"Tanked" aquarium reality show!

[Cheebs]

My lady told me she saw a preview for a TV show premiering soon on TLC called "Tanked".

I took a look on youtube, and found some commercials for it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOGTmQ5bNU8&feature=related

It looks really interesting! When i first heard about it I was really hoping it'd be more of a show where they go see tons of personal aquariums in peoples' homes, and we could see their setups. Instead, it's a show about an aquarium building company that builds huge, interesting aquariums. I'm excited for it, but after watching the preview, what i'm really itching to see is if they really know their stuff, and do things right I can already tell that my true fish-geekiness will really come when I'm watching it with my girlfriend


Edit: After watching it one more time, I'm actually pretty concerned about their methods of starting up tanks. We'll see! Do these guys seem a little off to you?

[robt18]

When I saw they were making a show about it I was really interested but after I watched the teaser I was kinda disappointed... I'm not really interested in watching some guy put plastic ornaments into a fish tank... I want to see the plumbing and lighting specs... probably not what the general population is interested in!

Still might check it out once in a while...

[Cheebs]

When I saw they were making a show about it I was really interested but after I watched the teaser I was kinda disappointed... I'm not really interested in watching some guy put plastic ornaments into a fish tank... I want to see the plumbing and lighting specs... probably not what the general population is interested in!

Still might check it out once in a while...

I was thinking the exact same thing. I guess we're a little more fish crazy than the general public, but I was really hoping for that type of show too..

[bt]

The first episode has already aired in the US, and it's getting pretty mixed reviews on "proper process".  The only reason it's getting mixed reviews instead of bad is that we don't know what processes they're going through that don't make it to air.

[JetJumper]

Hmm, S01E01 is on my Torrent tracker list.  Time to download and see

[az]

they qoted me 130,000.00 for a big tank, not even a huge tank, before shipping.

but some nice work they have done.

[Hookup]

Hmm, S01E01 is on my Torrent tracker list.  Time to download and see

Hook me up... 

[JetJumper]

Hook me up... 

PM Sent

[dan2x38]

PM Sent

me too... plz? 

[JetJumper]

Are you into the Torrent scene dan?

[dan2x38]

Are you into the Torrent scene dan?

yes but do not know how to do it faster? I use Bitlord.

[Fishnut]

Wow...That might be kinda interesting.  It's definately playing off the perception of the public when it comes to the sharks though.  I'll be curious to see how the episodes play out.

The market for saltwater fish and their set-ups is about to get a big boost!

[bt]

The market for saltwater fish and their set-ups is about to get a big boost!

That isn't necessarily a good thing if the show is too light on information.  Just look at what happened with Dalmatians after the live action 101 Dalmatians was released.

[Fishnut]

Yes...I wholeheartedly agree.  Most people live such shallow, media driven lives that they don't stop to think about what they're getting into.  The see a dramatization and want exactly that...but they have no idea that there is a difference between a fictional dramatization and reality.

I cringe whenever pixar comes out with a new animal related film...Rio for example.  As if there's not already enough neglected and mis-understood parrots in the world.   FYI Pixar...parrots shouldn't be drinking coco!!!

[Darth]

What about finding memo after the movie I saw a talkshow and someone came out with 2 in a goldfish bowl I wonder how many parents just went out and bought a bowl and a few clowns

[JetJumper]

well, I watched it last night.  They don't really touch base on filtration at all.  They say you need it, but they don't go into details about whats involved.  The show mainly focus' on what people want and them having to build it or implement it whether it be an already established tank or a new build.  Granted they have some sweet tanks that they have to build like a $30,000 quarantine only system with filtration outside burred underground next to the guys drive way

I am sure most of these people that get these systems have a service contract with them to maintain the system as most of them just like to look at stuff.. not work on it

[az]

true, its not 'what car you got' anyomre, its 'what size marine tank you got'.

I was told this how things go sometimes, true story... lady asks 'how much is this clam she is nice' retailer says '$8000', lady replies 'ok I will take 3'.

[Nyx]

Gasp and I watched it this evening. We liked it for what it was. Agreed that it's light on info but it's geared towards a general viewing public who won't really care about plumbing and filtration.

By the way, IceFilms is a lot easier to watch stuff at than downloading torrents. You can either stream or download avi files.

[SeaKing]

Can anyone post time and channel for this program?

Thanks.

