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STOP dyeing fish!!!!!!!!

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#1 ·
List of Possible Dyed Fish

1. Bala Shark
2. Labeos
3. Irridescent Shark
4. Tinfoil Barb
5. Tiger Barb
6. Red Tailed Botia
7. Glassfish
8. Black Skirt Tetra
9. Corydoras
10. Oscar
11. Parrot Fish
12. German Blue Ram
13. Convict Cichlid
14. Giant Gourami
15. Kissing Gourami
16. Severum
17 Siamese Algae Eater(SAE)
18. Aulonocara nyassae
19. Pseudotropheus greshakei
20. Pseudotropheus zebra
21. Hypostomous plecostomus
22. Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae
23. Paradise Fish
24. Botia hymenophysa
25. Botia lecontei
26. Colisa sota
27. Betta splendens
28. Discus
29. Goldfish



Dyed Blood Parrots
*This is a different breed.Another kind is a jellybean parrot which stays 10 cm and below in size.
*Besides being dyed, it's also a hybrid which we, as hobbyists, shouldn't accept as this destroys the natural appearance of the fish.
*Known to be a hybrid of Heros severum and Cichlasoma labiatum.

Pls feel free to post your own pics of the dyed fish.
This will raise awareness among the members not to buy these fish.

(edited by Blue for addition of list of dyed fish)
 
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#52 ·
The bad part is we do alter ourselves in ways from tanning beds, to hair dye. All in the name of being idfferent or appealing to the opposite sex.

As for the dying fish, is just wrong to think that such a process doesn't harm the fish, after all tanning too often does harm to us. I can't say it is the most henious act in the industry but is certainly one of the top 5.

People will dye fish and inject fish as long as they allow people to do physical alterations to dogs, cats, weasels, rats, birds etc. There has to be a whole hearted change in attitute toward the true form of an animal before any of these practices like cropping tails, pinning ears and clipping wings will change so it will take the same effort to get dyed and injected fish off the market.

I do know that even if my LFS did start to carry these and wouldn't stop upon request I would still buy from them, just not dyed or injected fish. I know, sounds hypocritical but the other option is to buy my fish and supplies from a place that deosn't clean their tanks at all and they are always full of algae, slime and dead fish so my options are a little limited. I guess the lesser of two evils as Walmart isn't even a choice because they are absolutely the worst of the 3.
 
#54 ·
Wow! Thanks for posting this. I'd never heard of such a process. I came across this post while trying to dig up some information on "tattooed mollies". This would explain what I haven't been able to find any info about them or any breeders.

The tattooed mollies looked just like the kaledscope gourami. Although one of the mollies had 5 vertical stripes instead of dots. All of them had white bodies. I even commented to the fish store employees that I'd never seen mollies like this before. They either didn't know about this process or didn't want to scare me off. Either way I'm not going back there.

Thanks again for posting!
 
#55 ·
Glad you appreciate what we are doing, Naran.:)
Oh, and welcome aboard.:wave: :thumbsup:
I know you'll like it here too.:mrgreen:
 
#57 ·
When I first got my tank I sadly didnt know and I got a jellybean fish it wasnt died it was its normal pale orange. Soon after I got him I was looking in a group on myspace and found out all about them. I was wanting to get more till I saw that. I decided not to return him but kept him in my little tank family. He was a very hearty little fish and liked to follow me along the tank. Last week my little jelly died. even though I miss my little guy like crazy I refuse to buy another now that I have all the facts. Instead I am getting brightly colored cichlids for my tank
 
