Patrick_G Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 We live in the Seattle area and knew the retail store exsisted, but didn’t know about the YouTube. When we were getting ready to buy our first planted tank we started watching Irene’s channel and reading the blog. We loved the great content and assumed she was the manager of the store! On our first visit they set us straight.😀 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 July 11, 2020, I was looking for some information on lighting and found Cory's video's. He was refreshingly straight forward, and I ended up ordering plants from the Aquarium Co-Op the next day July 12. Two days later on July 14, 2020 I get an email with an invitation to the new forum, so I joined as the 17th public member. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desktop Aquatics Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Found him about 6-7 years ago when watching the King of DIY on YouTube as a suggested video. I’ve been watching off and on for about as long and just recently became a member and joined the forum after I set up my first aquarium!!! Never looking back I love the community and the YouTube channel! Proud to be a nerm!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griznatch Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 I was buying stuff on-line from the store and signed up after getting some of the newsletters. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 I was desperate to find a sponge filter that was not the miserable fine foam that clogs and one not to hard to modify by adding an airstone. 🤩 this Coop place does both let’s check it out….This lead to purchases and every video and now the forum. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott P. Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Popped up on youtube so I gave it a watch. Many videos later I realized Cory had a store brick and online. Then shortly after that, I was like WOW they got a forum too. So here I am. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Various Vivaria Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 I found the Co-op in July of last year, cause KG tropicals recommended them as an excellent resource for community tanks. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineSong Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Pretty sure I googled "fish forum" or "planted tank forum" or something like that. 17 or so years ago I learned a lot from a forum for goldfish keepers--it's where I learned about Walstad tanks. After my last goldfish died, I had a decade + of only bettas. This summer I decided that when gardening season wrapped up this year I would gift my betta and myself with a planted tank, but I knew I was out of practice and could use help. Of course, once I hung around the forum and saw everyone's tanks, I couldn't wait for fall and I bought a tank within weeks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mynameisnobody Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 I began watching the coop on YouTube about 5 years ago. I used to watch a ton of different “fish tubers” until I started eliminating most according to how much they impacted my hobby. Aquarium coop is one of 2 channels I watch now, and the second is a history channel. The coop has never let me down and they’re always trying to improve the hobby. I wish we had a Cory for the tarantula hobby as well. Thank you for 5 tremendous years. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 I lost my last marine tank to a storm and flooding, and took a long break. I thought about a nano reef tank, and then saw some cool planted videos, but everything seemed complicated. Aquarium Co-Op provided a mellow approach with low blood pressure. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonder Boy Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 The YouTubes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtemisCai Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 I have always wanted a Black Moor. I decided to start doing research in preparation a few months ago. One day I stumbled upon one of Cory's videos on You Tube and have been watching them obsessively ever since. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atitagain Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 I was searching for videos on YouTube about African cichlids, a video from aquarium coop came up and I started watching then realized it was like 2 hours long and 6 years old. I turned it off because I was all about short videos on exactly what I wanted to know about. I circled back to that video about a month later and watched entire thing. Been hooked ever since. Now the live streams are my favorite and only 1 of my 14 tanks is AC rest are mostly planted with a fairly wide range of fish. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 I don’t remember exactly. I was probably surfing aquarium/fish videos, or somebody might have mentioned ACO on a Facebook forum. Found the website, got eh emails, tried the forum, but didn’t get hooked immediately. Got sick of the crazy and the incredibly stupid on Facebook, tried the forum again and realized just how smart and supportive this collective was, especially compared to nearly all the Facebook forums. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalmedByFish Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 On 8/19/2021 at 7:21 PM, Streetwise said: Aquarium Co-Op provided a mellow approach with low blood pressure. This is largely what *kept* me connected. I know I originally found it on YouTube. I'm pretty sure I was researching info on endlers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChemBob Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 I met another local fish keeper through Facebook and we met at a big box fish store to swap some snails I bred unintentionally. He mentioned Aquarium Coop, so I checked it out as my first foray into FishTube and have been hooked since. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Playz Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Browsing on fish vids and there was the Co-Ops trip to Peru video. Shortly after that I ordered sponge filter from the Co-Op and I love how good quality the stuff was and how much they cared about people’s aquariums. Then I was in love! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Peace Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 I found them on Youtube. I think I was researching on sponge filters. I came to love Aquarium Co-op. They are now one of our favorite fish stores! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy F Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Found him on Youtube doing a search for info on setting up a goldfish tank. I do enjoy his videos from time to time but truthfully the only time I have time to listen is if I am doing tank maintenance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowells Fish Lab Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 I first saw a video Jimmy made with Dean about how to hatch brine shrimp. I think I found others afterward in the suggested videos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 cruising youtube looking for fish tank ideas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the other Irene Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 December 2020 during the pandemic my koi angelfish bred in my 100g community planted aquarium. I found the fry as wrigglers and needed to figure out how to hatch BBS fast and found the video. Then I started watching everything. joined the forum. Joined as a member. Totally hooked. In May I was in the Pacific Northwest and went to the store. Had the T-shirt on so got to feed Murphy. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingFishKeeper Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 I think either through KG Tropicals, or one of the video's showed up on my home page after watching a KG Tropicals with my video in it. I went to the store for the plants for my first planted tank and have ordered from there multiple times since. The quality's always been great, and the YouTube gives a lot and is free. I found the forum through the store page, and browsed without an account for at least a month. After that I signed up and haven't regretted since. ACO and the community surrounding it really benefits my hobby. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimfish98 Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 I've been telecommuting for 13 years and have been watching Youtube for everything fish, house, computer, etc related during down times. Came across the channel a number of years ago when Cory was setting up the garage with cinder blocks and such and first thing that came to my mind was "Damn I wish I had a basement to set something like that up"...been watching since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 I have no idea what I was researching but I was looking for something on YouTube and it came up recommended. Thanks algorithm! 😊 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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