I almost supported animal cruelty...yuck!

I hate dying fish!.
If I had it my way some basic catagories of fish would be labeled.
- Wild caught
- Captive bred
-Locally bred
- Hybrids
-Dyed and or tattoed fish
- Genetically modified fish
- Endangered status in the wild ( extinct in the wild?)
 
blueberry tetras (strawberry tetras, blueberry oscars) are all fed dye laced foods. its not as stressful or destructive as other meathods, but still is extremely bad for the fish.

fish like dyed blood parrots and dyed jellybean parrots are dipped in acid to remove their slime coat, then dipped in the dye (without the slime coat, dye absorbs better), and then dipped in a chemical that irritates the skin of the fish and causes rapid regeneration of the slime coat. this method usually hads the lowest survival rate. another travesty: jellybean parrots, a blood parrot X convict mix, were acctually bred to be dyed because they had a higher survival rate and could be dyed sooner than BP's.

another meathod is by injection. seen on indian glassfish most commonly. i have also seen albino corydoras, glass catfish, ture giant gouramis, and mollies that have been injected with dye.

Eupterus said:
I hate dying fish!.
If I had it my way some basic catagories of fish would be labeled.
- Wild caught
- Captive bred
-Locally bred
- Hybrids
-Dyed and or tattoed fish
- Genetically modified fish
- Endangered status in the wild ( extinct in the wild?)
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this acctually does not seem like such a bad idea. i know quite a few people that would like their money to stay in their area, so telling the consumer where a fish comes from may be a plus.
 
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That is really sad!? Why would anyone want to do something so cruel and yet they don't even care. I mean I can't even kill a fish, and if I did(which I'm not) I would feel just HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!????????????
 
i don't think that is true as far as the oscars are concerned.

dyed foods enhance natural colors, but I don't think they can completely color the entire body of a fish. from everything i have read, they are dip-dyed.

one thing i want to add is that i don't believe that every green tiger barb is natural. I am very very convinced that most of them i have seen are dyed. just look into any tank full of a single species of fish - with the exception of mixed livebearers or different varieties of angels, every fish is going to look almost exactly the same. now look into a few tanks of green tiger barbs - see a difference? take a look next time. when one fish is green all the way to the head, and another is only half green, that's not natural.
 
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BTW if dying fish was humane, would anyone still buy the dyed fish knowing they were dyed?.
 
wataugachicken said:
i don't think that is true as far as the oscars are concerned.

dyed foods enhance natural colors, but I don't think they can completely color the entire body of a fish. from everything i have read, they are dip-dyed.

one thing i want to add is that i don't believe that every green tiger barb is natural. I am very very convinced that most of them i have seen are dyed. just look into any tank full of a single species of fish - with the exception of mixed livebearers or different varieties of angels, every fish is going to look almost exactly the same. now look into a few tanks of green tiger barbs - see a difference? take a look next time. when one fish is green all the way to the head, and another is only half green, that's not natural.
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And why do you think that? The green has become more pronounced over the years because of selective breeding...
 
I go fishing. I catch fish and eat them and I think that tatooing a fish for your entertainment is evil. I believe that the Bible tells us that we have dominion over that animals of this earth. But this means that we are to care for them or eat them, or let them be.
 
c4cat said:
I am against ANY dyed, tattooed or hybrid fish. If its not what nature intended.....i dont want it!!!
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So I take it your against the colorful bettas and guppys and endlers, and anything else that is selective bred to get these wonderful colors.
 
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