Reflection: My Experience with the Aquarium Hobby & the Decline of Small Business
My aquarium at home I'll start this post with a Star Wars quote (yes, I am a huge Star Wars fan 😅 and I'll be talking about that soon): "The force is strong in my family, my father has it, I have it, my sister has it too" ( Return of the Jedi ). Strangely enough and as "nerdy" as that was, this quote embodies my experience with the aquarium hobby, an experience that I was born in to. My dad and uncle had several tropical aquariums when they were growing up and bought a 135-gallon tank the day before my brother was born. From my earliest childhood memories, I can remember this large structure at the center of my grandparents' old house- connecting our family room to the foyer, kitchen, and library. In a weird way, this same tank has represented a constant during my life as something that's always been part of my journey so far. When we moved twice between 2002 and 2004, the tank came with us and still resides in a same central location, c