everyone under 16

[mr.clownfish]

i want to know how many people there are under the age of 16 on this site who are addicted to this hobby like me. i am 16 as well. post some pics of ur tanks. i want to see other fellow teenager tanks. i have never meet anyone my age or younger in this hobby.

 

[rcreations]

Originally Posted by Mr.clownfish
http:///forum/post/3063477
i have never meet anyone my age or younger in this hobby.
That's probably because most anyone 16 and under can't afford their own fish tanks. Not to mention that teenagers usually have other priorities.

 

[flower]

Originally Posted by Mr.clownfish
http:///forum/post/3063477
i want to know how many people there are under the age of 16 on this site who are addicted to this hobby like me. i am 16 as well. post some pics of ur tanks. i want to see other fellow teenager tanks. i have never meet anyone my age or younger in this hobby.

I am not anywhere close to being 16. But I just couldn't resist...
My computer says you are on line at 4:00AM???? As for the saltwater hobby...it is so very expensive and so most young people don't have the funds to run a tank.
For those of you young folks who do, hats off to all of you! Allot of kids are into drugs and spend their money there. You are getting lessons in chemistry, marine life and the value of the buck.
I think all of you are awesome! I am looking forward to watching the posts to see your tanks.

 

[meowzer]

Originally Posted by Mr.clownfish
http:///forum/post/3063477
i want to know how many people there are under the age of 16 on this site who are addicted to this hobby like me. i am 16 as well. post some pics of ur tanks. i want to see other fellow teenager tanks. i have never meet anyone my age or younger in this hobby.
HMMM....Well I can just send you my buddy list

Just JOKIN....

 

[mr.clownfish]

Originally Posted by Flower
http:///forum/post/3063499

I am not anywhere close to being 16. But I just couldn't resist...
My computer says you are on line at 4:00AM???? As for the saltwater hobby...it is so very expensive and so most young people don't have the funds to run a tank.
For those of you young folks who do, hats off to all of you! Allot of kids are into drugs and spend their money there. You are getting lessons in chemistry, marine life and the value of the buck.
I think all of you are awesome! I am looking forward to watching the posts to see your tanks.

yeah this hobby really helped me in biology this year there is a whole chapter of marine life and i Aced IT!

but im sure there is at least one person 16 and younger here....

 

[piccasotrigger]

Im 21 now, but have been in the hobby since i was 14. Looking back i have no idea how i afforded it. Everyone would trip out on why i was spending 6 dollars a pound on rocks, actually they still do . I remember at one point i saved lunch money for a month to buy a 60 dollar queen trigger lol. i think theres still pics on this site of my queen trigger, darn i l miss that fish lol.

 

[piccasotrigger]

Wow looking at your post again i noticed your from glendale california. Glendale is where i also lived back then, small world! Do you go to Tropical Imports? if not you should great prices and great workers. Still go every now and then fish stores in santa clarita suck.

 

[tiny]

I'm 17 now, I started when I was 16. My aquarium was my older brother's and when he moved out guess who inherited the tank? Me. I love the hobby it's great, but it can get pretty expensive. Especially when juggling it with another expensive hobby, airsoft. But, all in all I love the hobby it's fun and entertaining.

 

[nissan577]

16 now turning 17 later.this hobby is amazing to me. i love it and love learning from it. i love watching the corals grow little by little and the crabs do there stuff. i got my first SW tank when i was 15

my dad had his 75g and i got a 3g nano. didnt last very long till i QUIT! lol anyway i went snorkeling and love the reefs so i started with the 29g. thats what hook me! plus the ladies may get in the way.

 

[mr.clownfish]

Originally Posted by piccasotrigger
http:///forum/post/3063737
Wow looking at your post again i noticed your from glendale california. Glendale is where i also lived back then, small world! Do you go to Tropical Imports? if not you should great prices and great workers. Still go every now and then fish stores in santa clarita suck.
OMGGGGG i go there all the time.
one of the people who work there is kinda mean.
there is a nice Mexican who works there i forgot his name he is nice and gives me some free stuff sometimes, and gives me more store credit than the other people who work there.

