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	white skirt tetras?
chelaine Big Fish Posts: 383 Kudos: 343 Votes: 78 Registered: 23-Jul-2005	WHY can i not find ANYTHING on this site about white skirt tetras?? i have two long-finned versions, and its a little odd, had me second-guessing myself when i couldnt find anything about them.. but yet google pulls it up?!? i know they are classified as Gymnocorymbus ternetzi, but that just pulls up black tetras and different varieties. AGH. Chelle _______________________________________________ I love the fishes cuz they're SOOO delicious...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
smilingpiranha Banned Posts: 160 Kudos: 130 Votes: 7 Registered: 02-Jan-2005	[font color="#000080"]anyone can correct me on this[/font], [font color="#BF791F"] but i believe that white skirts are dyed versions of black widows tetras.......i think[/font], i'm not 100% sure on it though SP Last edited by smilingpiranha at 13-Oct-2005 04:00
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
chelaine Big Fish Posts: 383 Kudos: 343 Votes: 78 Registered: 23-Jul-2005	oh no.. that would be bad.. i dont want a "dyed" injected carcinogen fish. tell me its not SO!! Chelle _______________________________________________ I love the fishes cuz they're SOOO delicious...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
LITTLE_FISH *** Little Fish *** Master of Something Posts: 7303 Kudos: 1997 Votes: 670 Registered: 20-May-2005	Here is some info: "Description This species is a color variation of the popular Black Widow/ Black Tetra. A number of long-finned and color varieties have been produced, some of which are artificially colored. Most notable of the color variations are the pastel blue and pink varieties, which are achieved via dyes." You can read more [link=Here]http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/characins2/a/whiteskirttetra.htm" style="COLOR: #ff6633[/link]. Ingo Proud Member of the New Jersey Aquatic Gardeners Club
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
chelaine Big Fish Posts: 383 Kudos: 343 Votes: 78 Registered: 23-Jul-2005	okay I may be wrong on what i've been told these fish are.. so I'm gonna enclose some links to pictures.... http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1065763/skirttetra2.jpg http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1065763/skirttetra.jpg if i'm wrong someone please tell me. man, thats sad i really didnt know anything about these fish when i bought em. but knowing they've been injected with dyes KILLS me. i've always promised myself i wouldnt go for that. Chelle _______________________________________________ I love the fishes cuz they're SOOO delicious...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
weird22person Enthusiast Posts: 163 Kudos: 106 Votes: 11 Registered: 21-Feb-2005	They aren't dyed. The White Skirt is a color version of the Black Skirt (kind of like an albino). Some of them are dyed but yours aren't. If they were they wpuld be bright green, red, blue etc. They would be sold as "Painted Tetras" or something similar. 20 Gallon Long: Aquaclear 300 2 Bolivian Rams, Mikrogeophagus altispinosus: Gumby and Pokey
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
weird22person Enthusiast Posts: 163 Kudos: 106 Votes: 11 Registered: 21-Feb-2005	They would look like these: http://www.deathbydyeing.org/images/BlueBerryTetra.jpg http://www.deathbydyeing.org/images/StrawberryTetra.jpg (Images from http://www.deathbydyeing.org/colormedead.htm) 20 Gallon Long: Aquaclear 300 2 Bolivian Rams, Mikrogeophagus altispinosus: Gumby and Pokey
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
chelaine Big Fish Posts: 383 Kudos: 343 Votes: 78 Registered: 23-Jul-2005	ooook.... good.. i was sad, because i know that the dye can cause the fish cancer and unhealthy lives and i dont want to support any selling of someone that would do that to a fish. um.... i was also scared because i knew that the fish being unhealthy could cause my other fish to get sick as well! GOOD. i dont have to worry about that then. so they are white skirt tetras? Chelle _______________________________________________ I love the fishes cuz they're SOOO delicious...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	Your fish are normal "white skirt" tetras. These are just a color form of the black skirt tetra, Gymnocorymbus ternetzi. They can be cared for in the same manner as the black skirts. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38


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