Me and Tammy watched this show for the first time last night. I have to say that I was really concerned about the practices used in the show.
In the article it says that most people wouldn't be interested in watching a show about cycling a tank and such. They fail to realize that many people may get INTO this hobby by watching the show, and that the show neglects to accurately depict appropriate husbandry practices.
Not to mention, the show that I watched included the "man cave" tank made out of kegs. Sorry to say, but I don't see how they could have cycled the tank like they say they did unless they lied in the show. They said that they only had 3 hours to put it all together at which time they put the fish in. They added water and gravel and decorations which were not seeded from another tank.
To add insult to injury, it just seems that their plans are really poorly thought out. In the example above, they have a pony keg installed under the tank and then have a tap on the front. Kind of a cool idea for a man cave until you consider the fact that they have provided no way to keep the keg cool. Awesome, a constant supply of warm beer from the pony keg.
