When I was a kid, we did the fish thing. Unfortunately, this was pre-internet, and our local store was pretty useless. In spite of never cycling or knowing much of anything, I was able to keep tetras, platies, swordtails, mollies, and goldfish alive for years. I even had some success breeding the livebearers. At least until my lab somehow climbed a five foot tall bookshelf to drink out of the fry tank. I never did figure out how he got up there.
Anyway, I got out of fish keeping when I moved out on my own (got into rats and herps!), but I'm looking to get back into it. I've currently got an awful 3 gallon round "betta" tank housing a mystery snail and three triops. It's coarse gravel with a few straight vallisneria and some floating hornwort. I've got a pair of empty 10 gallon tanks, and I plan on setting at least one up for freshwater in the near future.
Anyway, I got out of fish keeping when I moved out on my own (got into rats and herps!), but I'm looking to get back into it. I've currently got an awful 3 gallon round "betta" tank housing a mystery snail and three triops. It's coarse gravel with a few straight vallisneria and some floating hornwort. I've got a pair of empty 10 gallon tanks, and I plan on setting at least one up for freshwater in the near future.