Gregcoyote
Aquarium Advice Addict
Makes my point. Tanked was not developed for people in the hobby.
Hey guys I found this little blog someone wrote about the show. I am not going to say the blogger is write or wrong on the specific tanks he mentioned, but just look at the comment left by someone claiming to be Phillip Dominguez, a rep for ATM, or so he says. Just read his comment it should be the first one.
The person leaving the comment was a total d***. He even insulted the blogger personally.
http://lasvegasbadger.blogspot.com/2012/06/tv-show-tanked-not-all-its-cracked-up.html?m=1
No proof that was actually someone who worked for ATM could be trolling
Watched the new Fish Tank Kings where they rented a tank for an ad agency. Finally heard it on the air: Francis the biologist shouted "we can't do it because its bad for the fish!" They of course did it anyway, but he tried.
Isn't that show on National Geographic? I'm surprised they would do something like that.
Wait...I'm not...viewers = advertising $$.
I still will pen a letter to NG about it though.
Watched the new Fish Tank Kings where they rented a tank for an ad agency. Finally heard it on the air: Francis the biologist shouted "we can't do it because its bad for the fish!" They of course did it anyway, but he tried.
I think that a lot of that is drama for tv. I'm all for doing what is good for fish, but if it had been a rental, putting a couple dozen damsels in a big tank for a few hours is not necessarily "good" for the fish, but its probably not any worse than when they are shipped a couple times from whoever collected them to the wholesaler and then to a LFS. Ammonia levels would not be bad that quick.
I'm always more worried about how both of these shows fully stock these tanks all at once for the reveals. Seems like even in a cycled tank, that is a huge increase to bioload.
I agree. At least it wasn't a tank full of tangs. Francis had it right choosing damsels.
I would have been more worried if it was anything but damsels or clowns. I bet that they were fine.
Francis, their biologist, is quite smart. But they constantly abuse him on the show and seem uninterested in his opinions. I would prefer a show with just Francis. Both shows concentrate on selling rubber corals. Uuggh.
its on tv its just for entertainment, ATM took alot of heat from hobbiests and apparently they can only do so much in so little time for the producers of the show.
who knows if all their tanks are done like this but i would assume they all aren't some just have to be in order to keep the viewer happy
I live in Vegas. I can say ATM does have its own set of issues. Extreme prices, poor customer relations, but man, they make some beautiful tanks.