[Darth]

its not in canada yet, best option is to download it

[Shawn84]

You can watch it at
letmewatchthis.com

[Malyon18]

I am pretty sure it starts on animal planet tomorrow night at like 7 or 8 if you get animal planet

[percula99]

Well if anyone is interested this show it is now airing on Animal Planet, Mondays at 8PM with reruns all week. I could not beleive what these guys did this week. They set up an 1100 gallon tank in a Las Vegas casino with warm water right out of the tap. They noticed the temp was 92F and dumped tonnes of ice in to cool it down, while they have 21 boxes of fish waiting to go in. All of a sudden they say they got the temp, Ph and salt OK and dumped all those fish in. I must be doing this all wrong because apparently cycling a tank doesn't matter. Supposedly they are doing this for entertainment value and not information value. I would hate to come back in a day or two and see how many of those fish were still alive.

[Hookup]

oh my... that is different.

[JetJumper]

I believe there was only 6 episodes (watched them all) and yes its mostly for entertainment and no follow up/maintenance routines.  Thats probably why there has not been a renewal yet.  (I think)

[bt]

The 2nd season got green-lit a few weeks ago.

I get that it's about entertainment.  I just wish they'd do a disclaimer or info-drop before/after commercials.

[Medym]

Well if anyone is interested this show it is now airing on Animal Planet, Mondays at 8PM with reruns all week. I could not beleive what these guys did this week. They set up an 1100 gallon tank in a Las Vegas casino with warm water right out of the tap. They noticed the temp was 92F and dumped tonnes of ice in to cool it down, while they have 21 boxes of fish waiting to go in. All of a sudden they say they got the temp, Ph and salt OK and dumped all those fish in. I must be doing this all wrong because apparently cycling a tank doesn't matter. Supposedly they are doing this for entertainment value and not information value. I would hate to come back in a day or two and see how many of those fish were still alive.

I saw Tanked was on Animal Planet and I was pretty excited.  I ended up watching it at 1 am because I thought it would be a cool show.  When I saw them dumping ice into a tank followed by the fish I was stunned.  I can see there is more entertainment then education in this show. 

The other tank they did in the episode was a "phone booth aquarium" which was a massive upright column aquarium which is essentially a tank, a bubbler and thats it.  They dumped in a huge amount of fish with no consideration for hiding spaces for the fish in there.  It was water and fish, thats it.  It over simplifies the hobby and could easily mislead people who are interested in starting tanks.

I don't plan on watching it again; I swear I found myself yelling once; NOOOOO YOU DIDNT CYCLE!

[Hookup]

well, if they are doing temporary "art" installations it's different than setting up long-term tanks...

Still, ice+fish = scratching my head... lol

[percula99]

A discalimer would be nice. "Please do not attempt this at home, leave it to the knuckleheads...er...professionals."

They are art tanks, but not intended to be temporary. They are set up in casinos, professional establishments and millionaire homes. They must have signed maintenance contracts, all the owner does is feed and they do the rest. So far no actual reef tanks have been shown.

Can you imagine $30K for a QT system? And they screwed up the build and the installation, and probably still made a killing. And then they dumped tonnes of fish in there without cycling.

[Cheebs]

And they probably tell the new owners that "some die off is normal in the beginning" And profit some more when they have to replace half the fish

[Medym]

I am pretty sure they dumped in about 12+ medium sized yellow tangs into the one tank.  That adds up fast!

[JetJumper]

A discalimer would be nice. "Please do not attempt this at home, leave it to the knuckleheads...er...professionals."

They are art tanks, but not intended to be temporary. They are set up in casinos, professional establishments and millionaire homes. They must have signed maintenance contracts, all the owner does is feed and they do the rest. So far no actual reef tanks have been shown.

Can you imagine $30K for a QT system? And they screwed up the build and the installation, and probably still made a killing. And then they dumped tonnes of fish in there without cycling.

There is an episode with a reef tank.  And there is another system with a $30K QT system.  I can't remember which episodes though

[bt]

They could also do behind the scenes webisodes.  "Want to see the work that goes on behind the scenes?  Go to (website) and click on videos."  I'm sure there's a lot of the less entertaining steps that get caught on camera and then left on the cutting room floor.

[Hookup]

They could also do behind the scenes webisodes.  "Want to see the work that goes on behind the scenes?  Go to (website) and click on videos."  I'm sure there's a lot of the less entertaining steps that get caught on camera and then left on the cutting room floor.

very good idea here... infact, a good start-up company idea would be to offer up a "free" serivce to tv shows where you go in with a small crew and film the behind the scenes stuff and pre it for posting on a web-site.. then charge the company x$/hit/view of the stuff...

sorry.. business mind always going trying to make a buck.