Tang Police or Tang Nazis?

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by kien

Don't forget about the two guys with some big wood.

Ummm Kien why do you always seem to make comments about some other guys wood?

[Skimmerking]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

Ummm Kien why do you always seem to make comments about some other guys wood?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm WOOD Laurie you are a PERV im telling DOUG.

[kien]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

Ummm Kien why do you always seem to make comments about some other guys wood?

Okay I admit, I am a little jealous that he has so much more wood than I do. The reason for which will become apparent in a few days.

Despite what this article says about tank size I can't help but feel that my fish could use more room

[globaldesigns]

Ah, now I understand the new thread Skimmer King made for Kien... you guys make me howl. You are all NUTS!!! Except for Skimmer King, cause he's got guns and knows how to use them.

[Aquaria]

Originally Posted by asylumdown

As for the ethics of keeping animals in glass boxes - that's always going to be a matter of opinion, but one would think that everyone here had to come to peace with that little conundrum by now.

+1 i got a good laugh from this

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by kien

Okay I admit, I am a little jealous that he has so much more wood than I do. The reason for which will become apparent in a few days.

Ummmm it's ok Kien I really don't need to see your wood

[reefwars]

it just occered to me that i use to keep bees in buttercontainers when i was a kid............im going to hell for sure.............but......they make a great buzz radio when you shake em up

[Slick Fork]

Originally Posted by jorjef

Sweet Louise someone burn the soapbox, dismatle the pulpit, steal the microphone, turn the lights out.....These type of threads make me howl......We all keep fish in boxes, no one is any better than the next...get over it...lol

I don't know that there is a lot of soapbox preaching going on here. Usually everyone behaves in a more or less civilized manner. In this instance, an article like this was put up for the explicit sake of discussing this topic and it's been/being discussed. If the OP just wanted a Tang Police Bash thread he would've stated that in his headline. It's not much of a discussion if the only ones commenting are the guys saying "STFU Tang Police, I'll do what I want".

As for no-one being any better than the next I will disagree. There is absolutely a difference between the person that takes into consideration all the factors relating to the well-being of his/her tanks inhabitants when making a purchase and the person who says "I don't care, I want tangs so I'll put 4 of them in my 33 gallon". In our hobby, not taking these things into consideration also has the side-effect of making it an unsuccessful attempt resulting in the death of a sometimes expensive creature, so most people who have been around a while know better than try some of this stuff for the simple sake of not throwing money down the drain. Call it ethics or economics, I don't care but you'd have to be blind not to see that there are good practices and bad practices.

On a related note, I don't think that there really is a problem with "Tang Police" on this site, on RC it can be absolutely brutal but I really haven't seen a whole lot of cases where people are stalking build threads and saying "You can't keep that fish in this tank". I certainly have never done that, and I have strong feelings on the matter. If someone posts a new thread with the title "Could I keep this fish in my tank", then they are inviting comments and opinions... both positive and negative and usually those of us who say you shouldn't keep it try to do so in a friendly, constructive manner. And I've never seen a thread titled, "I'm awesome and you guys suck because...".

[Skimmerking]

Originally Posted by Slick Fork

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On a related note, I don't think that there really is a problem with "Tang Police" on this site,

MMMMMMMMMMM you must have not met Wayne then.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Skimmer King

MMMMMMMMMMM you must have not met Wayne then.

shhhhhh he'll hear you lol