Patrick M. Bodega Aquatics Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Hello everyone! Just wondering if anyone else is a teen on this forum as well. If so, what do you have going on in your tanks currently? I hope that I am not the only person who is under 18 and learning a lot! Happy fishkeeping! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 almost 50, but somedays my mind thinks its 16 again. LOL 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 I don't think my dressy cowboy boots are under 18. My birth certificate says I'm 60, my body say's I'm a hundred and eleventeen, but like @lefty osays some days my mind is still a teenager. I just got back into aquariums also, there's a lot to learn and I don't think age matters at all. 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiclid addict Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 7 hours ago, Patrick M. Bodega Aquatics said: Hello everyone! Just wondering if anyone else is a teen on this forum as well. If so, what do you have going on in your tanks currently? I hope that I am not the only person who is under 18 and learning a lot! Happy fishkeeping! Yep I’m a teen I currently have a 30 with a couple chiclids and 2 55s one with a couple discus and rope fish as well as some tetras and the other with angelfish also I’m wondering how other teens fund this hobby, I personally run a business kinda and am thinking about possibly breeding and selling some fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 9 hours ago, Angelfishlover said: Yep I’m a teen I currently have a 30 with a couple chiclids and 2 55s one with a couple discus and rope fish as well as some tetras and the other with angelfish also I’m wondering how other teens fund this hobby, I personally run a business kinda and am thinking about possibly breeding and selling some fish what kind of business Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 (edited) I am a teenage aquarist, I have 40 gallon aquarium with all my lovely angelfish, a 10 gallon QT, 5 gallon beta tank, 5 gallon shrimp colony, 20 gallon long sw reef tank. and hopefully soon a pea puffer. As far as how I got into the aquarium hobby, I had owned a betta when I was 7 the beta was named "Swimmy" me and him were best of freinds, I even cut outs pictures of fish from google and taped it to his bowl so that he would be less "lonely". He died 2ish maybe 3ish years later and that was that. fast forward several years later I went to the petstore saw all the pretty bettas they had and rememberd how fun it was keeping a beta when I was 8, and asked for a beta for my birthday. Instead of a beta I got a 10 gallon aquarium, I originally stocked it with a angelfish, swordtail, corydora, and glowfish. But then a few months later the stocking looked like: Pearl Gourami, Threadfin Rainbow, Angelfish, Electrcic Blue Ram, Swordtail. Then I cam across fishtube and MTS came on. Soon after the threadfin rainbows fin had been nipped off, the swordtail would hide behind the filter because my gourami would bully her nonstop. Edited January 4, 2021 by James Black 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 44 minutes ago, James Black said: I am a teenage aquarist, I have 40 gallon aquarium with all my lovely angelfish, a 10 gallon QT, 5 gallon beta tank, 5 gallon shrimp colony, 20 gallon long sw reef tank. and hopefully soon a pea puffer. do you have fish in your saltwater tank ? also you are not the only person under 18 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 53 minutes ago, quirkylemon103 said: do you have fish in your saltwater tank ? also you are not the only person under 18 yes I have two clownfish and a fire fish in the reef tank. Yes I know I'm not the only person under 18 on the forum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 (edited) I was saying that to @Patrick M. Bodega Aquatics also please start a build thread on a reef forum so I can ask you questions there Edited January 4, 2021 by quirkylemon103 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorydorasEthan Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 On 1/3/2021 at 5:29 PM, Patrick M. Bodega Aquatics said: Hello everyone! Just wondering if anyone else is a teen on this forum as well. If so, what do you have going on in your tanks currently? I hope that I am not the only person who is under 18 and learning a lot! Happy fishkeeping! Sorry I just discovered this post, but I figured I'd just respond anyway. I'm a teen as well. I currently have a 29 gallon community and a 10 gallon guppy breeding setup. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a Pygmy Corydora Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 (edited) I am a teen, as of right now I have a veiltail betta fish who is begging me for pellets again right now. Edited April 8, 2021 by Catfish_Lover_Jane 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a Pygmy Corydora Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Are teens allowed to feed Murphy? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 34 minutes ago, Catfish_Lover_Jane said: Are teens allowed to feed Murphy? @Robert can you answer this question? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marionmaymay Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 late thirties here lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pygmy cory Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Yes I am. I'm 9 years old and I'm @Just a Pygmy Corydora's sister. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingFishKeeper Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 On the younger end here. Currently have a dirted Wastad 5.5 with a bunch of inverts, microfauna, and a betta, I love the way it came out, plus just trimming the plants and feeding the animals is all I have to do for maintenance! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sudofish Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 I mean I'm an adult, but not like a real adult. I'm basically still a kid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Young people today have access to so much information, and so many resources! I would get a little bit of advice from local staff, and the occasional magazine, but otherwise I was just winging it. It was only because of well water that I got away with aggressive water-changes on my under-gravel tanks as a kid. The big hack in those days was breaking the glue on UG carbon units so you could just replace the contents. I don’t know if I even saw live plants. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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