatures, as you would with your stock portfolio.

Strange.