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I am sure this question has been asked loads and loads.
I was sitting here tonight watching my guys swim around,they just completely fascinate me.
I remember my sister's first husband(who she really should have put in a tank ] had a sea water tank and i could have only been about 7 or 8 and I sat the WHOLE afternoon in front of the tank, my dad carried me out in the end cos I fell asleep in front of it. I just though they were beautiful.

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They completely fascinate me

- I just can't get over how beautiful they and love watching (more then TV)

I am interested in the breeding/developing new strains

- do you pair up fish and breed in the hope of finding a new strain/perfect fish?

I have never been without a fish tank

- did your folks have one so it would be weird to be without one?


I won /bought a Goldfish and it went from there

- was you first fish a goldfish or similar "starter" fish (any newbies reading Goldfish are not good starter fish!!) and now you have more tanks then you though possible!(that would be me now!!)

Creating the perfect environment interests me

- I know of people in the lfs I use who search and search for the right rocks plants sand etc for a particular fish in the hope of recreating nature - not exactly possible for most fish but you get the idea.

well thanks for reading and hopefully voting

its my first poll so I ma little nervous!!

GFG
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I love working on my tank and getting it to look good, but the real reason I am keeping fish is because I love that new, beautiful species are being discovered and imported all the time, and I want to keep as many of them as possible.

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

Any other reasons?

All of the above cept the goldfish one, i have done that, but i was young and stupid

Daka<<<<

Not interested in developing new strains, just in breeding. There is nothing like breeding a fish that no one else has. And then, doing it again, just to satisfy your idea of it being a fluke.

Or, breeding a fish that is extremely difficult, and requires much attention.

I also enjoy the reconition for breeding, and the awards, as well as all the great friends that I have met along the way, through my local clubs.

As well, the little bit of extra income so that I can support my fish habbit, lol.

My favorite is when I breed a fish in a way that others say is impossible. Like when I bred discus in very hard alkaline water.

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There is always a bigger fish...

And fish are my perfect pacifier

All of the above

Although I was sort of into the hobby when I got a fair goldfish... although my first fish in my own tank were zebra danios...

Last edited by superlion at 12-Feb-2005 00:04

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I love their cute little setups(&amp; them)

*shrugs*

Bettas have always had such personalities and were better friends than the brats I went to school with. I could sit there and watch them for hours. Heck, I still do that....


And other fish as well, all so quite interesting to watch =^_^=


~*MO*~

My kids wanted to see the fish at WalMart - so we ended up getting one feeder goldfish for each of them. We have one of those left and many, many other fish now too. (Sad and long story about the one that we lost).

ive always had native fish n stuff my first tropical was a freshwater snowflake eel not the best fish to start with but i bot a tank n everything n brot him home after my g/f killed it i had the empty tank n i was chattin with my buddy bout not sleeping well n the stress in my life n i was an alcoholic to n a gurl in a pub walked by n said get charachins
fortunately i new what they were n bot some i sleep better at night they calm me down i dont have near the stress or agression i used to i jsut watch them for hours i dont even drink barely any more which helps buy more tanks n fish
now i have 7 tanks up n running from various biotypes to simple pleasant planted tanks
i got into breeding n bred most of the commonly sold tetras raised over 4000 neons id say in 2 years then i moved into cichlids mbuna mostly
n i keep exotic n unique fish now n alot of piranhas
most of the ppl living with me got tanks n fish as well
jsut peaceful to watch them
great life jsut swim or sit there all day get pampered no stress no taxes no bills no g/f yelling bout the toilet seat being left up what a life