Omg!

[modaz]

[URL="http/cgi.ebay.co.uk/coloured-parrot-cichlids-guppies-tropical-fish-tetras_W0QQitemZ200225156999QQihZ010QQcategoryZ66795QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http/cgi.ebay.co.uk/coloured-parrot-cich...1QQcmdZViewItem[/URL] just wish that this wasnt possible, poor things

 

[ALW]

Its Horrible

 

[kj23502]

That's insane!!

 

[Faythee]

At least they explain the process. Do they mean 8-10 percent ? That's horrible !

I do not see why anybody would want a tutti-frutti colored looking tank anyhow. Gross

 

[Esfa]

At least they explain the process. Do they mean 8-10 percent ? That's horrible !

I do not see why anybody would want a tutti-frutti colored looking tank anyhow. Gross

I've never heard of that process though.... could be a little bit of bull IMO...

 

[OscarWilde]

Parrot fish are horrible anyway. Dyed parrot fish would be even worse. Why would anyone want these?

 

[TheConstantGrower]

i was walking thru my favorite LFS today, picking up my new fish, and i look up, and BAM, 2 tanks FULL (30 fish a tank) of neon pink/orange zebra danios in one tank and day glow yellow in the other, i made a little scene and the misses made me shut up and get my java moss.

this fish dying business has got to end

 

[modaz]

i was walking thru my favorite LFS today, picking up my new fish, and i look up, and BAM, 2 tanks FULL (30 fish a tank) of neon pink/orange zebra danios in one tank and day glow yellow in the other, i made a little scene and the misses made me shut up and get my java moss.

this fish dying business has got to end

i wouldve shouted even more when she told me to shut up, .
We see a mutlitude of dyed fish available in our consodiated lists but thankfully we dont see them in our wholesale list, anyway its nice to see that our british based wholesaler doesnt import these in but i can understand that the asain supplier sells them, i would never dream of a tank or any dyed fish, i would just be constantly thinking about the poor things, im just too soft at times, i even feel guilty when the consolidated comes in and the guppies are crammed into one bag

 

[TheConstantGrower]

If you want to talk rediculous...

I went to our local petco one day (just to get a master test kit not fish lol) and they were in the middle of recieving an entire batch of fish.

guy reaches into the box pulls out a HUGE bag, full of SOOO MANY gold fish, only theres next to no water and they are all dead, were talking in the 100's range here, and several bags, all showed up dead. rediculous.

Boggles the mind why we havnt found better ways to ship and store fish. i know that were we to actually do it the right way, as in be humane as possible, i wouldnt be able to stock a mid sized tank for under 100 bucks. and we wouldnt have much selection.

Its a crappy trade off, do you want great fish in your area? or do you want minimal fish in your area and have them costs 30 bucks a guppy?

catch22 mate

 

[shelaghfishface]

well i considered myself to be quite lucky having never seen a dyed parrot fish in real life, now i feel sad, as i realise they actually do exsist, the sad bit is the selle is quite frankley trying to justify the fact that they have been dyed, and if thats not enough they are in the post for 2 days, then posted out again after a week, poor bloody fish, but like everything else... supply and demand

shelagh

 

[Corleone]

There's a good chance the zebra danios weren't dyed, but Glofish, which are transgenetic. At least the transformation process doesn't hurt them (it was initially done to eggs during fertilization, and the color breeds true in successive generations) and they live normal lifespans and breed normally (supposedly they can develop ugly color morphs if you cross different colors, but I've never seen the result). They were reviewed for a few years before they were approved for sale (Since their genetically modified, US law considers them a medicinal drug), and the pigment was deemed safe for the fish and any tankmates that may eat them.

Unnatural, surely, but I can't say it's cruel.

i was walking thru my favorite LFS today, picking up my new fish, and i look up, and BAM, 2 tanks FULL (30 fish a tank) of neon pink/orange zebra danios in one tank and day glow yellow in the other, i made a little scene and the misses made me shut up and get my java moss.

this fish dying business has got to end

 

[iankent]

interesting question though - seeing as fish in the wild dont generally have to deal with planes, speed bumps and motorways, and usually dont have to suffer cramped conditions, what would be a good way to transport them? any suggestions on humane transportation of fish?

 

[TheConstantGrower]

interesting question though - seeing as fish in the wild dont generally have to deal with planes, speed bumps and motorways, and usually dont have to suffer cramped conditions, what would be a good way to transport them? any suggestions on humane transportation of fish?

No, none at all... which happens to be exactly my point.

 

[iankent]

No, none at all... which happens to be exactly my point.

instead of moving the fish, why not move ourselves? lets all emigrate to a tropical country

 

[TheConstantGrower]

i vote we build a human tank, in the tropical areas, im thinking a 1700sq ft 6 inch thick tempered glass house sunk near a reef would do nicely for me. Turn the tides so to speak.