Aquarium Store Depot is a hobbyist driven channel produced by a real team of aquarium enthusiasts. Our videos are researched, scripted, and brought to life by our lead narrator Taylor and a team who genuinely love this hobby. No AI, no automation, just real fishkeeping knowledge from people who keep tanks themselves.
Founded by Mark Valderrama, a lifelong fishkeeper since age 11, Aquarium Store Depot has grown into one of the most trusted voices in the aquarium space. Mark attends tradeshows across the country and has been featured as a technical editor for Wiley aquarium guides and cited by NBC Nightly News.
Beyond YouTube we run a full resource hub at aquariumstoredepot.com with a species care database, an in depth blog covering gear and husbandry, and an e-store.
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Taylor has a new video, check it out.
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One of my biggest critique videos I’ve made. Come support it. It’s a big one!
https://youtu.be/PgbvDc5_hAU
2 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 104
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Hi all. So Taylor started up an Anime Channel and wanted to see if anyone is interested in seeing the content. First video is here - https://youtu.be/nZAIzc_wVnw?is=wQkhL...
Taylor has been amazing and I hope for more success for him. Don’t worry he’s still doing work for ASD 😊
2 months ago | [YT] | 12
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My views have been way down lately. Out of curiosity what has changed on the channel for you? The algorithm hasn’t been favorable to me lately so I’m wondering if our content isn’t doing it for the community anymore. I have seen two clone channels of me lately and this could be why 😅.
2 months ago | [YT] | 226
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Hi there. I’m working on a pretty big video that’s going to be a comprehensive guide. You have been asking for it. I’m gonna deliver it.
5 months ago | [YT] | 157
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AI been citing me since the GPT went mainstream. Here’s another. I wrote that article before GPT3 existed 😂. #notAI
5 months ago | [YT] | 61
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Again I am the source for AI here’s another example from my blog from way back. I’ve been on the website game longer than many fishtubers have been on YouTube. That was where I started.
5 months ago | [YT] | 104
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So a channel accused me of AI. So you know from my most recent video that I’m real.
But just to let you know I’m not AI but I AM the AI source. My website and blog goes back to 2016. It cites me a lot. He’s an example from Claude as a receipt.
You aren’t AI when AI is citing you. That just means I’m the source 👌
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Hey all. I'm sorry for the delay in our face reveal and our 100K plaque unboxing. It's been a very hard week for me in my personal life and I haven't had time to setup with Taylor I've also been busy filming with my friend Ryan who has a sign company that does signs for the aquarium and pond industry.
What I'm going to do instead is do a short face reveal in our videos going forward with both me (Mark) and Taylor. Taylor also got his filmed so it will be in an upcoming video and I need to finish up mine which I should get done this week.
I have an exciting announcement for mine when it's done. I'm working on a very large database project similar to Fishbase - but hobby-centric. I hope you will enjoy it.
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