youngest reefer

[con999]

hello every one.
i just wanted to see if their are other people like me out their. im onlu 14 and i want to know if theris anyone younger on this site.:wave:

[2Addicted]

Im 17 I started reefing about three years ago.

[con999]

mmhmmmmm anyone else

[iap]

Must have big allowances

[con999]

well i do a lot of reffing jobs, like baseball and football. i cant seem to get enought moneyand my tank is suffering from it too.

[iap]

That's cool. I couldn't imagine trying my hand at reefing at that age because of the costs of everything. More power to you for working to fund your hobby.

[DZs]

I'm young at heart. Does that count?

[wallj]

im also 14 turning 15 tomoro:celeb3: i also get my money by reffing soccer games and mowing... just curious about your setup and pics if you have them..since your my age

[2Addicted]

Must have big allowances

Haha i dont have an allowance i have had a job for five years but its only one day a week. Every penny I make goes into my tank, well tanks... I have three you know how that goes. Lets post pics of our tanks young reefers!! Ill start. This is my 40 breeder mixed reef.

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[khaosinc]

My mentality is about age 6, but I suppose that doesn't count.

[tang56]

Im 15, and started about a year ago when i was 14.

[saleen2881]

i just turned 16 and i started my 90 gallon 1 year ago!

[Luwe2008]

Im 20.. -____-

[Giglamesh]

im 17 have been reefing for 4 years started with an all in one

[con999]

lol wow im not alone. ill try to get some tank pics up soon also 2addicted, me to every penny i find goes into my reef.

also i love that hammer in your pic

[mudskipper1]

I started a few years ago when i was 15 I think. This was my first tank, a 40 Breeder.
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd278/1kazyak/DSC_0218-1.jpghttp://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd278/1kazyak/DSC_0232.jpg

Money is really tough. I was fortunate enough to make friends with very generous people in this hobby, which I think is pretty common. Reef clubs and such are a great way to get dirt cheap or even free frags, equipment, etc. Many Reefers are willing to part with things in order to start a young person in the hobby. JME

[Create]

Ah to be young and single. I think it is harder now to spend money on the tank with a wife and kid than when I was younger.

Nice looking tank mudskipper!

[mudskipper1]

thanks! I wish i still had it. Although I plan to get the clowns back and keep them in a nano i'm going to build in my dorm.

[2Addicted]

also i love that hammer in your pic

Thanks !! which one the top one or the bottom? Mudskipper that rose is awesome!

[pico-reefer]

im 15, starting reefing at about 13

[con999]

Thanks !! which one the top one or the bottom? Mudskipper that rose is awesome!

the bottom one. its huge

[con999]

i cant wait in a few days my tank will be one year old on aqugest 31 it will be a year old. i need to buy a new coral for this... lol

[2Addicted]

i cant wait in a few days my tank will be one year old on aqugest 31 it will be a year old. i need to buy a new coral for this... lol

Where are all the pics at ?!?!?!

[mudskipper1]

Thanks! The RBTA was a gift from a neighbor, it spent almost 2 months in an unlit sump, was found totally bleached, and nursed slowly back to health. I got it the size of a half dollar. The stripes on the tips are unique compared to anything i have seen.

[con999]

Where are all the pics at ?!?!?!

sorry i had to go to practice, ill get them up after school tomaro

[Baltimore Bryan]

I started about 1 1/2 years ago when I was almost 14. It is tough, I always seem to be out of money right when I suddenly run out of something or need to buy a new piece of equipment. Reffing, mowing, and breeding poison dart frogs gets me my reefing money. Of course, a lot of the frog money goes to buying new frogs :rolleyes:. My allowance goes to the cell phone bill. I'm hoping to eventually breed my clowns and cardinals, too. Later this week I will be selling a few dart frogs to the LFS for about $150 store credit, I know what I'll be getting! Woo!:dance:

[chrismck97]

im fourteen and i started my tank when i was 12 with no help from my parents

[2Addicted]

Thanks! The RBTA was a gift from a neighbor, it spent almost 2 months in an unlit sump, was found totally bleached, and nursed slowly back to health. I got it the size of a half dollar. The stripes on the tips are unique compared to anything i have seen.

Wow it looks extremely healthy in that picture I really wish i could have got ahold of that before you got rid of your tank.

[SDguy]

Welcome to the hobby!! I was about 14 or 15 when I started. I always worked at LFS to support my hobby :)

[SHADYreefer]

im 13 and started when I was 11.

[Mmckibben]

I started reefing at 10, now I'm 15.

[2Addicted]

im 13 and started when I was 11.

Lol your avatar is so funny:lol:

[Mmckibben]

who, mine?

