Tattoo Oscars?

[dynasty187]

Has anyone heard of these? I was at PJ's pets the other day lookin at fish and they had em. They're white Oscars with either blue or pink dots or pink orange and blue vertical lines.

I tried looking them up, but couldnt find ANY information. :huh:

[jgavlock]

They are dyed fish.

Taken from www.deathbydyeing.org --


Death by Dyeing.org is an organization devoted to halting the barbaric process of injecting ornamental tropical fish with colored dyes and carcinogens. Each day, hundreds of fish of multiple species are killed by these "lethal injections". Many of those that do survive will die from their wounds or resulting disease. Only a very small percentile of dyed fish go on to live normal lives, forever branded with a sign of utmost suffering. However, we live in a world of supply and demand. We, the consumers, have the power to stop this atrocity. This is where those who really care are seperated from those who really don't. Take a minute of your life, and save a life.

[YoFishboy]

If you are referring to Blueberry or Strawberry Oscars, you can find them at a disreputable fish store that sells painted fish near you.....

[daayda3]

is this a pic. of it?
http://www.deathbydyeing.org/images/BlueBerryOscar.jpg

[GuZZiZZiT]

Died or tattoed fish = Bad.

I love how they make it seem less cruel by reffering to it as a "tattoo". With the relative size of the fish compared to the needle and the ink injected, it would be like a human getting a tattoo useing a needle the size of a broom handle with GALLONS of ink being injected. Also, what tattoo parlor kills over half of there clients?

[jm1212]

to add to the above post.... (of course this applies to injected and dipped fish. the oscars are fed dye laced foods)

100 fish are to be dyed.

60 will dye from stress soon after the dyeing process.

20 more will die withing a week

10 will die from an easily curable disease such as ich within 3

5 more will die withing a month

out of the remaining 5, 3 will die withing 6 months, and 1 will die within a year.

the remining fish will be stunted, sickly, and miserable. the paint will be long-faded, and it will only live about 5 years at max (refering to dyed parrots) out of the expected 15-20

[ChilDawg]

Am I correct in thinking that the source for the previous post is Death by Dyeing (www.deathbydyeing.org)?

[jm1212]

Am I correct in thinking that the source for the previous post is Death by Dyeing (http://www.deathbydyeing.org)?
i read that were im not really sure where.

i read it once and it stays in my mind.

[legendaryfrog]

to add to the above post.... (of course this applies to injected and dipped fish. the oscars are fed dye laced foods)

100 fish are to be dyed.

60 will dye from stress soon after the dyeing process.

20 more will die withing a week

10 will die from an easily curable disease such as ich within 3

5 more will die withing a month

out of the remaining 5, 3 will die withing 6 months, and 1 will die within a year.

the remining fish will be stunted, sickly, and miserable. the paint will be long-faded, and it will only live about 5 years at max (refering to dyed parrots) out of the expected 15-20

i dont believe those numbers.

if 90% die during the first 3 days, shouldnt the price be inflated greatly? (like 500%)

during the time that i lived in the 'ghetto", i remember a petstore selling
painted/dyed glassfish for 7 dollars, and regular glassfish for 5 dollars.

i dont support buying painted fish, but all im saying is that it wouldnt be a profit to sell these fish if so many died in the process.

[jm1212]

i dont believe those numbers.

if 90% die during the first 3 days, shouldnt the price be inflated greatly? (like 500%)

during the time that i lived in the 'ghetto", i remember a petstore selling
painted/dyed glassfish for 7 dollars, and regular glassfish for 5 dollars.

i dont support buying painted fish, but all im saying is that it wouldnt be a profit to sell these fish if so many died in the process.
they breed so many of tham, and they expect this much die off. the prices are higher for painted fish in my area. a regular glassfish is like $2.50, while a plainted galssfish is around $4

EDIT... it was supposed to be 3 WEEKS in my previous post, and even then, 60% would die.

[FreddytheFish]

to add to the above post.... (of course this applies to injected and dipped fish. the oscars are fed dye laced foods)

100 fish are to be dyed.

60 will dye from stress soon after the dyeing process.

20 more will die withing a week

10 will die from an easily curable disease such as ich within 3

5 more will die withing a month

out of the remaining 5, 3 will die withing 6 months, and 1 will die within a year.

the remining fish will be stunted, sickly, and miserable. the paint will be long-faded, and it will only live about 5 years at max (refering to dyed parrots) out of the expected 15-20

Do you have a source for that info?

[YoFishboy]

I think the point is that dyed fish are wack....

[dynasty187]

I think the point is that dyed fish are wack....

They looked cool though.

[jm1212]

Do you have a source for that info?
now that i think about it it may have come from Death By Dyeing, but they have taken the little "graphic" that i "read" off of their site... it had 10 white skirt tetras and then they said thias and 6 of them went away and so on.