Tattooed fish
- Thread starter crox99
- Start date
- Location
- Rego Park, Queens
Unfortunately, the practice is nothing new...even as a kid, they had "painted glass fish" for sale, the normally dull and transparent glass fish having pink or purple dye injected into it....same for a few of the duller colored tetras. What was most disturbing, other than the ugly, stupid designs, was the obvious ill health of the fish. Every one of the mollies they showed were shimmying...absolutely done for. Nobody buying one of these fish will have a living pet in the next week or too....and any LFS that would sell such doomed fish should be boycotted, whether the fish are tattooed or not. The guy actually had the balls to say that it was worth it if it brought young people into the aquarium hobby! Believe me, selling a kid a dying fish is a sure way of turning people off, and giving the hobby a bad name....Where is this place anyway? Take care, Eric
- Location
- Ridgewood, Queens
I swear there are way too many fu................better yet i wont say anything. Anyone want to take a trip there and see if he likes being tattoo'd against his will? People will see a clown and want to buy fish I cant see how it's a bad thing. Stupid ass.....
scarf_ace1981
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- Location
- San Juan, PR
so sad. let's go to the store and tatoo his face! @ the end he states that young kids will be attracted to the fish and buy a tank. he says "it's great". great for him not for the fish or customer.
I actually saw Painted parrots to make it even worst they had 'I love you" on them and they were selling in a pet store on staten Island called "animal Kingdom's Waterwold" for 59.99. I saw some stupid chick buy one and put it in a 5 gallon hexagon tank that she also brought with the fish. I told her in the parking lot that that tank is too small for the fish and she thought i was harrasing her cause the sales person told her it was fine. I was like ok.
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Trouble Maker!
- Location
- Somewhere on the East Coast
While I agree about this being cruel and should'nt be done, I find we are all hypocrites as to what WE feel deserves to live or die in out tanks and how they should be treated.
You never hear people bringing up the cruelty to feeder goldfish, yes, you do hear of the dangers of introducing them to our tanks due to disease and such, but I have yet to read one post of their treatment. How many of us don't think twice of flushing pests that make there way into our tanks for just trying to survive such as crabs, snails, nudibranchs, anemonies, hydroids and such.
I did'nt make this post to point fingers as I too am guilty of such practices, I had a Gorilla Crab taking down some of my Zoanthids a while back, my plan was to catch him and keep him in my fuge, after about 2 weeks of him alluding me I was at the point if I could just spear him to get him out of the tank I would be happy. After I thought about it, it boiled down to me not wanting to lose money on corals in my tank, not the fact that this creature was taken from it's natural environment, only to wind up in my tank where I was the one who gets to play God and decides who deserves to live or die, based on how pretty they are.
We all claim to be animal lovers, but really who are we kidding? Do we keep these animals to help keep them from extinction or anything helpful? No we simply do it because we are at the top of the foodchain and can do it for nothing more than our own enjoyment. Myself included.
You never hear people bringing up the cruelty to feeder goldfish, yes, you do hear of the dangers of introducing them to our tanks due to disease and such, but I have yet to read one post of their treatment. How many of us don't think twice of flushing pests that make there way into our tanks for just trying to survive such as crabs, snails, nudibranchs, anemonies, hydroids and such.
I did'nt make this post to point fingers as I too am guilty of such practices, I had a Gorilla Crab taking down some of my Zoanthids a while back, my plan was to catch him and keep him in my fuge, after about 2 weeks of him alluding me I was at the point if I could just spear him to get him out of the tank I would be happy. After I thought about it, it boiled down to me not wanting to lose money on corals in my tank, not the fact that this creature was taken from it's natural environment, only to wind up in my tank where I was the one who gets to play God and decides who deserves to live or die, based on how pretty they are.
We all claim to be animal lovers, but really who are we kidding? Do we keep these animals to help keep them from extinction or anything helpful? No we simply do it because we are at the top of the foodchain and can do it for nothing more than our own enjoyment. Myself included.
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Trouble Maker!
- Location
- Somewhere on the East Coast
If you're asking me, I barely made it out of H.S.
Book learning is not my thing, I get totally bored reading, if I'm not totally "Into" what I'm trying to read, my mind wanders and then I'll realize I've read about 3 paragraphs without any of it sinking in. I usually reread something about 3 times and then give up. I'm more of a common sense, learn by doing and observing kind of person.
- Location
- Greenpoint Brooklyn, NY
You think the 5g thing is bad. There was this lady in pet wearhouse when i stopped in this weekend that was browsing the fighting fish in the small pint bowls that they are usually sold in. she first wanted to first put 2 of them in in the same small bowl. Then after she argued with the worker for 10 mins she then said never mind and wanted to put a clownfish inside on and said her kid would love it and asked how often to fill the water up with water from the sink.... the guy ended up saying he won't sell her any fish nor will anyone else in the store after the convo and walked away.
Some people just don't get it.
Some people just don't get it.
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Trouble Maker!
- Location
- Somewhere on the East Coast
At least they were smart enough to not sell to her, how many stores would just go for the almighty dollar and let her leave with the poor little clown.
- Location
- Huntington
From the other side of this hobby I can tell you there are more people out there who just want to do what they want to do than you think. I've had people lie to get the fish they want after being told by someone else they can't do it. My favorite is when they say "it's fine I can do it" like they are going to be the ones to pioneer the first mixed salt and fresh water fish tank with 0.00 SG. I'm not surprised people buy enough of these to make it worth importing them, it's sad.
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Trouble Maker!
- Location
- Somewhere on the East Coast
I hate to admit this, if there was one with flames tatooed on it, I would have to buy it.
scarf_ace1981
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- Location
- San Juan, PR
psycho! although i understand that goldfish,mice,crickets,etc. are sold in mass numbers, it's for consumption. once they are eaten that's it. these poor fish have to suffer through this ordeal, if we can avoid things like this we should make all attempts to.
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