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SamanthaStorm Enthusiast Posts: 190 Kudos: 190 Votes: 51 Registered: 11-Nov-2004	Hey guys, So im browsing thro aquabid and come across this..[link=http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwcatfish&1108026002]http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwcatfish&1108026002" style="COLOR: #FFFF40[/link] this can't be humane? Pink, blue, violet?? anyone know anything else about this? Sam
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
Hooktor Fish Addict Posts: 646 Kudos: 651 Votes: 67 Registered: 22-Mar-2004	I saw the same ad and i posted a forum about it to. In order to get the color in the fish they inject them with a dye. It is a very cruel practice! http://fishprofiles.com/files/forums/General%20Freshwater/54202.html?200502052329
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	Follow this link, to see the cruelty of Dyeing fish :- http://www.deathbydyeing.org/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
Untitled No. 4 Big Fish Posts: 488 Kudos: 452 Votes: 33 Registered: 07-Nov-2004	Can't you report it to whoever runs AquaBid?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
pugperson Fish Addict Posts: 877 Kudos: 953 Votes: 293 Registered: 16-May-2003	I tried to find someplace where I could contact an adminstrator or moderator at aquabid and couldn't. Instead I posted a message on one of there forums. Didn't know what else to do. If you want to take a look at it, or comment it is on the suggestions forum.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
Perky Mega Fish Posts: 1064 Kudos: 1036 Votes: 162 Registered: 24-Nov-2003	I know Adam knows the administator for AquaBid so contact him.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
houston Fish Guru You want what when? Posts: 2623 Kudos: 2462 Votes: 337 Registered: 29-Mar-2003	I wouldn't ever imagin giving an infant a tattoo, so why would someone give a fish a tattoo, neither are able to say, yes, I want one, or no I don't]:\|Idiots, yes, that is what they are idiots]:\| "I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
smantzer Big Fish Posts: 378 Kudos: 347 Votes: 10 Registered: 02-Nov-2004	Arrgh, how cruel!! I read somewhere that the equivalent of a needle to a fish would be like us getting stabbed with a pencil. And almost all of them die of cancer from the dye, too. If they do live, the dye wears off anyway... so, the guy's an idiot putting such a price tag on one dyed, doomed fish.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
Toirtis Mega Fish Posts: 1260 Kudos: 529 Votes: 6 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	The local Big Al's here started selling those about 18 months ago...they are also selling dyed non-albino corys.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
geesloper Enthusiast Posts: 151 Kudos: 95 Votes: 8 Registered: 28-Aug-2004	Is fish dyeing very prevalent in North America? I can't say I've ever physically (off the net) seen a dyed fish here in NZ.. I don't think people would tolerate it very well (thankfully).
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
Toirtis Mega Fish Posts: 1260 Kudos: 529 Votes: 6 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	Its very prevalent in Singapore, etc....and unfortunately, far too many larger North American fish retailers have decided that they will sell well and they thereby create a market for them.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
geesloper Enthusiast Posts: 151 Kudos: 95 Votes: 8 Registered: 28-Aug-2004	Supply and demand, I guess. :-( Its pretty sick the way they try to imply that it's safe.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06


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