@Eddie Dingle Hello, I am looking forward to be a very active member of this community and I really like Cory's videos on Youtube, actually I started to be addicted and now I am watching all the old videos (or most of them) as well 😂
There is a huge community in Egypt of fish hobbyists but unfortunately there are no professional shops like what you have in the US or Europe, this was the main reason that I started following a few western channels like Aquarium Co-Op and Green Aqua, our main problem in Egypt is in importing fish food, tanks devices/gadgets ... etc. most of what we have in Egypt is imported from China and a good portion of it is of low quality, and when you find a branded item it will probably require a lot of money to purchase, well this is the negative part but there is also a very positive part related to the hobbyists themselves, we have a lot of people who breed a lot of fish and grow a lot of plants and usually you can purchase what you need from a fellow hobbyist, and HYG some more info regarding this part:
There are a lot of Egyptian Youtube channels, I myself maintain a website www.egypt-aquarium.com where I put links for most of the Arabic videos on a daily basis
There are a lot of Whatsapp and Telegram groups where people can connect directly with each other
And of course most of the people have Facebook pages or groups where they can connect as well
And the fish/plants are relatively cheap compared to the US, HYG some prices:
A couple of livebearers starting from 0.5 USD
African Cichlids starting from 6 USD each
Tetras in the range of 3 - 5 USD each
Gold fish would be in the range of 1 - 2 USD
Angels probably in the same range as gold fish
The most expensive plants would be in the range of 10 - 15 USD
So as you can see our prices are probably much less than the US, but you have much better options related to the tanks, air pumps and filters, as well as better quality food and the different chemicals used in the water