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I was at my LFS when I saw kissing gouramis with bright pink triangles on there sides. The manager of the LFS said they were tattooed. Is it legal to do that to a fish???

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It is legal, unfortunately. They are dyed. They inject the fish with needles multiple times to give them ugly colors. It is a horrible practice, and causes much pain and suffering to the fish. If I were you, I would tell the LFS about it (there are tons of websites about this, just google dyed or painted fish). If they continue to sell dyed fish, stop buying from them. Don't support a store that supports this practice.

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They shade the glow of it with their mossy-misty costumes,
They wear masks of silk, porcelain, brass, and silver,
So as not to mislead with their own, ordinary faces.

o-boy here we go again. well many people know where i said on this topic, but no it isn't. it was proably a white gaint gourami with painted scales. often expensive to. its not illegal, but some people think it should be. so a long story short, if u like it, get it, but there is no difference between that and a true gaint gourami. they often will grow huge and not good for the home aquarium.

update: o i am sorry wrong fish, kissing gourami, not gaint. owell just sub the gaint for kissing.

Last edited by bettachris at 14-Aug-2005 15:14

There is a difference. A regular kissing gourami has not bee cruelly treated and abused. The needle size is equivalent to stabbing you with an unsharpened pencil. Many of these fish die in the process, or soon after. The lucky ones that survive are weakened and have a shortened lifespan. They have compromised immune systems. And for all that, the dye dissipates eventually anyway.

Where do you stand, Chris? Do you support this? It is because of uninformed people buying them, and people like you selling them, that this trade is continued.

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They shade the glow of it with their mossy-misty costumes,
They wear masks of silk, porcelain, brass, and silver,
So as not to mislead with their own, ordinary faces.

u know what i mean, over all without color, the kissing gourami color less is the same as another kissing gourami,

i vote for secret, i have my veiws and u have yours.

Those Gourami are Dyed & please don't buy them & tell others not to buy Dyed fish aswell.


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I think that it is cruel and I wont put them into any of my tanks however that being said I think people can make their own choice on whether or not to buy them and I will continue to support my LFS. (Partialy because my other LFS is even worse, full size oscars in 5 gallon tank)

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right on man.]

i have seen the mixed fruit tetras, and have told so many people they r dyed and now the tank is still full of em (no one is buying them) my walmart is trying to stop stocking them, they got in blue botias and wrote on the slip that the fish was not dyed, the tetras just come in...i love the white skirts in normal color but, i would not be able to stand a tank full of pencil sharpeners till the color wore of in months or a year

but there r those people that i told they were dyed and said it was cool but yea, u can buy them if u want, but expect to loose the fish in a year or 2, my sister found out the hard way