So sad (Painted fish in Taipei)

[JustPatrick]

I'm in Taipei at the moment and came across this at a flea market kind of place:

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Shame.

They did have some nice looking plants, however, shame I can't bring them back with me.

 

[Oddball~]

They have painted fish all the time in the US... "Jelly Bean" Parrots and Glassfish are painted all the time.

 

[WinterWind]

Are those artifically painted!? That is quite horrible.

How do they do it though?

 

[PurpleSmurf]

They inject a dye into the fish. It's a carcinogen so all of those fish are doomed to die of cancer

 

[PumaWard]

Dyed fish are injected with needles (ones that are too big) and painted fish are dipped in a "mild" acid and then into the dye.... at least that is what I am aware of what happens.

 

[Kasakato]

Some get it with a needel

Others are diped into acid to remove their slime coat, and then the die