Your thoughts on fish Youtubers like Paul Cuffaro, Catch Em All Fishing, and Nick Bingo?

[SalviniCichlidFan]

Admittedly, I read just the last two or three pages, didn't plow through the whole thread. I've seen the occasional video by these types, some are better than others, but I don't follow any of these guys, once in a while I might learn something but most are less experienced than I am in the first place and a waste of my time.

What I enjoy most and learn the most from are on-location, underwater habitat videos-- species that are social or not so much, species that are found together, what their environments look like, including variability from one location to another: color of water, how much current, low water vs. flood stage, rocky, sandy, clear, murky, clean bottom vs a lot of detritus, etc. Get a feel for what they do in the wild and get things 'right' in your own tank and you might enjoy something roughly resembling their natural behavior and interaction, which I find aesthetically pleasing-- or get that some of the time, not when they're all dancing at you in the morning waiting to be fed.

...That said, there are some really nice tank videos out there-- aquascape, certain species, etc.

yeah we all got to admit that our aquascaping is inferior to what nature really looks like. most of us don't aquascape so our fish tanks don't like natural. some of us aquascape based on symmetry and perfect ratios which really isn't how nature works. then there are some who make these beautiful and brightly green aquascaped tanks, but in nature fish's habitats don't look that "beautiful and brightly green" if u know what I mean

 

[neutrino]

yeah we all got to admit that our aquascaping is inferior to what nature really looks like. most of us don't aquascape so our fish tanks don't like natural. some of us aquascape based on symmetry and perfect ratios which really isn't how nature works. then there are some who make these beautiful and brightly green aquascaped tanks, but in nature fish's habitats don't look that "beautiful and brightly green" if u know what I mean

Or how often are wild waterways crystal clear? Some are, or some are part of the time, but just as often they're not. Crystal clear water does make a nice display, though.

 

[FESHMAN]

yeah we all got to admit that our aquascaping is inferior to what nature really looks like. most of us don't aquascape so our fish tanks don't like natural. some of us aquascape based on symmetry and perfect ratios which really isn't how nature works. then there are some who make these beautiful and brightly green aquascaped tanks, but in nature fish's habitats don't look that "beautiful and brightly green" if u know what I mean

I think each have their own merits. Aquascaping have turned into more of an art with its own standards, while nature is more random and "chaotic". While I'm not sure if one is more inferior to the other, I think each of them achieve a certain goal.

Or how often are wild waterways crystal clear? Some are, or some are part of the time, but just as often they're not. Crystal clear water does make a nice display, though.

Exactly, if you want to go 100% natural you wont be able to see 90% of the fish we keep