Okay I am Pissed, I finally saw them!!!!

[PPOHolbrook]

I am pretty much a newbie here but have been reading quite a bit over the last month and have finally got my tank up and running. I have read so much about tattoed fish, glowing fish, and painted fish. I had not seen any until yesterday.
In my fav LFS, best in town- i finally saw parrot Fish who were all sorts of colors, purple, blue, green pink, and some magenta color. All i could do was walk away, they were hideous. What does everyone else thnk about this??


Brian

[Mgamer20o0]

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79885
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79520
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92506
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82721

[daayda3]

there is another link too... about tattoed parrots..

[jm1212]

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79885
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79520
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92506
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82721 lol i think mgamer covered it.

[jisha729]

:mad2:

I saw ones at a LFS that were tattooed "I Love (with a heart) You" on their sides in addition to painted on red lips.

[5xevy]

I saw one with a heart on its side. I thought it was sickening. TMy LFS told me the former owner brought it in (then they rolled their eyes, which signaled to me that did not support it).

[fishcatch22]

SIGH.....

I see painted WS tetras at wal-mart all the time, thank god my LFS doesn't carry them.

[Cylon]

Do the fish get these tattoos after getting drunk and spending the night on the town.

When I got mine I just closed my eyes and pretended there was a girl there with a whip. I do this at the dentist to. It would help if the dentist wore leather pants.

Poor fish :( The amount of their bodies covered with ink would be equal to a humon getting his wole back done in one sitting. Not to bring up that are they out of water? No wonder so many die.

[GuZZiZZiT]

I had to stop going to one of my favorite LFS after they started selling died parrots. I stoped in one day and the owner wasnt there but his wife was explainging to a young couple and there 2 kids that they were colored that way because they mixed food coloring in with the eggs before they were born (from everything i have ever read this is not true) and that a Blood parrot would be perfect for the 20 gallon (give or take) hexagon tank they were buying the same day.

I hate to say it, but i now preffer the local petsmart. At least my petsmart dosent sell died fish. Plus there several employees that are quite knowledgeable.

[meyerhaus]

I hate to say it, but i now preffer the local petsmart. At least my petsmart dosent sell died fish. Plus there several employees that are quite knowledgeable.

I am slowly but surely moving toward PetSmart. They have put some money into better filtration and the prices are hard to beat. They have this 10 for $10 thing going on right now.

I also noticed that they hired some more knowledgable associates. I hope that it keeps up.

[GuZZiZZiT]

I know,bit of toic, the petsmart here is only 3 months old. I bought the first fish they sold on there first day open. They had some really good looking albino tiger barbs. Hard to find around here so i couldnt resist.