"Tanked" Poor Example
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Lynnmw1208
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+1 my thoughts exactly. Do what mythbusters does and say "we are professionals, don't try this at home"
MS Reef Addict
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I watch the show for entertainment purposes only and for that it does its job. It also got my wife more interested in me getting a bigger tank as well.
emora
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A church is made up of (and funded by) it's followers. So if that's what they want, I have to respect it. I believe it says a lot about their values and priorities.
Personally, I would have hard time giving money to a church that spends it on frivolous novelties or to maintain the pastor's lavish lifestyle.
emora
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I think you are rather gullible if you believe its all a put on. The purpose of a reality show production is to avoid spending money on sets, props, scripts, etc. by filming real life situations. These guys have been commissioned to build those tanks and at the same time they're getting paid to do it on camera.
I believe that tv producers have a lot of responsibility for the messages that they put out. But in this case, the producers have hired the experts. Those "experts" (the stars of the show) are ultimately responsible. And it is obvious what their take is by what they do on the show.
In my opinion, they are only in it for the money and being responsible is not good business in their minds.
I thing it's normal that responsible reef keepers get bent out of shape by that attitude that flies in the face of what we believe in and try to promote.
I think Emora's right in the sense that as responsible reefkeepers, or even fish keepers in general, or, well, anyone who would keep any live animal, period, should probably feel a little insulted by the way they treat the fish in this show.
I do find it funny that the other day I was watching the show with a few friends of mine who don't keep pets at all, much less any sort of fish, and one of the things they said was "Hey, aren't they supposed to wait a while before putting in the fish? Won't that kill them right off the bat like that?"
So while maybe there are other factors to the show we don't know about, even someone who has no experience in the hobby at all even says "Hey, there's something wrong going on here."
I do think they build some excellent aquariums, and their ideas are completely outside of the box (No pun intended). But then again, they're doing what they're getting paid to do, and that's entertain.
And ultimately I'm not necessarily sure anyone can be faulted right now for making money when right now is one of the hardest times to find a reliable avenue to do so.
I do find it funny that the other day I was watching the show with a few friends of mine who don't keep pets at all, much less any sort of fish, and one of the things they said was "Hey, aren't they supposed to wait a while before putting in the fish? Won't that kill them right off the bat like that?"
So while maybe there are other factors to the show we don't know about, even someone who has no experience in the hobby at all even says "Hey, there's something wrong going on here."
I do think they build some excellent aquariums, and their ideas are completely outside of the box (No pun intended). But then again, they're doing what they're getting paid to do, and that's entertain.
And ultimately I'm not necessarily sure anyone can be faulted right now for making money when right now is one of the hardest times to find a reliable avenue to do so.
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emora
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That's what I mean about being responsible. There are many way of covering those bases if they wanted to.
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I think this show is going to make people believe it's that simple to keep a tank, FW or SW... they're gonna see the beauty in it and say "wow it's that easy" and go out and make it a hobby for about a few months then get bored. I could only bare watching one episode and it wasn't even a full episode. I can't stand that there is barley any talk about the fish they use, the equipment needed, and just the essentials of running a tank. I agree that it's a reality show based only to entertain, but I don't agree it on what they do on that show.
SoFloReefer
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The show sucks, the people on the show suck, and reality TV sucks. They should make a show about high end reef tanks that are legit, not ridiculous props.
huskerreef
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I talked with Brett at macna for a while and he is well aware of the perception the hobbyst have of how things are shown on the show. I get that the network wants ratings and quite frankly it would bore most viewers to death if the spent to much time on the details, its a TV show after all. I also think that a lot of hobbysts tend to be to quick to judge and criticize. I hope that the show inspires new people to have interest in the hobby and want to recreate a little piece of the ocean in their home. Regardless if editing short steps some pretty important items for success. You don't go to Walmart to get your saltwater tank (at least not yet), so I think that the LFS is just as responsable to educate a new customer that has interest in the hobby. If a consumer walks into any LFS, buys a reef tank, salt, sand and 25 Tangs and gets through the check out without anyone talking to them about what they are doing then I think that LFS is more responsable for the death of those animals than any TV network. The show is entertaining, my wife likes it so that one less battle for the remote :lol: and Brett actually seemed like a pretty decent guy, very approachable and didn't take offense to all the hobbysts questioning the shows integrity.
huskerreef
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According to Brett, the star of the show they had no say in the editting of the first two episodes. He also added that they are working to have more creative control in season 2 because of how things were potrayed in the early episodes. He said that as hobbysts we should be a lot happier with season 2.
Elite
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gon08
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I don't see anywhere on there where it says all Las Vegas knows all the fish are dead. In fact there is a question asked towards the bottom of the page as to why it's being sold and the answer is financial and personal reasons.
gon08
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And it will be canceled within the first month, cause the only people watching would be reef hobbyists and even then we would criticize it and tear it apart.
bballdad13
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I personally LOVE the show.....GOOOOO TANKED!!!!
Mikesville510
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I think we just can't turn away from the fishes! :inlove:
I'm someone who was also irked by the way they treated and acclimated fish, like why they put in a tang in that small jukebox tank.
If anything, I liked looking at the fish on the show, and yes, that red head is a hott. :lol: Other than that, the ideas they use are as asinine and dumb as what west coast customs did on pimp my ride. Though I will say they're really good at construction and tank related fabrication.
Mikesville510
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The clients on the show are all also really dumb. Who knows? Maybe they're the ones driving the tanked company to take shortcuts like acclimation because of tight deadlines. The over top theme tanks like the phone booth kill me.
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