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.