tattooed fish info?

the cost involved with using a laser tattooing system is not profitable for the wholesalers that do this to the poor fish. they are tattooed using the needle poke method, and many don't survive the procedure.

as others have said, DON'T BUY THESE FISH! i hope our pleas aren't falling on deaf ears.......
 
valkyrie-mate said:
It's good that someone thought it was wrong. The owner of my LFS said she'd buy them as long as they make them. Considering they are considered to be a "lucky charm" in some countries, she's going to be buying them for a long time. I'm not intending to support the practice, just the poor fish. I think of it the same as adopting a abused dog from a shelter. It isn't the dog's fault it's abused. I think abused animals deserve a home more than any other, so at least they know some peace in their lives(even if it is for a short while).
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The flaw with this analogy is that the shelter doesn't get in more abused dogs because they get adopted easier. If you want to compare tattooed fish to dogs then try puppies sold in pet stores that come from puppy mills. It's not the puppy's fault but by buying that puppy you are supporting the puppy mills. Make sense?

The appear to be silver mollies, that would be my guess. It sounds like you are going to get some no matter what ANYONE tells yous. Just realize they may be weakened by the tattoo process and may not live very long. I would think they would also be susceptible to skin infections and diseases. As with any fish, quarantine.
 
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How do they even tattoo the fish...sounds like alot of work to me...and does it even last long or does it fade over time like the dyed fish.

A clever invention, but cruel none the less ][/QUOTE]

from what i have red they dip the fish in an acid bath to remove the slime coat ...then tattoo the poor thing....

to the OP:

I under stand what you are talking about..wanting to save them to give them the best home for the rest of there life.....so why not go to all the chain stores and save all the poor comets?.....or any other feeder fish.
What people are trying to say is if you buy them...they will make more and more and more...and as you buy them up they die to all the things done to them...do they deserve better? hell yes way way way better...but buying a few tattooed fish will not save them from what has been done to them, that will lower there life span.
Tattooed fish are not puppies.....not even close to puppies from the pound, like another poster said its like puppy mills....cramped horrible conditions that are only brought on because its a fast easy way to make money and people buy them...who cares about a few losses?.

Apparently you are going to buy them anyway ..so good luck fueling a horrible horrible practice.
 
Valkyrie,the reason some of these responses,my own included,seem harsh is due to the controversial nature of the topic.I do understand and commend you for having your heart in the right place.End-o-the-day I think the posts were meant to give you info and try to help.Its just an emotional topic.I apologize myself if I came off as a smart *** know-it-all.Good luck...:thm:
 
this thread lead me to google tattooed animals...... kinda makes me sick.
I have tattoos and want more...but they hurt and i did them willingly.

google it...there is anything form pigs,cats, and dogs....
 
:jaw: I have never seen this done to a fish before. I remember the older glass fish with etchings around them but no fish with designs tattooed into them.
 
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puttin the humane issue aside, I buy the most wild fish option I can find to fit with the whole biotope thing. A fish with a pretty tat. would be a disgrace to the simplistic elegance of the planted mock habitat Im goin for. I just preffer giant black mollies,wild gourami, dark loaches, nippy tetras, and fiesty killies.Im not really into albinos either. Theres a fish for every personality, ugly is pretty to me and pretty gets borring.
 
going with the dog comparison, I used to work in a pet store and the puppies that don't get sold get euthanized. I found that out a few weeks after I started working there and a 6 month old Rottweiler that nobody wanted wasn't there one day. Found out a few days later that it was killed because it was getting too big for the cage and it had been there for 4 months. Nobody wanted to buy them because they think the dog will "turn on them" and they don't want to support "aggressive dog" mills. My father owns one and I absolutely trust joey(the dog) with my life. I would have taken the puppy home myself if I'd known the were going to kill it. It would have been contributing to the "puppy mills" but letting all the puppy mill animals die because everyone stopped buying them because they didn't want to support the mills is absolutely cruel and horrible in my opinion. I support life, even if I don't agree with how it came to be.
 
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