What do you do for a living?

[Zack K]

Maintenance Tech

 

[Dsnakes]

I fabricate counter tops in Corian(R), and Zodiaq(R) quartz by DuPont. Before my current product line I fabricated acrylic tanks and delivered them to most of the saltwater specialty stores in the Pacific Northwest. So I still have the equipment and desire to build aquariums once and a while. I am currently installing two CNC router systems to fabricate the counter tops from raw slabs. I am also trying to get the hang of a new laser measurement to CAD system to create the files necessary to make the counters fit each customers home.

Just put corian tops and sinks in our new house, looks great. Still trying to baby it, but glad it can be fixed if it gets any abuse.

 

[Ashish Patel]

Talant acquision specialist at Tata and investor. And my primary role is the family handyman:cool:

 

[XNavyDiver]

Talant acquision specialist at Tata and investor. And my primary role is the family handyman:cool:

Is this job what it sounds like?

 

[ihavecrabs]

IT......father got me into tanks as a kid.

That makes two of us!

We use to take old PC's and refurbish them and donate them to families in need. The company he worked for tossed them if they had one bad part so if you took 3, chances were high you could get two working using one for parts.

 

[KStatefan]

Manufacturing Engineer

 

[LE0]

LFS Guy to Pool guy. father got me into the hobby

 

[biecacka]

In Columbus rivers to reefs is a nice place. And reefsystems in new Albany is a cool place. They have a greenhouse setup, if your up here anyway definitely worth the visit. Both are only open Thursday-Sunday I think.

Corey

 

[Unregistered User]

Social services. I sure desire the wrong hobby. Lfs should ask for an income check before they start feeding the fever.

 

[klondike4001]

Aquarium Maintenance Company, been interested in aquariums since I was a kid. Dad had one and I got one as soon as I had a part time job.

 

[Somuchflo99]

Commercial electrician

 

[acrum222]

Flight medic here, tanks been up for about 5 months. Its a nice release.

 

[coil1002]

Controls engineer. Parents got me into keeping fish.

 

[litenyaup]

I’m a Firefighter. Love the job and the hobby. Friends had tanks and got me interested so I dove head first. Always was into the ocean with surfing and fishing....now I like collecting them!

 

[Maximus52]

I’m a high school chemistry teacher. I’ve kept FW for years. Took a trip to the Gulf this past Spring, and decided I would like to have a slice of the ocean at home. A Biocube and $$$ later, I’ve found it to be a real passion. Plan on moving in a year or so and then time for a big setup 150 gallons.

 

[Unregistered User]

I had to follow this thread to see if my hunch was correct. Most of you seem to have jobs that make sense behind this hobby. That's interesting.

 

[Don Lidtke]

Retired sysadmin. Spent 30+ years working in Silicon Valley.

I am starting to setup my first 200 gallon reef tank. It’s the job I have retired to.

 

[Anthony kolodziej]

Local 12 plumber , Got in to saltwater after having a PE ( pulminary Embolisim ) which almost killed me . It put me in a heck of a slump . I thought ..... well this is it . Then my wife told me to start a tank . I started to feel good after doing it . It gave me a purpose

 

[Jl330]

I sell mortgages.

 

[easternreefer]

I am a wine steward for a large grocery chain. love my job meet lots of interesting people.. and occasionally I get paid to drink.
got into the hobby 20 years ago. saw a planted fw and loved it. but I got bored with what I could get for colorful fish. Saw a reef tank and wanted it. I actually have better success with SW than FW..