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- Aug 21, 2019
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My dad grew up in Sri Lanka with concrete tanks in the backyard. Used to breed bettas and gourami's. Rainfall for water changes, no heaters!
In Australia as a kid growing up (me), he had a tank with fancy guppies and loved his fish so i caught the bug off him. At 18 I bought a tank and had 1 Oscar who was an absolute character. Over the years progressed to having numerous freshwater tanks.
With my own kids and husband, we go on holiday up north of West Australia to a place called Shark Bay that has a tourist attraction called Ocean Park. They have marine tanks with locally caught marine fish there. It sparked my interest and after 10 yrs of visiting there, one day we came back and my 15 yr old said " mum you really should go marine. You've been talking about it for yrs". With that, sold off my 6x2x2 and bought a Waterbox 135.4.
I'm happy with my decision. Reefing is hard at times. I've been thru the usual ups and downs and steep learning curve. I really wish I had more disposable income to throw at it though!! It makes me proud though in a way that I've accomplished it. And I have met so many great people in the hobby. Reefers on a whole are a very supportive bunch.
Oh, and my 16 yr old is into freshwater aussie natives, grows his own plants under co2 injection...etc etc. he's a smart kid and helps me with my tank.
In Australia as a kid growing up (me), he had a tank with fancy guppies and loved his fish so i caught the bug off him. At 18 I bought a tank and had 1 Oscar who was an absolute character. Over the years progressed to having numerous freshwater tanks.
With my own kids and husband, we go on holiday up north of West Australia to a place called Shark Bay that has a tourist attraction called Ocean Park. They have marine tanks with locally caught marine fish there. It sparked my interest and after 10 yrs of visiting there, one day we came back and my 15 yr old said " mum you really should go marine. You've been talking about it for yrs". With that, sold off my 6x2x2 and bought a Waterbox 135.4.
I'm happy with my decision. Reefing is hard at times. I've been thru the usual ups and downs and steep learning curve. I really wish I had more disposable income to throw at it though!! It makes me proud though in a way that I've accomplished it. And I have met so many great people in the hobby. Reefers on a whole are a very supportive bunch.
Oh, and my 16 yr old is into freshwater aussie natives, grows his own plants under co2 injection...etc etc. he's a smart kid and helps me with my tank.