Two attacks on Mount aquarium company

Mount Maunganui company Clearwater Aquariums was the target of two separate vandalism incidents over the Long Weekend. Supplied Photo.

What are people coming to? This is the question the owners of Mount Maunganui's Clearwater Aquariums are now asking after two separate incidents over the long weekend.

Two men threw stones through a second storey floor window, shattering the windows and spraying glass into aquariums full of tropical and marine fish at about 8.15am on Monday.

'The tanks were breeding tanks” says owner Richard Orrell. 'We had to replace the pumps, remove all the babies and recycle the systems.”

There was also thousands of dollars' worth of breeding stock in the aquarium.

'I live on the premises, so I was able to give chase when the window was broken. I cornered them down at alley-way and the police came and arrested two men in their 20s.”

Both men will now appear in the Tauranga District court charged with wilful damage.

The incident has left Richard scratching his head - he has absolutely no idea about a motivation for the attack.

While on Saturday someone deliberately put bits of copper in another aquarium of marine fish. Again, there was thousands of dollars' worth of fish stock in aquarium.

'It was only there for a short time but had it been left there, it no doubt would have killed the fish.”

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4 comments

The article says what?....

Posted on 25-10-2016 22:45 | By groutby

Oh, calls them..."men"...can we call them (amongst other things) "males" please?..real men do not do stupid things such as this, for any reason...when can we get to know who they are?.............


What is wrong with people these days?

Posted on 26-10-2016 03:33 | By GreertonBoy

Why would anyone want to smash fish tanks or poison fish in a tank? That just sounds crazy to me? What I would like to know is tho... what is a second story floor window? Did they climb up to the second floor and break in, then smash the window in the floor of the second floor which was above the aquarium so the glass fell in? I'm confused?


Idiots

Posted on 26-10-2016 06:19 | By maildrop

Latest research shows that Goldfish have a longer attention span than humans. These two morons were just proving that some humans do indeed have brains with less capacity than fish. Put them in a bowl and feed them dandruff.


My goodness

Posted on 26-10-2016 07:13 | By fletch

There are some thoughtless idiots around and glad you caught them. Would love to look at your fish but didnt even know you existed. Where are you and are you open to the public


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