[Mmckibben]

oh, never mind.

[SHADYreefer]

Lol your avatar is so funny:lol:

Thanks

[Mmckibben]

Allot of people at school make fun of me for being a reefer, i don't know why. Who wouldn't want to be a reef geek.

[Mmckibben]

any one here like Socom ftb2?

[quader94]

im 16 but have been in the hobby since i was 14. I had help with the first setup but now I'm starting a 75 with entirely my own funds, its tough

[con999]

im fourteen and i started my tank when i was 12 with no help from my parents

ya i started when i was 13 and now im 14. also that was part of the deal of letting me have a reef no help at all. only money from my parents was a dime. i was short 10 cents rodi water

[con999]

Allot of people at school make fun of me for being a reefer, i don't know why. Who wouldn't want to be a reef geek.

dude i no. i can tell you every thing about my reef right now and other kids can even remember their homework:wildone:

[Mmckibben]

I have no help either. As for the science fair, it's obvious why I go to the state science fair each year.

[Mmckibben]

How I earn money for my reef is selling photography.

http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz356/_-reefgeek-_/CSC_0601.jpg

[Mmckibben]

oh, heres a pic of my aquarium. I'm going to start fragging in may.

http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz356/_-reefgeek-_/DSC_0019.jpg

[con999]

what size is that is it a bow or a corner

[Mmckibben]

Look under my name at Tank info.... Well if you can't see it, I have a 36 gallon corner bow front sps dominant with a chiller, DIY led system, Phosphate reactor, and protein skimmer.

[Mmckibben]

This is my fourth aquarium. I try to start, then sell aquariums. This is my final aquarium till collage. I'm going to hook up a 20 gallon fragging aquarium. the reason I'm making it so big is so part of it can hold adult corals as well, so I don't have to rely on my main display for all my frags. I have the aquarium, an old metal halide, and my old protein skimmer, so all i need is live rock.

[2Addicted]

oh, heres a pic of my aquarium. I'm going to start fragging in may.

http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz356/_-reefgeek-_/DSC_0019.jpg

A tunze? I thought all us young reefers were on a budget?

[Mmckibben]

I am, i use mostly used and diy stuff.

[Mmckibben]

Saved $100 by making my own stand.

[tang56]

Heres my tank, 240 gallons. I have payed for most of the stuff, except the tank itself. I work for my dads bussiness which is how i pay for the majority of it. The rest is through christmas and birthdays :p. I also have a 55 gallon seahorse setup.


http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af110/tang56/3bb7713e.jpg

[Mmckibben]

got my vortech mp10 for $50 from a friend.

[Mmckibben]

holy crap! Your so lucky!

[2Addicted]

got my vortech mp10 for $50 from a friend.

What?!?!?!?! I want one

[Mmckibben]

we should make a club for young reefers.

[Mmckibben]

he only has one

[SHADYreefer]

What?!?!?!?! I want one

Yeah seriously. $50 for an mp10 is a great deal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mmckibben]

does any one like Socom ftb2?

[Mmckibben]

every one went silent

[bleedfire]

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1839962
what about this fella

[Eel Freak]

Started when I was 11 with a 20 FO... Now, 15 with a 200 FO and 125 reef. A job at my LFS and at a local horse feed store fund my tanks...

[clownfish222]

im 13 and started wen i was 12

[con999]

does any one like Socom ftb2?

whos that

[RVANANO]

Cool thread. I started at 15. I took a long break though. Got back in about 2 1/2 years ago and am 31 now :)

[con999]

wow thats a huge one

[Mmckibben]

I started at age 10 with a 20 gallon.

[con999]

A tunze? I thought all us young reefers were on a budget?

i no i can spend about 20 dollers weekly on the tank thats it

[Meyeronfire!]

Im 22 Started when I was 21 about a year and a half ago...lets just say vodka dosing was much easier to come by...hahaha!

[con999]

lol the funny part is i am vodka dosing... i asked my parents one day if we had any vodka and they just staring at me holdng the 40 ouncer lol

[Meyeronfire!]

Hilarious dude! Do you have a pic of your tank con?

[Bamm Bamm]

There's a 16yr old in Sacramento .."WesternReefer" he's a cool kid been reeding for several yrs..

My 5yr old frags zoas for me-) I taught her a few months back and she says that my 125 is hers..

[2Addicted]

There's a 16yr old in Sacramento .."WesternReefer" he's a cool kid been reeding for several yrs..

My 5yr old frags zoas for me-) I taught her a few months back and she says that my 125 is hers..

