Tattooed Fish

[skywhr]

Tattooed Fish are apparently the new trend in pets, check out the link.

 

[SonnyDaze]

 

[FoBoT]

i can't like that

 

[heathertre]

That's just wrong in so many ways.

 

[sadffffff]

cool! i want one!

 

[dawnbug]

I hope this fad doesn't take off.

 

[skywhr]

Spokeswoman Gina Browning says the practice is not illegal as far as she knows, but they don't condone it.

"Morally and ethically what we're looking at is incorrect. Any animal lover would agree, it's so unnatural," says Browning.

 

[SmoochyTX]

Wow. That is so wrong.

 

[HomeAppraiser]

Originally posted by: MrsJello
I hope this fad doesn't take off.

This is nothing new.

Dyed Tetra have been around for 20 years.

 

[Oceandevi]

It is not an accepted practice to serious fishkeepers. These are sold to people who dont really care about aquaria.

 

[Accipiter22]

old news. Most fish that you have in a freshwater tropical tank that are bright colors are actually tatooed.

 

[Oceandevi]

Originally posted by: Accipiter22
old news. Most fish that you have in a freshwater tropical tank that are bright colors are actually tatooed.

Thats a lie. Source?

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: Oceandevi

Originally posted by: Accipiter22
old news. Most fish that you have in a freshwater tropical tank that are bright colors are actually tatooed.

Thats a lie. Source?

Maybe if you shop at Walmart. Petsmart or PetCo isn't much better.

 

[jhayx7]

Poor fish

 

[Howard]

Wow. Just get koi and be done with it.

 

[thespeakerbox]

or buy a HowardFish.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: thespeakerbox
or buy a HowardFish.

Link?

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: thespeakerbox
or buy a HowardFish.

Link?

Text

 

[Aquaman]

Never buy any tattooed or dyed fish and hopefully the trend will die out.

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Raduque]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: thespeakerbox
or buy a HowardFish.

Link?

Text

holy christ, what in the hell is that?

 

[amicold]

Originally posted by: skywhr
Tattooed Fish are apparently the new trend in pets, check out the link.

That's funny...I live in an area served by that station.

 

[neutralizer]

That looks cool, but yeah... probably not cool for the fish.

 

[funboy6942]

I remember seeing those "Painted" Glass fish at Wal-mart. I wonder if they knew what they were buying and selling? I almost bought a few, they looked freakin sweet and I had no idea till now that they were not bred that way.

Painted glass fish

 

[Oceandevi]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: Oceandevi

Originally posted by: Accipiter22
old news. Most fish that you have in a freshwater tropical tank that are bright colors are actually tatooed.

Thats a lie. Source?

Maybe if you shop at Walmart. Petsmart or PetCo isn't much better.

A non dyed cichlid

festae

vieja

These are all central american cichlids. Not a dyed fish among them. You can draw your own conclusions about freshwater fish.

 

[DrPizza]

There are a lot of species that are naturally beautiful... So what if someone figured out how to take a fish that's easily bred and make a little extra money from them?

Oh, and concerning the writers of the article who claimed it would be like us getting stabbed by pencils??! Fish cells are to scale smaller than our cells? Fish nerve endings are much much smaller than our nerve endings?? There really isn't a difference, plus I'd bet that the people dying the fish are anesthetizing the fish ahead of time... otherwise, it'd be a pain in the neck to work with the fish.)