"Tristan" wrote in message
...

Blah] [mumble] [blah] you mentioned the [mumble] Ed Alston [whine] [mumble]
Hipcrime. I [yap-yap-yap] a copy of hipcrime [mumble] some [ramble]
[mumble] [blah] [bark] [mumble] Carol [mumble] knock her in head [blah]
[yap- yap- yap] liked
the way [Blah] worked.[Spew] and I [blah] may have to go and install
[blah] Gail
[chatter] library and [cackle] and see [blah] [gobble] it [mumble] do.
[Mumble] [mutter] something [mumble] [yelp] [howl] to make groups
[blah] [babble] [mumble] delete groups, [blah] Carol [Mumble] [mumble]
[blah] wrong on that aspect, but I do [mumble] Gail [stutter] Ed Alston
[blah] for
manipulating posts......but back [blubber] I had [mumble] need, now I
have [mumble] Carol [bitch] so [mumble] now there [mumble] a need......


[Mumble] [spit] jogging my [mumble] with [yackety-yak] [mumble]
hipcrime. [gibber] Carol [lament] Ed Alston [Blah] [blah] it somewhere
around my
[yak-yak-yak] here, and [huff and puff] Carol [spew] it. Losing quality
sleep
[spew]

Just Roy

I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

"Tynk" wrote in message
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On Feb 15, 5:43?pm, "Don Freeman" wrote:
tropical fish painting/dyeing.

I first heard of this practice from this group and I subsequently brought
it
up on another group (a.f.u.) where it has been questioned as ever
happening.
me response was this:

================[quote]=================
If it is a UL there are a lot of people and organizations that have bought
into it and a incredible amount of detailed information regarding it. Not
saying that makes it true but it certainly would make it the UL of the
Year:


http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.u...ide.net/painte
d.phphttp://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/beginnerinfo/a/paintedfish.htm

The photos of the fish are rather convincing, yet for all the hoopla over
this practice I can find no painted tropical fish for sale anywhere. I
tend
to believe it may have been done but is not as widespread a practice as
the
above sites (and others) would make one believe. Or maybe the practice was
much more prevalent and the uproar such as above helped curtail it.
===============[end-quote}===================

Any information on how this practice got started, how prevalent it is, and
who is still doing it would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Don Freeman
--
Ever had one of those days where you just felt
like:http://cosmoslair.com/BadDay.html?
(Eating the elephant outside the box, one paradigm at a time)


The cruel practice of dying and injecting fish with dyes are very much
still happening. I see it all the time here in Illinois (USA).
I have begged the only "good" local shop around here that I'll even go
into anymore and he won't stop. They're one of his biggest money
makers. Isn't that so sad! He can barely keep going because of the
chain stores, so he sees it as a must sell situation. He doesn't agree
with the process, but this shop is his lively hood. He did, however,
stop selling puppies a long time ago. I was very happy about that.
I see the dyed and injected fish in the chain stores as well. PetLand
is a biggy, Meijer stores, Wal-Mart's, Some PetCo's too.