"Awesome Aquariums" in the news

Robert Flory wrote:
Am I the only one who thinks the trend a bit sad?

Bob

soapbox

The sad bit is that these people have no idea of the environmental
impact of removing sal****er organisms from reefs. Their tanks won't
contribute to breeding, coral propagation, or conservation research.
All they've done is to further deplete reef ecosystems for their own
greedy pleasure.

/soapbox
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"Robert Flory" wrote in message
...
Am I the only one who thinks the trend a bit sad?

Bob


Perhaps, but most of her home-maintenance clients were professionals who had
money to spare. A couple had jobs that required sporadic travel (flight
attendants for one.) I'd pay for design it if I had the disposable income -
I just don't have an eye for that.

Plus, there's a therapeutic effect to the tank. That's probably lost for
some people (me at times) in the midst of the maintenance.

A

On 2005-01-30, Robert Flory wrote:
Am I the only one who thinks the trend a bit sad?

Well, I can see both sides. I recently applied to work part-time with a
company that does installations and maintainence like this.

On one hand, those fish are getting better care than they would if these
people who don't want any responsibility just let the tank go.

On the other hand, if something happens in the tank that requires action
(water changes, isolation, etc), the owner is kind of helpless, since
they don't know anything.

I think I'd worry more about adequate routine care though - the
emergencies are rare when you keep up the tank.
--
Ross Vandegrift

"The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who
make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians
have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine
man in the bonds of Hell."
--St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37

I will admit to feeling a bit of "tank envy" at the picture in the
article of the 125-gallon built-in aquarium that a guy had installed in
his kitchen behind the sink.

The aquariums in the article are "awesome," but I'm wondering if a less
expensive custom system is possible? Maybe a $1,500 system instead of
$5,000?