Aquarium in a restaraunt you won't believe

[spiff]

There is a restaraunt in my town that has an aquarium/deep fryer combo setup. The aquarium water and the boiling hot grease share the same tank, with the drippings of the food items sinking out of the grease section and falls down below to feed the fish.

Its definitely a gimmik setup with least concern being the fish, obviously. There are no bubblers (as this would probably stir up the distinct layers of water and oil) and with the layer of oil, the only oxygen transfer must be done by the filter, which is all hidden.

I guess the fish learn the hard way not to swim too high or to close to the boiling hot layer of oil.

Kinda interesting.

 

[haynchinook334]

i think they have a spot on youtube. fryer fishtank...i think that's it.

 

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[spiff]

Cool. I never saw this before so I figured it might stir up some controversy. I can't image these fish living long with constant oil burns and a diet of fried drippings.

But yeah, this is similiar to the one in my area, but this one is smaller.

 

[basslover34]

Just think ... when the fish dies from being in that setup... and it floats up to the top... fish sticks are on special!!!

 

[MalawiTango]

BARFF gross

 

[polarbear]

Like how all the fish knew to swim to the bottom and away when hte boiling bubbles entered the water area. That is weird

 

[Caoboy]

Wow, if that is not animal cruelty, I don't know what is.


These restaurants should be shut down.

 

[chefjamesscott]

NO WAY WOULD THAT PASS FOOD SAFETY AND LISCENCE ISSUES HERE IN SASKATCHEWAN

there is just so much wrong with that that i cant even begin to say

 

[polarbear]

lol in saskatchewan you could get away with it if there was a roughies game going on when you installed it! My true question is after all the people from there moved to Alberta who is left to do the food inspection.

Ok enough jokes, I was wondering the same thing what kind of food safety laws would allow that? What about disease from the fish transmitting or hey what about thats just freaking disgusting when do the clean it?