Most people should embrace LOW TECH Aquariums.
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I heartedly support your efforts to take time for yourself and your wife to enjoy life. If it means not seeing you on TH-cam for a couple of weeks, every now and then, we all can survive!
This dude always trying to talk us out of buying more stuff from his own store. It did not work. I’ll be buying that brine shrimp hatchery soon just in case I get some baby guppies soon.
I'm getting back into the hobby after a 17 year break (empty nester now). I want to get into aquascaping. I looked into it 3 years ago and it was so complicated, I decided against it. But i still kept watching videos because it was so enticing to me. Finally, I decided that there had to be a simpler way. I just ordered a new 49 gallon tank kit that gets delivers tomorrow.
This is really really good advice. Think about how marketing drains your wallet. In EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR LIFE. No one needs 90% of what people are selling. The goal is simply move $$$ from your wallet to theirs while making you believe you're better off for it.
Has to be low tech for me . At 61 new technology really has screwed things up for me . I'm doing everything I did 50 yrs ago and things still work great . My research is mostly so I don't by junk and stuff that doesn't work .
Been keeping aquariums since 2000 and all I need is a sponge filter, basic, cheap, full spectrum LED and a heater and I have a beautiful, healthy, heavily planted tank and happy fish
My neighbor (who has no kids and makes too much money) adopts old dogs or ones with high medical needs and gives them all the care and love they need. They are the best dogs. I highly encourage this.
Great advice! I have always had low tech tanks, but last year when I bought my biggest tank, 75gallons, and basically "got back into" fishkeeping with all this new research. I had live plants and stuff already, but wanted to go full on with them and saw CO2 requirements, massive canister filters, and blah blah and was so caught up with all this tech. I sat there planning my tank and was like this is just too much going on. Took a step back an just did what I always have, and have yet another successful easy going tank. That baby is even infront of a south facing window and no algae problems. Like you said, nature finds its way and eventually its balance. Just have to give it what it needs to be on the right track and know your ecosystem
I'm only 20 minutes into the video and I already feel so much better! I started out with a 5 gallon tank, then a few 10's then a 20 long then a 55 etc etc! Well I was told I needed this and I needed that, and I wasn't doing enough water changes, and plants needed more nutrients in the form of plant foods, and maybe I needed Co2 and a 50 foot suction hose (which did come in handy actually) and on and on..it was just like you've said here! Amazon made a bundle off of me! Anyhow, ultimately I got so frustrated, anxious, stressed, and just not enjoying my fish at all, that I sold all my fish, plants and tanks and swore never again! That was nearly 3 years ago. I really want a tank again. Your video has been eye opening, and encouraging, thanks!
I wish we had a co-op over in the UK, you guys just rock
It’s exciting to hear more people talk about low tech methods. Not everyone is a gear head nor do they want to be.
Cory I have been spending a lot of time watching your old vlogs that taught so much DIY. I have incorporated many of your ideas. Undergravel filters and your sponge filters are my go to filters.
Thanks for helping me slow down a bit. As a new hobbyist I was going insane about every little detail. Now I can focus on the essentials. With every new hobby people tend to want the bigger better thing. My opinion is that we do this to compensate for our lack of knowledge, confidence and ability to do things right from the get go.
Started with low tech tanks ten years ago. Moved on to high tech tanks for the last 5 years. Moving back to low tech tanks. High tech tanks require so much work. Balancing a high tech tank takes months if not longer. Minor adjustments all the time. No room for error and I always have way more algae in my high tech tanks. Low tech simple and more enjoyable IMHO.
I had a major gear fetish for decades.
I realize this is an older video but I sure wish I’d found it earlier. My family went camping for 3 days and I had some very pregnant guppies and didn’t want the fry to get eaten, I set up an auto feeder for the weekend and came home to a dead male guppy I assumed it was over fed but the amount of food on the substrate and it tanked my water parameters I did a 50% water change and I have been doing 20% water changes since trying to get it back I kick myself a lot over a cheap auto feeder I didn’t really need!! I really appreciate all of the time and effort you put into trying to share your passion and experience!😊❤
My four year old is going to miss the stickers! He has a collection on his bedroom wall😁 But I totally get it and appreciate how much you do to try to keep prices down.
What you are sharing is very very improtant. We all need to apply what your talking about to space travel.
@Aquarium Co-op The PR rep in me was thinking “is this business owner convincing customers that we do NOT need as many of his products?” 😂 BUT the New-ish fish hobbyist in me SO APPRECIATES this advice!
I’ve just started up a 30” community tank with real plants, sand substrate and testing the water. Hoping for more success than 10 years ago when I gave up the hobby. I’ve done research and had a good small store to advise me. I’ve done it slowly and testing the water has really helped. I’ve gone for small fish and not overstocking my tank. Adding crushed coral to the sand substrate has balanced my ph, our tap water is 6 to 6.5 and my tank has reading of 7 now. My plants are growing and haven’t lost any. I’m using a sponge filter with an air stone as well as the jewel sponge filter and hope this will continue to be successful. My fish are living together peacefully. My choice was small tetras that are shoaling, cardinals, Bentosis and harlequin rasboras were the first to go in to my newly seasoned tank, 3 corydoras and my feature fish are three swordtails, one male and two females. I’m trying my best to have a healthy happy aquarium and want my attempt at a successful tank with healthy fish to continue. I’ve done things very differently this time. No impulse buying fish and having a good routine. No over feeding and water testing. I’ve made mistakes in the past not having good advice and no chance to educate myself and plan my simple attempt at keeping a small community tank for years without getting demoralised losing fish and not doing it right. It should be pleasurable watching my fish swim in their little environment, right?