@Slaphppy7 R/C airplanes huh ? It was Estes rockets for me. Looking back on it all the fish hobby really wasn't that expensive to me as a youngster. If I really wanted something really bad I would cut pictures of it out of Tropical Fish Hobbyist magazine and put it in my Dad's wallet . That didn't work all the time but often enough to make it worth my while. So , @Rocky998 , pull the pathetic look out and put the guilt trip on your folks. You're a budding ichthyologist or fisheries biologist and they should want to advance you in every way they can.