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Hi All,

Does anyone know what these are? Are they painted?


http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/ ... 1074055204

Ralph/

p...ain..ted... ERGHHHHHHHHHH. Yes, these are painted fish. Son of a ****. Anyone know if these guys exsits without paint. Im under the impression that no such thing exists.

Anyone know if these guys exsits without paint. Im under the impression that no such thing exists.

Sure they do. Look here.

They are not painted they are injected and whoever does this want's the needle shoving where the sun don't shine.

Ian

Any chance that those of you that use Aquabid could band together and write a joint e-mail protesting the fact that Aquabid lets people maltreat these animals and sell them on their website?
-Shane

I thought they were painted or injected, but wasn't sure. I don't understand the fascination with painting or injecting fish with paint.

Ralph.

Sil i ment with the red. Albinos cories are very popular in my LFS

That shade of red? No.

Thats what i though. Poeple otta be dyed them selves.

Well alot of people already dyed their own hair to green, brown, red etc
Not only that, many go for plastic surgery to look good as well.

So does that means this people can dye their fishes too ?

Injection hmm ... not sure the fish will survive so probably soaking ?
Anyone has pictures on how it is done. It will be interesting to know !

Hi!

The difference is of course that people who do these things to themselves decide on their own...

A friend with connections to asian breeders/exporters told me that the color is injected into the spinal canal(words?) with an "efficency" of 8-9 out of 10 fishes surviving.

I will never keep such fishes in my aquarium.

Cheers,

I find this sad and cruel.
Shamgar

It's cruel and wasteful, and it encourages people to think of (and treat) fish as decorative objects instead of living creatures. IMO, some poor miserable beast with neon-colored gunk injected into his spinal cord just looks sickly and freakish, not exotic. Give me the beauty of a natural, healthy fish any day over human-contrived "improvements" like dye and staining.

I agree with Coryman about who should really get the needle. I think this practice is abominable, and I won't shop at any store that carries "painted" fish. Unfortunately, that list is getting shorter and shorter nowadays... instead of selling healthy, normal animals and educating customers so they really get something out of the hobby, even contribute to it, too many places would rather turn a quick buck.

So, to echo Shane's question, what are you lot going to do about it?

Jools

How about this?

http://www.deathbydyeing.org/

Don