How'd you get here?

[Zoofan]

I kept freshwater for years before and decided to start with a 58g reef. I was so surprised how interesting just looking at the live rock was and all the life it held. After that first experience I was totally hooked. Now I am working on a 210g reef and have BIG plans for my house that I am hoping to build in about 5 years. The reef tank really has to become something wild, we just try to contain it and control it the best we can.

Mike

[LoneStar]

I blame it all on TexasTodd after seeing his corner bowfront in person!

[ACE]

I blame it all on TexasTodd after seeing his corner bowfront in person!

I kept freshwater for 10+ years and then I met Alton, and his tanks got me hooked. so, honey...it's Alton's fault.....

[Bill S]

OK, this one goes WAY back:

In 1969 - yup - I got into FW as a young kid. In 1970, I went to work for a LFS at the ripe age of 13. Back then, you could do that! I worked there thru college, and when SW first came out in the early 70's, I jumped right in. Fish were the SAME price back then, and I made $1 an hour: Clowns were $25 and angels were $50. It took a LOT of work to buy a single fish!

Since then, its been up and down - when I was traveling all the time I went back to FW.

[hobogato]

growing up, my mom had FW tank (s) that i helped with and eventually took over in high school. 1992, jumped to SW when my oscar (mutt) outgrew the 29 gallon tank i had him in on my dresser in my dorm room.

once i moved, i had the 29 for exotic and a 20L for native. eventually a 58 with a lion and large moray. after graduating, i went back to cichlids in the 29 and a 125 (after the 58 cracked) with an oscar and an arawana. when we move here in 1999 (cue the prince music) i set the 125 up as FOWLR and started a reef in the 58 (replaced the cracked side). then the reef moved to a 60 corner and eventually ended up in the 125. from there, i jumped to the 240.

now, we have the 240 (sps dominant) with attached 50 gall clam/cuttle tank and the 180 lps tank. not to mention the 800 gallon setup in my classroom and the 40gallon in my classroom for native species. oh yeah, this year i will be setting up todd's old 215 as a coral prop system at school as well. really thinking about adding a small octo tank to the main system here at home as well

[tony]

raise your hand if you owned a skilter!!!

hahaha

[RayAllen]

Father was in the fresh water hobby from the day I was born; therefore I was introduced to fish in diapers. We always had a aquarium. I officially had my first (my responsibility) aquarium at the age 11 of so. Cichlids were my passion from then on. It has now been approx 13years. It was in 2004 that I was introduced to the saltwater hobby and have been hooked since then. I did a estimate of what ive spent $$$ through my years in the hobby and the number was shocking considering im only in my mid 20's.

[hobogato]

:lol: or under gravel filters with crushed coral and power heads on top of the tubes..... also had two sets of bleached acro skeletons at one time so i could change them out to clean the algae off and make em pearly white again (now shaking head in disbelief)

[DrMark]

I grew up (till I was 12 in England) where my Dad had freshwater. I also had a freshwater tank until college (1990) where I had a 90g SW Fish only. I then stayed away from hobby until was done with medical school and residency and started back heavy in early 2007. I now have 214gal mixed reef, 34gal nano, a 3gal pico for one of my sons in his room, and a 115gal SPS only (in the works).
mark

[tony]

:lol: or under gravel filters with crushed coral and power heads on top of the tubes..... also had two sets of bleached acro skeletons at one time so i could change them out to clean the algae off and make em pearly white again (now shaking head in disbelief)

lol i had a 55g hex with undergravel filter and kept a yellow tang in it for a looooong time