Thanks for the imput and insight guys. I am most definetely going to start on the side with a full time job as a financial backer, but even going in part time is going to cost a chunk of change with chemical liscensing fees and insurance. I just want to go about it the right way. I am currently paying my dues as a fisheries tech. Big-pond--there definetely isn't much money in tech work (at least where I'm at) \:\( but it's a lot of fun. I agree that there is more money in building a pond, but I prefer pond management/maintenence. Thanks again.

Mike