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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, 08:27 AM
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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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Old 01-30-2017, 12:58 PM
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always watched animal movies as a kid but my wife wanted a tank. I always said it was too much work but I eventually gave in
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i'm not gonna lie it was finding nemo
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In 2005 my sister was going to buy some fiddler crabs from petsmart. I did some research for her and discovered they were brackish water not freshwater like petsmart claimed. She lost interest so I turned the 15g into a nano reef. Almost 12 years later still haven't lost interest.
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Old 01-31-2017, 12:01 AM
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I have pretty much always had (freshwater) tanks of my own for the last 16 years, before that it was family tanks. 5 years ago I got bored of my African Cichlids and made the move to saltwater and haven't regretted it or thought about switching back since.
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Other. Worked at a petstore during university and they wanted to start selling SW so I started learning on their dollar!
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kind of a combination of options for me... my dad's first job when he moved to the city in the 70's was at a local pet store in stoon called speers seed and pet and he brought me home a 10g tank for my 6th bday. i kept freshwater for 30 years following that until one day i went to a friends place who had a young saltwater tank with just a few zoas and an anemone. as soon as i saw the color i was converted.
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