No need for forgiveness for asking. It's a valid question! I spoke with people through folks who are bilingual. I'd love to speak with them directly, but I cannot speak Portuguese. Now I need to have the interviews we did translated so I can edit. It's never ideal to tell a story across languages, but it's common to rely on translations in international films. I would normally have gotten these translated right away, but COVID hit weeks after I returned home and it put some major delays on the film production.
I'll be more than happy to help. This project is extremely important for our community and especially important for the preservation of the environment in which these fish live.
I live in Brazil now in Minas Gerais around 700 km north west of São Paulo...I'd love to help but as a "Gringo" living here I'm still getting to grasp with the Portuguese language, not easy to learn at all. As a second note I've been to the Rio Negro and spent a few days visting a Famous "now derelict" eco hotel called Ariau Amazon Towers in 2008 and before it closed down. Amazing place, I have fond memories of catching piranhas there and in 2015 I created a massive fully planted mega 600L aquarium full of 14 red and yellow piranhas and other fish here in Brazil. Cheers, great short film, well done...Alex.
So the alternative is to transport them around the world, causing stress, and then putting them in 5 gallon bowls, there are worse things than death, its a wonderfully unethical system
Did a large part of my senior thesis on Project Piaba and talked about the industry around the harvesting in this region wish this was done when I did the project, keep up the good work!
I've been watching your channel for a while now, and love what you're doing with it, diving into the background of the fishkeeping hobby is an interesting topic. I really like the topic and thoroughly enjoy the production value you put into your videos. Thank you for all you do.
this is really helpful for people like me who's planning to build an Amazon Rainforest tank that would closely resemble the natural habitat of the fish. thanks Alex! :)
It shows people with barf gravel and artificial plants what the nature really looks like. If we keep fish as prisoners we need to do whatever is possible to imitate natural habitat. Edit: My betta fish is thankful for top comment and all the likes.
Those flooded forests are not planted with plants sold for the aquarium trade. So you are not imitating a natural habitat with a planted aquarium. But you are providing a good alternative.
As long as the water is according to the needs of the fish i’m sure that they don’t care the least whether the aquarium-plants are Asian or Southamerican. Or if the scape is closer to an English garden than the big wild.
Such a cool video! I think there should be much more videos about the places where our beloved plants and animals come from, for us to be better able in replicating their habitats as well as making better decisions as consumers. Very much looking forward to the full video / movie!
@@ritamghosh5118 you cannot copy it entirely, i only said they can look better in your tank. besides, they will survive much longer in a well made setup getting guaranteed food, shelter, and protection compared to in the wild.
Love & Thank You for many Tank Raised Endangered Fish Species are thriving in many Aquarists' Home Sweet Home! Thank You So Much too for Preserving the many Beautiful & Delicate Freshwater Flora & Fauna through the Aquarium Trades! Stay Safe & Stay Humble! 🕯🌷🌿🌏
Honestly either someone collects them or someone farms them. Then we don't pay the collectors what they deserve in most cases but this is changing so fingers crossed things are improving.
Yes Finally film making about our wonderful aquarium fish;!!! I've been waiting for this all my life Alex .lol seriously though this is going to be a hit!!!!! Great job as always
Before we even got into the video I was already like “This planet is too beautiful for us to be worthy here”, knowing that the amazon and Brazilian jungles may become extinct because of humans.
That is why we NEED TO LEARN TO KEEP THEM in captivity, because the day WILL come, WHEN THE LAST TREE FALLS, AND THE ONLY PLACE FOR THE ANIMALS, INSECTS, AND PLANTS WILL BE IN ZOOS OR PRIVATE OWNERS. WE NEED TO KEEP LEARNING HOW TO CARE AND BREED ALL THE CREATURES THAT ARE NOT PETS.
Thank you for helping the people of Brasil and south america , and also for talking about conservation, there is a lot of videos of fishkeeping and no one seems to care about draining these resourses
I see your point. But have you even watched the full video? Also you'd rather have these locals turn to logging and clearing trees for farm land than do this job? Cardinal tetras is probably one of the least harm done to them as once the wet season dries up majority of cardinal tetras will end up dying anyway. So what harm can be done if the fishers harvest fish that are essentialy fated to die?
@@kioy102 I think they can find a way to farm them. I'm glad they are watching what they take so they don't take too many in the mean time. It should be illegal to farm them in the US. for a number of reasons. As for logging and clear cutting, there needs to be an effort to replant what is taken. The Amazon is one big renewable resource, if people do it correctly and don't pollute in the process.
farm raising fish requires food, filtration, and aeration while these fish costs pennies so it doesn't make sense unless you live far away and the shipping is expensive, even if you try to culture these fish in nets on the river, you would still need food which again is expensive for such a cheap fish.
There is only one thing alien to this planet. And that is us, homo-sapiens is the only animal specie that made itself completely alien to the rest of the planet..
hello I'm from Indonesia🇮🇩, very lucky to meet you, even though we are from different countries🌏. your video work is very beautiful, I always see it from every message that comes in, I really appreciate your work, hopefully we can meet again in the latest video,❤😍👍
YESS Project Piaba! I was just apart of an aquarium e-conference hosted by the founder of Project Piaba and it was an amazing presentation. I work for a wholesaler where these fish come in from the exporters and my company only gets their cardinals through the communities and people that are managed by project piaba. I hope to see more programs like this for saltwater fish (as that is the area in which I work).
this is gonna be so cool, I've always been interested in knowing where aquarium trade fish come from and I'm glad to see that these people are being sustainable about their fish collecting
Looks a beautiful place esp. From a cold grey London ravaged with COVID-19 I will always look of the wild caught Cardinal in a different light and remember them all
I have missed you! And WOW this was simply lovely and beautifully done!! Such an important story and I'm excited to hear you tell it! I will check out the links!! And I know in my heart you will find the help you need translating! I'm also excited to see what you've done with your aquariums! Stay well my friend until next time...🤗🌱🐟🌿🙏
This is frickin' awesome!!!! it would be amazing for everyone if the people who collected the fish for our hobby became a known part of the hobby. I think that most of us would pay a little more for our fish if the money went to the people who collected them. Also, you make the best content. So thank you.
Wow, I really enjoyed that segment from your new film or based on it. I will have to check it out as it progresses, it sounds like a really fabulous project. The best of luck with it!
Wonderful video! I'm looking forward to the full video! Such an amazing topic, something that I'm sure a lot of hobbyists have questioned. I'm excited to see more 👍🐟. Keep up the great work! 👏
Nice! One of my favorite fish. I always get wild collected ones to support the folks collecting them. I'm actually wondering with everything going on in the world now if there has been a problem lately though because in the past few months prices of cardinals (which were already sort of expensive) have almost doubled.
I came across your video and watched it I found it very interesting someone finally had the idea to research and show actually how aquarium fish come from and where they end up seems like a very interesting documentary not to mention good information I hope you show more would love to watch it
Maybe you can try on wild catching clown loach (botia macracantha) in Batanghari River, Indonesia. In rain season, the local will collect them straight from the flooded forest. But global warming and deforestation change everything.
