Painted fish

m wrote:
That's crazy... I never knew they painted cories.
I wonder what the economics are like surrounding painted fish... wouldn't that be
really time consuming? Dye probably isn't very expensive, and if the
fish sell like hotcakes to people that either don't mind or don't know
then I'm sure that's a trivial issue. But if it takes a lot of time
then I don't know why they would do it.

It seems counterproductive to me... I want fish that are soothing and
natural to watch. I don't want to look at my fish tank and get confused
and think that I'm on a vegas strip full of crazy neon lights.

maybe
it's because I don't understand fully how they do it? All I've read
says that they inject the fish with some stuff...

There are 2 different types of "painted fish". Some are injected, as
you have read about, the other is worse.
The fish are put into a vat of caustic solution with burns off their
slime coat. 80% die right then...80%!! Isn't that nuts.
Then, after being dipped in acid and had their slime coat burned off,
they are dumped into a vat of dye.
Most fish are so unhealthy from the process, if they're one of the 20%
that made it through the process, that they don't live very long
anyway.
If they do survive, their color will fade completely over time anyway.
I truly beleive this practice should be outlawed. There is no question
whether or not this practice is abusive. It's disgusting, and I ask
every shop owner that carries thewm if they are aware of the process.
If they are, and still buy them, I don't go back, and tell them why.

"Glengoyne" wrote in message
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I guess its a fine line, like I said before, other than the chain
stores, they are basically the only game in town. In all the trips to
that store, I dont think I have ever seen a dead fish in all the tanks.
That is in stark contrast to the local Wally-mart where some days they
have more floaters than swimmers. The staff at this store are very
knowledgable, and the only fish we have lost from them was the result
of a well meaning fish sitter. They tend to carry larger fish than the
chains as well. The CL's that we got 2 months ago from a chain, are
just now about the size of the loaches they carry at this store.

I'm torn I guess.


I was lucky that our CEO was a fish guy and not fond of dyed fish. When
touring the store opening, he quietly said to me that he didn't care if I
never carried any painted fish for sale. That was an easy suggestion to
adhere to ;~). The only painted fish we had were cast-offs from people who
were moving and they were clearly marked not-for-sale.

I'm not so sure all LFS managers have that much purchasing power (to turn
away potential sales items), but I do know that many do and still sell them
for economic reasons. It's probably a good idea to let them know your
opinion, but boycotting them should require some discretion imo.
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