New Fish Tank Kings episode on NatGeo features deepwater Caribbean collection and shark tank installation

By on May 17, 2012

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The second episode of National Geographic’s “Fish Tank Kings” airs this Saturday and this episode promises to be better than the debut. For this week’s show, the team goes deepwater fish collecting in Curacao and a giant shark tank installation for a pet store grand opening. We had the chance to preview the show and have to say, this is a fascinating episode especially the submarine specimen collection for the Florida Aquarium.

The team at Living Color get’s to go where few have traveled before using a submarine to dive 1,000 feet below the surface for a chance to capture some of the Caribbean’s most fascinating creatures for a deepwater exhibit at Tampa’s Florida Aquarium. Teaming up with Dutch Scrier, founder of the Curacao Sea Aquarium, the team heads to the deep waters off of Curacao on the hunt for rare specimens. Did they return with a deep sea scorpion fish or a beautiful Liopropoma aberrans? We’re not going to spoil the surprise so tune in Saturday.

While huge shark tanks can always be impressive, the team at Living Color has only a three-week window to get this key feature designed, manufactured and installed by the store’s opening. Watch the team go in overdrive to hit the near impossible deadline.

We agree that this episode is more engaging than the first and for the fish geeks out there, the episode is definitely worth watching just for a chance to get a look at some rare specimens. Hat tip also goes to Living Colors resident Fish Geek, Francis, for keeping it real besides sharing details about this episode. Make sure to tune in to Nat Geo WILD on Saturday, May 19 at 10PM ET/PT or at least set the DVR to record it for you.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/robin.lutchman Robin Lutchman

    you got to love this hobby, this stuff is neat….there so physced about catching that little fish…get it get it get it….oh man you missed it lol.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3LLNDZ5XJ6ZQ76J2VLDUQD5WOA Micheal

    I hope it’s better than the debut,  which had everything from bickering about the job, guy trying to act all big and important,and having the “fish tank” that the “kings” were supposed to provide… shipped in from Japan with no video on how they may have done something that large.

    Also why the hell can I get clips in HD, but not the channel in HD? *frown*

  • http://www.facebook.com/robin.lutchman Robin Lutchman

    +1 Micheal , I don’t think this on is going to be much different than the first, the closing statement on the clip is that its going to be one big bust .
    But seriously It will be by pure chance that they suck up a fish with that giant vacuum cleaner.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ray-Simpson/42701671 Ray Simpson

    what’s the fish at 1:30.. a wrasse?

  • http://twitter.com/russosreef russos reef

    it looks like a Decodon puellarius Hogfish