Anybody watch tanked tonight?

[zparticle]

LOL, suggesting that someone that is paying to have a $100k or more custom tank built and installed is going to be cleaning the thing and feeding the fish is ridiculous.

I'd love to see more on the filtration systems, just because I'm curious, but that isn't the point of the show. Flash and dash, so people will see the ads that pay for the show.

Also it is obvious they aren't cycling anything with the sort build times. I assume that the filtration systems are insane and therefore cycling would be pointless on that scale. What are they going to do, bring in a tanker of ammonia?

 

[-Mac-]

~...snip...~ Also it is obvious they aren't cycling anything with the sort build times. I assume that the filtration systems are insane and therefore cycling would be pointless on that scale. What are they going to do, bring in a tanker of ammonia?

Actually at one point one of the guys says they'd prefer to have a six to eight week build window, rather than two weeks. If they were going to stock a tank, they'd have plenty of time to get good media. That said, I know it's sacrilegious around here, but cycling fish in, isn't the end of the world either.

However, as you, I and a few others have said, it's about the flashy tanks, not the gritty details of how said tanks work or fare after the fact.

 

[Kickingfish]

This show kills me! They do some cool designs but how handle the fish s a crime. Squeezing a puffer to make it blow up, taking fish out of water in nets and with their hands! Wife/sister almost froze to death in the "SHARK" tank too. Good aquarium builders terrible aquarist! And you know these cool designs someone else has to clean. Bet they are a nightmare! Won't keep me from watching and getting ideas though!

 

[Bubble_B0y]

I was curious about the CAR aquarium and the PHONE BOOTH aquarium.
Is it safe to use these objects?
Would the paint, chemicals leak into the aquarium water and be toxic for the fish?

 

[-Mac-]

I was curious about the CAR aquarium and the PHONE BOOTH aquarium.
Is it safe to use these objects?
Would the paint, chemicals leak into the aquarium water and be toxic for the fish?

The phone booth and car are shells placed upon the outside of the custom acrylic tanks.
And that phone booth was awesome. Loved it. The TV Mob tank had such lovely fish!

 

[AddictiveAdam]

I wanted that Mob Tank sooo bad it was great!

 

[jetajockey]

That said, I know it's sacrilegious around here, but cycling fish in, isn't the end of the world either.

Fish-in cycling? Blasphemy!

This show kills me! They do some cool designs but how handle the fish s a crime. Squeezing a puffer to make it blow up, taking fish out of water in nets and with their hands!

I haven't seen this show yet, what do you mean by taking fish out of the water with nets and with their hands?

I use my hands to transfer most of my larger fish, especially catfish. The nanos are too delicate but the larger ones transfer better than they do in the netting process.

 

[-Mac-]

So far they've used something like the transfer section from my AccliMate (perforated acrylic box) and a net to move fish from their various holding spots to their tanks. Funny, I use both a net and an perforated acrylic box to move my fish around too. I must be some kind of evil such and so... Hmmm, Who knew.

 

[Kickingfish]

Lol Mac. Don't think you are evil and everyone has to use a net sometimes. But holding fish up in nets and letting them flop around for entertainment sake is not a good practice and not something you would think that they should be doing. There are going to be people that watch that do not know that that is not a good practice. The acrylic boxes are great for those purposes. I try to use everything but a net when moving fish but sometimes the old way is the best way! Have to balance stress of the fish over removing a little of the slime coat.

 

[HappyFit]

I found the show to be very entertaining. Yes people who initially who have no idea on the maintenance and prepping of fish tank may get the idea that it's a piece of cake and that's what dangerous. Hey that's why aquarium advice community's are here for. For the cycling question, I'm sure they use some type of cycling product like this: http://www.drtimsaquatics.com/One_Only/OneOnly.html.

I can't wait for new episodes!

 

[Kickingfish]

Oh and I am talking about at the fish wholesale in LA also.

 

[Kickingfish]

Completely agree jeta. Use my hands to transfer fish all the time. Watch the show. When they are at the wholesaler in LA they kinda reek havoc in there.

 

[fishiegal]

We don't have that channel

 

[RamCichlidLover]

I couldn't watch it because I don't have cable. Most likely it will eventually become available on netflix. However, I happened to get my bearded dragon, Dragos, at the same time the show was on.

