Question of the Day What planted aquarium YouTube channels are worth watching? What's your favorite?

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Hey Team -

It's awesome that we have YouTube as this is such a visual hobby. Let's start a list of the best ones out there so we can all tune in!

I'll start, one of my favorites is Green Aqua's channel. Amazing content and production. Balazs Farkas has TV production experience and it definitely shows!

This is my favorite video on an aquascaping masterclass by Josh Sims. I have an interview with Josh coming this week for us.



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What's your favorite channel? Let's find some we don't know. Oh, don't cheat and post your own, if you have one.
 
I enjoy relatively new channels, especially channels from seasoned aquarists that are starting a new tank, with all the bells and whistles. If they say it how it is, the better, no fuss.

Where most channels lose me are when they gain obvious sponsors and use the same products again and again or when they simply begin to regurgitate the same information as most of the larger channels.

Some channels will do a great job at getting things going, hype you up for some sort of build series, and then immediately want to change it all because of an issue, or because they just need "new" content. Nothing is worse than watching a great tank in it's prime be town down for no reason other than a small algae outbreak.

The Green Machine - I like their methods, a bit out dated now but still great tank builds.
ADGVibe - Fantastic builds.
PlantedMN (now known as TM Aquatics) - Great tanks of the past, but lost me with all the sudden changes of great tanks.
Jack Wattley Discus - Everything Discus with no BS - straight to the point.
 
Art the video you posted is a good one with great worthwhile content.

I don't really follow anybody on Youtube, but am going to check out the channels listed in this thread.
 
Thanks @Art for this post, was going to suggest this myself, from my side I am following many YouTube channels, actually more than I really need, let me list a few of my favourites here (some of them are talking about keeping fish and plants, not aquascaping 100%):
 
Hey there everyone! I think this is a great opportunity to share the Ultum Nature Systems YouTube channel, we have a mixture of tutorial, Q&A, travel, and some fun entertainment material thrown in there as well! I plan to do livestreams and workshops that will be uploaded to the channel as well. We're always looking for ways to improve and also to hear what the community wants so please give us your feedback in the comments as well!

 
ayman.roshdy said:
Thanks @Art for this post, was going to suggest this myself, from my side I am following many YouTube channels, actually more than I really need, let me list a few of my favourites here (some of them are talking about keeping fish and plants, not aquascaping 100%):
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This is a great list, thanks for posting. I follow more than half of these but there are a few new channels for me to check out.
 
For diorama / jungle style , definitely ones from Indonesian scaper like

The aquatic freak
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Aquariset X Aquajaya

🔥 Nature design

Aqua design amano

🔥 Technical side

Dennis/ 2hr aquarist
Steven chong

🔥 Cinematography

Tropictank
 
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I enjoy relatively new channels, especially channels from seasoned aquarists that are starting a new tank, with all the bells and whistles. If they say it how it is, the better, no fuss.

Where most channels lose me are when they gain obvious sponsors and use the same products again and again or when they simply begin to regurgitate the same information as most of the larger channels.

Some channels will do a great job at getting things going, hype you up for some sort of build series, and then immediately want to change it all because of an issue, or because they just need "new" content. Nothing is worse than watching a great tank in it's prime be town down for no reason other than a small algae outbreak.

The Green Machine - I like their methods, a bit out dated now but still great tank builds.
ADGVibe - Fantastic builds.
PlantedMN (now known as TM Aquatics) - Great tanks of the past, but lost me with all the sudden changes of great tanks.
Jack Wattley Discus - Everything Discus with no BS - straight to the point.
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Careful with JWDiscus. I worked there for several years even scaping the tanks in the shop. Anyways there's tons of BS. Biggest reason I don't work there anymore. When it comes to plants, Gabe knows very little.

Love the Green Machine! Green Aqua is awesome as well.

I also like watching the channels with terrarium builds. Learn a lot watching those as well.
 
ayman.roshdy said:
Thanks @Art for this post, was going to suggest this myself, from my side I am following many YouTube channels, actually more than I really need, let me list a few of my favourites here (some of them are talking about keeping fish and plants, not aquascaping 100%):
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Found this channel a couple of days ago, things are explained in an easy and very straight forward way, I really liked it. For experienced aquascapers and planted tank hobbyists you probably won't find anything new, but for new comers I believe it is very good

Aquascape Guide: https://www.youtube.com/@aquascapeguide
 
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