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	pink lemonade?
mariosim Enthusiast Posts: 207 Kudos: 245 Votes: 20 Registered: 28-Jul-2004	awhile ago, i purchased 10 pink lemonades. i am down to a few (due to a whole-house disaster). my kids love them, but my lfs have no idea what i am talking about. shape and habits mimic black skirt tetras, but they have the coloration of an off shade of pink nailpolish. they do not appear to have been dyed (if tey were, i would not have bought them and raised hell with the lfs for selling them). i would like to get the school back up to respectable numbers. anyone know what they are?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
vic Enthusiast Posts: 213 Kudos: 228 Votes: 288 Registered: 16-Mar-2004	This is a Killie Fish, about 5"
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
betahex Fish Addict Posts: 864 Kudos: 352 Votes: 0 Registered: 11-Jul-2001	judging from the descriptions you've given, it's more than likely an artificially colored gold skirt tetra. the practice of coloring these fish and giving them "cute" common names isn't new. Blue and red versions exist as well and called "blueberry and strawberry tetras" here's a picture of a naturally colored gold skirt tetra: http://www.giveusahome.co.uk/allpets/fish/goldskirttetra.htm [span class="edited"][Edited by 2004-08-20 15:42][/span]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
johnsmith Enthusiast Posts: 166 Kudos: 144 Votes: 0 Registered: 13-May-2004	I recently saw some strawberry tiger barbs that didn't look dyed, just intensely red, however, they were obviously died version of albino tigers. Especially with the blueberries in the tank who were barely blue at all. That said, with a name like "pink lemonade" I think you can be pretty sure they're dyed tetras, unfortunately. Maybe someone else will think otherwise, but I don't think it's likely
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
Shinigami Ichthyophile Catfish/Oddball Fan Posts: 9962 Kudos: 2915 Registered: 22-Feb-2001	I've never heard white Gymnocorymbus ternetzi to be called "Gold Skirt Tetras", just "White Skirt Tetras". :%) Anyway, if you say they appear the same as Black Skirt Tetras in shape, than you probably are talking about dyed White Skirt tetras. -------------------------------------------- The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
So_Very_Sneaky Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3238 Kudos: 2272 Votes: 201 Registered: 10-Mar-2004	If this link shows what your fish looks like, then it is a dyed fish. I have however, seen some naturally coloured white skirts, that do look pinkish in certain lights (incadescent likely). http://badmanstropicalfish.com/gallery/characins/painted_tetras_sm.jpg Come Play Yahtzee With Me! http://games.atari.com Http://www.myleague.com/yahtgames
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