 

[Purevil21]

I watched Episode 2, thinking that just MAYBE I would see something explaining the debut debacle. I was mistaken, as a matter of fact they only furthered my distaste for their show. When I saw their install vehicles, I had hope that maybe the hoses I saw in the debut were being fed from one of their trucks with a water tank filled with RODI. In this weeks episode, the casino tank install was having temperature issues. The water was above ninety degrees, which the guys explained by saying they only had access to a hot water line from the hotel. At this point there were 21 boxes full of fish sitting in a hotel lobby waiting to go into this death camp, their solution? Dump ice from the hotels ice machines into the tank. I also saw that they dump salt into the tank during filling and as soon as the salinity and temp are correct they dump the fish into the tank. Surely these guys have to know the salt continues dissolving and the salinity continues to rise for another day. I want to know how many fish die after the first month in this tank, the tanks are grossly overloaded considering there is absolutely no biological filter to speak of. If this wasn't bad enough, the idiots turned a phone booth into an aquarium. Cool idea, if it was stocked properly. I don't know the exact dimensions of a phone booth, but I am certain that multiple tangs have no business in it. In summary, I have seen no glimpse of hope for this show. The crews antics are all staged, poorly at that, and the message they promote is that wealthy individuals get what they want, no matter the impact on the ecosystem and the hobby in general. This entire show is fuel for the fire of those groups that want our hobby outlawed. Tanked is officially off my DVR list, and I plan on writing to animal planet to thank them for all the bad publicity for responsible fish and reef keepers. Just my $0.02.

 

[slitherbomb]

Well RO/DI water is really only necessary if the tank is going to be a reef. If it's a fowlr tank, then the only bad thing is it'll let algae grow.

 

[mfdrookie516]

^ While you're at it, write Discovery and let them know how American Choppers doesn't talk about proper motorcycle safety practices.... and write ABC and let them know how Extreme Makeover Home Edition doesn't talk about proper building code adherence, etc. The fact is, that show isn't designed to teach or anything like that. To be completely honest, I doubt I would watch it if it talked about cycling, feeding, all this stuff that everyone seems to be upset with.

 

[Purevil21]

If you paid six figures for a tank, would you want anything but the best? I would like a count of how many of these fish don't make it through the first month, I would be willing to bet the number is significant. Their clients are the type that probably just continue to shell out the money for losses.

 

[Purevil21]

I don't have an issue that they don't TEACH proper technique, I have an issue that they don't PRACTICE it. American choppers does, as they point out multiple times that most of their show bikes aren't street legal, and explain why. As far as home makeover, they don't go over code, but they follow it. You assume watching these shows that they are doing things right, the difference is the average viewer assumes what they see on Tanked is correct as well, when it obviously is not. At the same time, the average viewer watching tanked has no knowledge of the subject matter. This only encourages the notion that keeping aquariums is easy and can be done by anyone with little to no effort or research.

 

[Rinzy]

^ While you're at it, write Discovery and let them know how American Choppers doesn't talk about proper motorcycle safety practices.... and write ABC and let them know how Extreme Makeover Home Edition doesn't talk about proper building code adherence, etc. The fact is, that show isn't designed to teach or anything like that. To be completely honest, I doubt I would watch it if it talked about cycling, feeding, all this stuff that everyone seems to be upset with.

The point is that this is on animal planet - which is usually pretty good about going over the care and maintenance of animals. They barely even talk about the fish and make it seem like aquarium keeping is as easy as just adding water. I've watched animal planet for years and they used to have great programming but it looks like they are getting sucked into crappy reality television like everyone else. The show seems like it's main focus is on the employees (who aren't that funny or interesting for that matter) rather than the animals involved - and being animal planet, the viewers would expect this. And while you say it is the same with choppers and building code - most people that see those shows and decide " wow, I want to buy a motorcycle!" obviously they have to learn to operate and get a licence to be approved to even ride one. Main point is, this show is involving live animals and unfortunatly, people aren't required to get a licence or even learn how to care for these animals before they decide " I can dump water in a tank and throw fish in, that looks easy"