I am 23 and I am days away from recieving my college degree
finally after five years!!! I have been keeping fish for about 2 years now. I really don't think it is a phase for me, but again I started when I was 21 so I really don't know how I would have done as a teenager keeping fish. I do know that I started off with a betta and I worked my way through common livebearers like mollies and Platies. After mutliple huge births I had to ditch the Mollies and Platies. (space is limited in college) I tried my hand at Neon Tetras, but I did not do so great at those, they died off after about 6 months (maybe I'll try again next year now that I have more experience
) After the livebearers I worked my way to corydoras catfish where I am still at today. I love my cories and the pandas I have breed more like rabbits than their namesake
I have just recieved some Endler's Livebearers, they are so gorgeous, so I am going to see how well I can care for them, so far so good (knocks on wood). Later this summer I am going to be getting some Bumblebee Gobies, and try my hand at breeding these wonderfully beautiful fish. So in two years my interest in the fish keeping hobby has not waned, but actually only gotten stronger. I started with a betta bowl, now I own 6 aquariums! My mom and especially my girlfriend do not understand my infatuation with fish and my girlfriend especially worries about me. I guess they just don't understand fish past "ooooooh pretty....... let's do something else." My girlfriend and I have been looking for a place to live, on her list she wants things like a nice kitchen, living room etc... I however have been looking for a place with a basement with enough space and plumming for a nice fishroom, although I'd never tell her that
I guess some people are not fish people and some people are, I just wish I actually had a person like me close by so I could show my girlfriend and mom that I am not looney.
Keep on fishing Gr!m
Rez B)