#58 ·
Here are the following fish which IMO should not be bought:
1. Blood Parrot
~They are so deformed that most of the parrots even fail to be able to close their mouths.:blueworry: You may find "heart-shaped parrots". Their tails were actually pierced which is quite painful for the fish.
2. Jellybean Parrot
~They are fertile unfortunately.:blueworry: So people get to breed them in large numbers.:frustrated: They should be boycotted as they are not even natural.
3. Balloon Mollies
A supposed "natural variant" of molly.:doh!: The truth is that they are so deformed with their spines seemingly curved.:redmad: They are often prone to swim bladder defects.
4. Flowerhorns
Do not believe in what they call are "Chinese characters" which are supposed to bring "luck", "fortune" and other fortune-telling stuff.:sarcastic: Sheer luck happens by coincidence.:wink2:
The flowerhorns you found have been subjected to injections to enhance colorings(often the food color enhancers though), piercing of tails and enlarging of humps. Enlarging the humps is totally not a good idea. The larger it is, the more difficult it is for fish to swim well.:blueworry:
Worst, they are extremely aggressive and it is best not to release them in the wild for a lot of factors which are generally disease contamination to the local flora and fauna and decimation of native stocks like what happened in Lake Victoria prior to introduction of Nile Perch.
5. Assorted Malawi Cichlids
We should not encourage cross breeding the species as we are only reducing the stocks of pure strains. Malawians are so eager to breed that we often find fry which have horrible combinations of colors and even appearance.
6. Poeciliids
Apart from the balloon mollies, do not attempt to cross even the guppies and mollies. They are often frowned upon as they look quite unnatural. I have yet to see pictures of those cross breeds prior to claims that they can even cross breed.:sarcastic:
7. Balloon Rams
Avoid them. They are the same as the balloon mollies.
 
#59 ·
I agree with cross breeding only if it is intentional and unregulated. The accidental crossing of some species is inevitable and there is a fair chance that, I would be guessing, up to 25% of all fish on the market that have been traded and bought and traded and bought etc.. are crossbreeds and there is little chance to eliminate the strains. To be quite honest, if the cross breeding is done by the same standards and regulations that they have for mammals then I don't have many bad things to say about it. It is the unregulated practice that is going to destroy the hobby and many species. But any species that is mutilated, deformed, or lacks the natural biological properties of similar species is absolutely wrong. Also any practice that shortens the life span, deforms the animal or hinders its ability to do what it shoujd be able to do should also be banned.

After all, if it we were to ban all cross breeds of all animals, no one would own a cat or a dog as well as other animals we call pets. It sinply needs to be regulated and done properly to insure a viable, "natural" result with a large enough gene pool to make sure that proper breeding practices can be maintained.
 
#64 ·
ChemGirl said:
I had no idea it was so common to dye tropical fish. Is it usually not noted they're dyed?
Hi and welcome aboard, ChemGirl.:wave:

Pet stores and other distributors do not tell you they're dyed however, with research, you'll be able to identify them.:) Dyed fish are often labelled as 'colored <name of fish>'.:)
 
#66 ·
My LFS told me about the parrots without having to ask. I haven't seen them in a while but I don't make it in very often anymore. I did see them in Walmart today and they looked like puffers that couldn't deflate, really kinda sad but then again you have to consider the store and the condition of most of their fish.
 
#67 ·
St6_Devgru said:
IMO this is a dyed loach


is this a died loach?
Yes.

Thanks to the imagecave.com, file not found.:sarcastic: Here's the picture about dyed glass fish.

Credit will still go to the PFK, of course for the image.:)
 
#69 ·
All.:wave:
I'd like to make clear of a fish that might confused you.
Glofish-details and pics are available in this thread.

As for Glowlight danio(Danio choprae), information is available here. Along with this pic.
 
#71 ·
I think to cover everything about dyed fish, hybrids and glofish, either I change the title(as we're going beyond just dyed fish :wink2: ) or make a new thread.:dunno:

But I'll try to push through my plans anytime to make a new thread concerning the fish that were created through different processes which could have harmed them.:mrgreen:
 
#72 ·
Goldfish are listed as often being dyed; can anyone post a photo? I have two twin-tailed goldfish that I just adore. I don't think they're dyed at all - they're orange Ryukins - but I would hate it if I somehow bought dyed fish. I also have Cory cats, and one is an albino. Again, though, I cannot see that either has been dyed. Is it mostly the albino strains that get colored?
 
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#75 ·
are there dyed kribs does anyone know ? when i was looking to purchase a pair(of normal type) i looked in a few places before going with my favorite dealer in one store they had what they called "super red kribs" that have a very large area of pink up 3 quaters of the body much greater than the standard krib are these dyed or a simple case of selective breeding?
 
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