Is anyone else as cheesed off as i am?
 

Ok, i was in Big Als today
and to my disgust there was not 1
but 3 black tipped reef sharks in there main display.

yes, i know the tank is big, and the sharks aren't full grown yet, but they look almost too active for the tank already.
i was very mad that they would even consider open water sharks.
im sorry if anyone thinks i'm just crazy or wrong
but i have a passion for sharks and seeing that really ruined my day.

so i ask you,
is anyone else cheesed off about this?

Are you implying that they don't have room for 25 feet of shark once they are all full grown?

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Seriously though.. this is quite sad. One would be bad enough.

Meh proportions are probably about the same as most of the fish in a lot of tanks??

you do make a good point wes, but you have to think alot of fish we have in smaller tanks now adays like gobies and such wouldn't cover as much ground as a shark would.

the sharks have only been there like a month or so and they already have a circle route they keep doing. like yeah a tang would go a far ways in the ocean, but the difference between a shark and a tang is the sharks are about 10 pounds of almost pure muscle, and go thousands of miles at a time, while tangs tend to hang around the same large radius

lol, i know there's some kinda stupid points in there but i just really feel for these sharks

Yeah I was in there Thursday checking things out. The sharks reminded me of the old old cages at the zoo (I'm really dating myself:mrgreen:!). Seeing the sharks going around and around in the same pattern is like watching a lion or tiger pacing back and forth isn't it?

I'm hoping the deceased fish are out by now? When I was in there were quite a few casualties in both the SW and FW tanks.:sad:

i didn't see any deceased fish today, but god they need better staff.
all it was was teenagers who don't know nothing, and like 1 or 2 older people who were kind of annoying.
some of the fish were looking a bit grim though, and some of their SW tanks were looking overstocked

you are so right, it is like the lions and tigers

MMmm, yeah the sharks will forever be a problem for BA's...

Watch the reviews/critiques; we know how much the mods love those :) Give them some time, Christian has been one of the most active members (and president for what seems like ever) of the CAS, he is a true hobbiest at heart. Could be interesting to see how things develop.

My .02

Andy

I think once they beat the MASSIVE flat worm problem and get the algae under control it'll be an impressive place. There is potential...

Yeah..(snicker), sorry. I've been to a lot of big als throughout canada and well, maybe a few are well done, but they suffer from the inevitable problems that chain stores suffer from. Most of the time the franchisee is powerless to prevent.....

how big can a shark get befor I have to upgrade my 27 gal tank?

Steve