When I was about 12 years old I came home from school one day and there was a brand new 10gal tank with 2 tiger oscars in it. My mom just bought it for me for no reason. Mom's are the best.

I got a fishbowl & 2 goldfish for my 4th birthday & it went from there.

mom always had a community tank going so i guess it was natural for me to pick up on it. JGoslee you're right, moms are the best.:D

My dad always had fish but i got my first fish when My friend Ali gave me her fish before she moved to Australia for med school. Then seedy was the one who got me into african cichlids.

I got started on fish because it was something different than my friends had. They all had cats or dogs and I am different so I tried fish. been at for about 6 years. Hope my kids like it when they are grown.

My mom also bought me a goldfish when I was 7. It lived for about a week then I had to flush it. Then she remarried and I wasn't allow to have a fish tank. Lame I know. So I pretty much had to wait till I got married. I married when I was 21. Now I'm 23. I have only been keeping fish for two years. Now it's an obsession. I have 7 tanks and growing. I love my mom. She is the best. Now pretty much anyone comes over to the house, leaves wanting a fish tank. No joke.

I'm a pisces need I say more jay

Basicallt grew up with them :P

my dad had a community tank goin whilst i was was lil, then i got my first tiger oscar when i was like 12, it went from there

Parents set up a 10 gallon tank for me 10 years ago....went up from there.

YOU MOM

It's funny how most of us got started thru our parents.

I can blame it on Mc Donalds, the fast food place. When they first came out with the McFish sandwitch they had a promotion going on that if you buy the fish sandwitch you get a coupon for a free fish. The girl behind the counter messed up our order and gave me a stack of the coupons to make up for it. My "free" fish coupons cost my mom about $80.00 once she bought the tank and everything elce :lol:
Silly mom thought that it would keep me from gathering all the frog eggs from the ditches, and bringing home all kinds of critters, WRONG, lets just say that I didn't do much wading in my wading pool and she was very careful doing my laundry cause she never knew what would crawl out of pockets.

Me and my brothers just went to the fish store one day and we just bought a couple of gold fish and yeah...

Growing up my granny raised guppies and I loved them.
Got hooked then.

When I got my dog, the breeder had a fish tank - so I decided to get one, because I liked the guppies... :)

i was 5-7 when my dad's customer gave him a 50 gallon, and it started from there! Now i have a 40 gallon a 2 gallon and a 10 gallon. guppie betta semi aggressive and community

Tyler

and i was born with Scorpio as my zodiac sign.

I got dumped by a long term GF and decided i needed a hobby that wasnt so expensive...:P

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:woo:

How easy it was to set up a goldfish tank!! And thinking it would help me get a good nights sleep by watching them, Oh how wrong i was, I just spent most of the time staring at them and making adjustments. Its no longer a hobby.... Its an addiction. :banghead:

struvas buddy, anybody that goes on a fishkeeping forum is ADDICTED

my friend was a fishkeeper, plus a history of fish loving

my mom used to set up booths at weekend fleemarkets, after everone is tearing down there booths merchendice goes real cheap. I was about 12 and A lady was selling betas in little plastic bowls all decorated and everything. I had three dollars and 90 cents in change in my pocket, and i went home with my first fish. He lived for more then two years. The obsession has been growing ever since.