View Full Version : Info on "Mixed Fruit"? Tetra
ohioguy79
08-05-2003, 1:59 PM
I recently bought a pair of tetras labeled mixed fruit tetras. They look kinds like the black and silver tetra's(Black Tetra's?) but they are a pastel and silver in color. They had red,green,pink etc and the fish are about the same size as most black tetra's but I can't find any info on them, I was wondering if maybe they are simply dyed in the pastels?
Cearbhaill
08-05-2003, 2:11 PM
Yes- dyed :mad:
ohioguy79
08-05-2003, 2:20 PM
Will the color fade, I wondered about them having never heard of them before. but the little lady had to have them.
Slappy*McFish
08-05-2003, 2:50 PM
Yes, the color will eventually fade.
Madame X
08-05-2003, 3:52 PM
It should be noted that the process to dye these fish is pretty cruel. Obviously, you didn't know that they were dyed but in the future it would be good to avoid purchasing dyed fish.
The practice is pretty much frowned upon by those in the aquaria hobby. :(
NewbieForever
08-05-2003, 4:19 PM
I once had a pastel pink tetra. It might have been dyed or not, but it lived for many years, and was active and lively. However, I strongly advise getting fish that you know are dyed, such as painted glassfish. They kept dying and I didn't know why, until I found out they were artificially colored.
ChilDawg
08-05-2003, 6:19 PM
They didn't die because they were dyed but more b/c of the method of dyeing. Most dyed fish are injected b/c it's more economical and more precise than dyeing through the food...those ones survive for a long time, but they will fade too.
ohioguy79
08-05-2003, 11:59 PM
What kind of fish are the Mixed fruits originally so we'll know how to care for them and what their preferred diet is.
Madame X
08-06-2003, 12:19 PM
I believe they are indeed a black skirt tetra. Here's some info on them:
http://www.animalnetwork.com/aquafish/profiles/profileview.asp?RecordNo=488
On Saturday I went to Walmart to pick up an air pump and checked out their tanks. As usual, nasty state, dead fish everywhere etc. AND a 10 gal holding about 30 "mixed fruit tetras" at $3.69 a pop! I kept thinking and thinking about it, and couldn't contain myself, so I wrote a letter to the store, to Wal-Mart headquarters, and sent a copy to PETA as well. To long to reproduce here, but basically stated the above, gave a brief run-down of how they are produced, and the following:
"Not only is it amazingly cruel to the fish, it is unfair to the consumer. What Wal-Mart is selling is essentially a damaged product to an uninformed customer, by an employee that can be viewed as either poorly trained on the specific care necessary, or one that simply doesn't care all that much. It would be tantamount to selling a misidentified and diseased plant from the garden department, without specific care instructions, all the while assuring the buyer that watering it will keep it thriving at home. While you may see this as an insignificant problem, it isn't. Your website claims 1300 stores. If just 1/2 of your stores sold just 1/2 the number I saw on Saturday at the quoted price, then you have made nearly $40,000 in sales on this poor fish."
I then requested that their buyer not by anymore altered fish, that Wal-Mart commit to not using the supplier from which they were purchased, and that they consider better training specific employees for the pet department.
Probably just a drop in the proverbial bucket, but cutting the demand will end the supply.
PumaWard
08-13-2003, 4:18 PM
I wouldn't bother sending anything to PETA.
OrionGirl
08-13-2003, 4:25 PM
Ditto. While I understand banding to fight a common enemy, PETA targets many things I can't support, including the entire aquarium keeping hobby, and the pet industry in general. They don't think we should have aquariums, cats, dogs, turtles, snakes, lizards, gerbils, rats--any kind of pet or farm animal. That's a bit too extreme for my tastes.
I prefer to vote with my pocket book--I don't buy fish or supplies from places that sell painted fish.
ChilDawg
08-14-2003, 10:31 PM
PETA hates us...and they hate the idea of rehabbing sick wildlife (for Goodness sake, we're making their lives better...and it's still a bad thing!?!?!?!?!?!)...and keeping any pets...I don't listen to them, but vote with the pocketbook as OG stated.
mylittlepony
03-23-2005, 10:29 PM
We have problems with our Wal-mart too. About every
3 out of 5 fish die or have ick.
Slappy*McFish
03-23-2005, 11:52 PM
woah...2003...another thread dug up deep from the graveyard. :/
IndirectExpert
05-30-2008, 5:02 PM
I have also seen Mixed Fruit Tetras in Wal-Mart stores, although they only seem to appear in the Superstores. By the way, one visit there shocked me-there were several skeletons of Neons lying on the bottom.
Lexi_D
05-30-2008, 5:08 PM
PETA hates us...and they hate the idea of rehabbing sick wildlife (for Goodness sake, we're making their lives better...and it's still a bad thing!?!?!?!?!?!)...and keeping any pets...I don't listen to them, but vote with the pocketbook as OG stated.
They'd hate me! lol My dad & I rescued a baby bird the other day, it couldn't fly- without touching it we got it onto a wooden plank and lifted it back to its nest. Now if that's wrong, I don't know what's right!
Hooked Newbie
05-30-2008, 5:20 PM
Wow! Talk about an oldie...
:welcome: to AC InDirect!
KarlTh
05-30-2008, 5:27 PM
There was a sudden crash of wood as the door finally broke down. A skeletal hand reached in and opened the lock. The inhabitants of AquariaCentral knew their time was up as the Zombie Thread lumbered into the room... "Brains! Brains!" etc. etc. (cont. on page 103)
b.greene
05-30-2008, 7:44 PM
WHAT THE HECK??? How does a thread fromm 2003 get possted in the new thread section??? How annoying...
Hooked Newbie
05-30-2008, 8:01 PM
WHAT THE HECK??? How does a thread fromm 2003 get possted in the new thread section??? How annoying...
Chill. A new member most likely did a search and the most relevant result was an old thread. It happens all the time. No need to be annoyed, google is good to AC. :grinyes: