Tanked on Animal Planet

[Andrew Castagna]

Who else agrees with me that Brett and Wayde from Tanked kill the fish by cycling the tank in 3 hours, acclimating the fish during the cycling, and overstocking the tanks. *ALL*

 

[alysalouise]

And not giving them enough hiding places in most of the tanks....

 

[Orion]

meh. I figure they use 'old' filter media on the new tanks to skip cycling. I personally can't stand the people on that show most of the time, however I love a lot of the tanks they do (and hate my fair share). But at the end of the day they run a business so I'm sure they've got stuff worked out best for them and to keep their customers happy. it wouldn't be a good business practice to have a tank full of fish die in a few days. Not only would that be bad word of mouth, but they probably would have to replace the fish cost out of their own pocket.

 

[Andrew Castagna]

You are probably right Orion. But what about overstocking.

 

[Orion]

Most of what I've seen those guys do is SW, and I have no comment because I don't have the first clue as to what's good and what's overstocked. Really the only FW I can remember seeing have all been Malawi Cichlid tanks (That refrigerator tank was pretty cool, but I image would be a PAIN to keep looking algae free and clean), and those tanks are usually over stocked even in home tanks due to the aggression of the males.

I personally prefer the look of the natural tanks, that is reef tanks and tanks without TV's in them or giant tacky decor lol.

 

[Cichlid-Man]

They use a product much like Tetra Safe Start....which I've used before by the way, on a discus tank I might add. I won't swear by the stuff, but it definitely worked.

And I agree Orion. Some of their tank ideas are cool, but I wouldn't want it in my house.

 

[Kiara1125]

Hey ... don't diss them too much. They may have messed up a bit, but it's not like you know that the fish are always dying. What about the previous tanks that they've done and the same fish are there years later? They have AMAZING ideas, so don't go around with their pic as your avatar and go about dissing them like that. It's just not right ...

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Oh I've seen one of their tanks in person, its great....but others end up on ebay not to long after (not their fault but still).

 

[OrangeCones]

They use a product much like Tetra Safe Start

For a SW tank?

 

[KcMopar]

Yes, Dr. Tims is the only one that comes to me at this time. There are others.

 

[Andrew Castagna]

They ise their own product. They have it for sale on their website and Pet Co.

 

[KcMopar]

Here is the link: Fish Conditioners & Additives ATM from PETCO.com .
Nice info, They might use the last on for SW tanks.