So im guessing five years old is the youngest reefer out there? Thats awesome

[Baltimore Bryan]

lol the funny part is i am vodka dosing... i asked my parents one day if we had any vodka and they just staring at me holdng the 40 ouncer lol

Haha I know. I asked my parents for some vodka and told them what it was for, the didn't believe me until I showed them the issue of reefkeeping magazine with the vodka dosing article. Even then, they only let me have like 25 ml at a time :rolleye1:

[Bamm Bamm]

Yeah he probably is th youngest reefer of course I do all the maintenance and testing but she always help mix salt and clean the glass and picks out new fish and corals...often we get different ones though-)

[con999]

Haha I know. I asked my parents for some vodka and told them what it was for, the didn't believe me until I showed them the issue of reefkeeping magazine with the vodka dosing article. Even then, they only let me have like 25 ml at a time :rolleye1:

ya i hold to show them thatntoo. but they let me keep it under my mbed so ya. i just hope to cops dont comeone day:spin3:

[2Addicted]

Too bad we cant dose with jager its way better than vodka. Con where are all the pics at?

[con999]

im trying to get them u right now
i had a TON of algrabra

[2Addicted]

im trying to get them u right now
i had a TON of algrabra

Yeah algebra sucks! Wait til your senior year I only have four classes and 2 of them are electives. no math and no science:dance:

[con999]

is it working

[con999]

yesssssss. that was this morning the leather easly gets to be 6/6 and the and the hammer about 4 to 5 inches. but the shrrom in the middle... MASSIVE 7 inchs today

[con999]

Yeah algebra sucks! Wait til your senior year I only have four classes and 2 of them are electives. no math and no science:dance:

im only in 8th, dose it count for highschool

[2Addicted]

im only in 8th, dose it count for highschool

lol naa.

[con999]

wow

im just happy i could figuer out how to put a picture up

[mudskipper1]

Algebra is easy...wait to you get to calculus :) i just started Calc 3.

[con999]

ugg

[jaa1456]

Good start, I started at the age of 13, I'm now 30. I worked at a LFS when I was 13, Since I couldn't actually work there on the books, I worked for fish, corals ect.

[legolas100]

I'm 13 and this is my 120
http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz287/legolas100/Christians%20Tank/P1020078.jpg

http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz287/legolas100/Christians%20Tank/P1020079.jpg

http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz287/legolas100/Christians%20Tank/P1020080.jpg

http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz287/legolas100/Christians%20Tank/P1020081.jpg

someone posted a link to ours earlier cheers for that lol, feel free to comment, most people dont :p
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1839962

[JStraz4991]

Im 16 and started saltwater when i was 14.My dad helps me fund the hobby if i see something that i like and don't have the money but i always have to pay him back lol.

[con999]

how do you get the money for a 120

[SHADYreefer]

here is my pic thread. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1894493

please comment

[2Addicted]

I'm 13 and this is my 120

Ahhhh red slime lol. Those two clowns will probobly kill that oscellaris:blown: soon!

[2Addicted]

here is my pic thread. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1894493

please comment

The sps in the picture right after the clam is awesome!

[SHADYreefer]

thank you!

[legolas100]

how do you get the money for a 120

we got a great deal on the tank, stand, sump and skimmer, the lights were a christmas present and the rest i slowly saved up for over time, i also make money selling fresh water plants through online auction sites like ebay

[legolas100]

Ahhhh red slime lol. Those two clowns will probobly kill that oscellaris:blown: soon!

the 3 clowns all came together from one guys tank and they have been together for many years so dont worry theyr the best of friends acutally :wave:

i know what im doing lol :reading:

[2Addicted]

i know what im doing lol :reading:

Ha Ha ok then. Your pretty confident for having a tank covered in red slime. just saying.

[legolas100]

Ha Ha ok then. Your pretty confident for having a tank covered in red slime. just saying.

cyanos all part of starting up a new marine tank.....just one of the many phases......lol

[con999]

cyanos all part of starting up a new marine tank.....just one of the many phases......lol

ok so its just;) a phase lol how old is the tank

[legolas100]

ok so its just;) a phase lol how old is the tank

filled it up about 4 months ago now so still a very young tank, plus we used all dry rock to start it which means all the algae stages (diatoms, hair algae, cyanobacteria) all are more severe and take longer to disappear, almost all tanks go through a cyanobacteria stage when setting up...its hardly a big problem lol the corals are proof of that :rolleyes:

[Pen3]

what do your parents say when you ask them to buy you a few bottles of vodka for the fish tank?

[con999]

lol it was pretty funny

[con999]

omg i just relized this is the 100th post on this thing.. i dont know what to call it but yaaaaay and i just fineshed my diy overflow