 

[mr.clownfish]

Originally Posted by Tiny
http:///forum/post/3063743
I'm 17 now, I started when I was 16. My aquarium was my older brother's and when he moved out guess who inherited the tank? Me. I love the hobby it's great, but it can get pretty expensive. Especially when juggling it with another expensive hobby, airsoft. But, all in all I love the hobby it's fun and entertaining.
cool
whats airsoft?
yeah it gets pretty expensive but its very entertaining

 

[mr.clownfish]

Originally Posted by nissan577
http:///forum/post/3063753
16 now turning 17 later.this hobby is amazing to me. i love it and love learning from it. i love watching the corals grow little by little and the crabs do there stuff. i got my first SW tank when i was 15

my dad had his 75g and i got a 3g nano. didnt last very long till i QUIT! lol anyway i went snorkeling and love the reefs so i started with the 29g. thats what hook me! plus the ladies may get in the way.

wow how did u quit?
is ur 29gal a nano cube or aqua pod? i was wondering if they had protein skimmers that came along with them.
ur so lucky that ur dad is in the hobby too.
i got obsessed when i went to Australia to visit my cousins and i didnt know my cousin was obsessed with this hobby and when i saw his 250 gal reef I FEEL IN LOVEEEE. as soon as i got home i started my 20gal. now i have a 30gal. soon to be 200gal

 

[mr.clownfish]

COOL its nice nowing that there are other teens in this hobby. i feel lonely sometimes cause there is nobody close to me who is in this hobby. like besides my cousin who is in Australia i have never meet anyone who has a saltwater aquarium.
what do ur friends from school think of ur salt water fish hobby?

 

[runn3rb3an]

im under 16! 15 actually I turn 16 late october haha. I love the hobby! my dads into it too and thats how i started but now i end up taking care of and stocking his tank lol. I have a 90 gallon a 29 seahorse my dads 37 and a 120 on the way. I can get pics up later because im on my phone right now... but post pics of yours! and wtf how dont you know what airsoft is! I love paintball to... u ever do that?

 

[woody189]

Originally Posted by RCreations
http:///forum/post/3063498
That's probably because most anyone 16 and under can't afford their own fish tanks.
I'm 21 and I can't even afford it. I used to always have money saved up, but since I got the tank, I'm in debt for the 1st time in my life, nothing serious, couple hundred bucks. BUT I always used to have at least a grand in the bank.
damn fish.

 

[17cuddlefish]

ha i beat all. im 14

 

[jamesb653]

I just turned sixteen and have only been in the hobby for about six months now but I can't get enough of it. Its addicting.

 

[eelfan77]

Originally Posted by 17cuddlefish
http:///forum/post/3064037
ha i beat all. im 14

Haha no u don't I'm 13 turning 14 in august.

But to answer the thread I recently had to tear down and sell my 180 because my mom found a job in a different city and I couldn't take it with me. So for now all of my fish are in my 55 holding tank untill I save up enough money and convince my parents to let me have a bigger tank again. What sucks is that my parents never gave me one cent towards this hobby so I am always short of money.

 

[nissan577]

Originally Posted by Mr.clownfish
http:///forum/post/3063962
wow how did u quit? idk lol.
is ur 29gal a nano cube or aqua pod?it was a biocube i was wondering if they had protein skimmers that came along with them. nope. you gotta buy them seprately
ur so lucky that ur dad is in the hobby too. thanks. but sadly he stop. he didnt want any of this again. he lost everything in his tank and he stop.

but my bro in law, bro and cuz husband are in it!
i got obsessed when i went to Australia to visit my cousins and i didnt know my cousin was obsessed with this hobby and when i saw his 250 gal reef I FEEL IN LOVEEEE. as soon as i got home i started my 20gal. now i have a 30gal. soon to be 200gal

i went from a 3g-29g-95g wave.

answer in red!

 

[piccasotrigger]

Yes without a doubt i would say this is the most rewarding hobby. Im glad to see there is alot of younger people getting into it as it is something that follows most for life. Last year i lost my 20 year old wife as well as my grandmother to cancer, life sucks right now to say the least. One thing that makes life tolerable is the constant that has been in my life and that has been my love for keeping fish. Although she didnt like fish like most significant others because of the high price demands, i still think of her with every fish or coral purchase and how she would pretend to show interested in my tanks to appease me.