We got a local "Tanked" tank - Page 5

Nina51 · 04/10/2014, 04:58 AM

i think they should air a show...maybe call it "untanked"...where they film them removing the fish after the install. that would be fun to watch.

E Rosewater · 04/10/2014, 06:04 PM

I heard that the water was really cold when adding the fish. The LFS offered to get a bunch of heaters to help bring the temp up, but they said no and went ahead with the fish.

Also almost none of the fish are alive that they started with.

Cheapster · 04/10/2014, 09:05 PM

IMO, abusing an animal is almost as bad as abusing a human. They're abusing the fish because A) they're "cycling" the tank, throwing fish and corals in there, then take most of them back out. I bet half the fish that they take out don't make it because of the stress

OrQidz · 04/10/2014, 11:23 PM

I saw a bit of that episode recently. I get that it's a TV show, and they aren't showing everything, all the other prep work, etc. but the fact that all these fish are thrown into a new and often very unsuitable shaped tank, and then die, really makes me feel ill.

04/10/2014, 04:58 AM	#101
Nina51 biggliest cofveve champ Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: 5th floor, Illinois, gewgaw expert Posts: 3,506	i think they should air a show...maybe call it "untanked"...where they film them removing the fish after the install. that would be fun to watch. __________________ of all the things i've lost, i miss my gary the most. Never hold your farts in. They travel up your spine into your brain, and that is where crappy ideas come from. Current Tank Info: i gave my reef away and i feel like a bird out of a cage!!

04/10/2014, 06:04 PM	#102
E Rosewater Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 846	I heard that the water was really cold when adding the fish. The LFS offered to get a bunch of heaters to help bring the temp up, but they said no and went ahead with the fish. Also almost none of the fish are alive that they started with.

04/10/2014, 09:05 PM	#103
Cheapster Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 14	IMO, abusing an animal is almost as bad as abusing a human. They're abusing the fish because A) they're "cycling" the tank, throwing fish and corals in there, then take most of them back out. I bet half the fish that they take out don't make it because of the stress

04/10/2014, 11:23 PM	#104
OrQidz Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 825	I saw a bit of that episode recently. I get that it's a TV show, and they aren't showing everything, all the other prep work, etc. but the fact that all these fish are thrown into a new and often very unsuitable shaped tank, and then die, really makes me feel ill.