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	Colored widow tetras?
upikabu Fish Addict Posts: 591 Kudos: 393 Votes: 44 Registered: 08-Jun-2005	I went to a nearby LFS today and saw widow tetras with some very strange colors - one group was light blue (more like the color you get if you accidentally mix your whites with a blue sock in the wash ) and another was orange-ish. They're labelled simply as "colored widow tetras". I didn't get to ask details since they were busy. Has anyone seen something like this before? They just don't look normal to me; looks like someone threw a dye into a tank of white skirt tetras to make these! -P
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	Yep, I've seen them before. These fish are dyed, and the colors won't last. Not only that, but the dyeing process is very bad for the fish, and will usually shorten their lifespan. Here's a link to a website that can go more into detail on what dyeing does to fish... [link=http://www.deathbydyeing.org/home.htm]http://www.deathbydyeing.org/home.htm" style="COLOR: #808080[/link] 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
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	Please don't buy Dyed Fish. Read the link that sirbooks mentioned above & see yourself the cruelty done to the fish. Just never buy Dyed fish. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buzaqq/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
upikabu Fish Addict Posts: 591 Kudos: 393 Votes: 44 Registered: 08-Jun-2005	Ugggh, that's horrible! I knew there was something dodgy with those fish. And I know that this particular LFS import most of their fish from Asia. Anyways, that totally turns me off that place! ]:\| Thanks for the link! -P
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
lifeofcrimeguy Enthusiast Posts: 230 Kudos: 265 Registered: 12-Jan-2004	wow. ihad just assumed that dyed fish were illegal in australia. ive certainly never seen them in syd. then again the fish shops i visit are fairly serious and would never sell them neway im sure.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
tankie Fish Addict Posts: 857 Kudos: 848 Votes: 230 Registered: 15-Mar-2005	ive seen them so many times in our big fish stores and its disgusting...how can they patronise this cruelty... to mention which stores i saw them... big al's, pj's, and walmart. never seen them in superpet nor in petsmart.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
bratyboy2 Big Fish Posts: 355 Kudos: 340 Votes: 1 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	their called mix fruit tetras and sometimes by holidays like 4th of july painted tetras. they'll loose the color and become white in a bout a months time or so. i boght some regulas for $0.29 at pet supplies plus just this week because they lost their color. well i hope this helped.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
fry Enthusiast Posts: 243 Kudos: 195 Votes: 3 Registered: 27-Jul-2004	do the shopkeepers know about this? sure, they should, but they sometimes to ignorant to even check for such things. i would have confronted them directly. if they don't know about this, they should go and learn, and that might motivate them. if they do know, then they should also know to ruins their sales. motivate them to stop doing that.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
ARSALAN88ARAIN Small Fry Posts: 1 Kudos: 0 Votes: 0 Registered: 27-Apr-2012	can anybody tell whether these fishes are dyed or not because i m having some (4 in different colors) and these are very common in pakistan there color is permanent i have attached the pic i have more pics but can attach 1 at a time
Posted 27-Apr-2012 22:12


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