It is neat how all of us have gone down the same paths!
Donna
always had at least 1 fish tank.
When I reached my early 20's I took a job at a pet store. That began a career I
had never imagined. He paid me to get educated, offered me a place for the
experience and research. As I studied my way through every species available to
the retail market the boss would order as many of those species as possible,
providing me with live research materials/specimens. It took the first year
working there to read my way through the entire library of fish books, and then
I moved on to live plants, and from there to saltwater. Seminars, formal
schooling, etc. were all mandatory for this job. My bosses were all well
educated (formally), all of them having degrees in things like aquatic biology,
ecology, botany, etc. I borrowed college text books from them, met and worked
alongside a number of aquatic vets and vet techs, and submersed myself into
everything aquatic. Each study project meant another new tank at home. So for
the past 20 yrs my world has focused primarily on fish, both as pets and as a
career. What can I say... the animals have always inspired me. :-)
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