Poor state of fish at T-Rex at Disney

[nmbeg]

Hi all. Just wanted to air a grievance.

I went to the T-Rex restaurant at Downtown Disney (part of Disney World but not owned by Disney I don't think). It's a Rainforest type place with many aquariums. They seated me next to a large round tall aquarium with a sign that said "marine reef aquarium". Of course, it was FOWLER. Actually I didn't see any rock at all. Only brightly colored fake corals. And a bioball floating around.

Anyway it was filled with foxface rabbits, yellow tangs, blue hippos, and an and anthia and wrasse here or there. The foxfaces all had ich. Many were blind. One was floating at the bottom taking it's last breaths. Another was skimming the top. The tangs had poor color, sunken bellies, and ragged fins. Many of them seemed at their deathbeds too.

Overall, a very poor state of affairs. The customers nor the staff seemed to notice.

 

[ReefWreak]

I'm sorry to hear that. I'll be honest, when I was at Animal Kingdom about.... 3 months ago.... and ate at the Rainforest Cafe there, I was thoroughly impressed with the health of their livestock. Easily the best commercial marine aquarium display as far as quality and color in a fish-only habitat. I came expecting to see what you see in most places that have salt water fish (pain, disease, misery) but instead saw some beautiful vibrant healthy fish.

I know my anecdote doesn't help, but with some good is some bad. If you really are appalled at the display, do write the restaurant and their parent company a strongly worded letter, heck mention it made you lose your appetite....