Don Lino
Premium Member
U guys have got to see this...:mad2:
http://www.cnn.com/video/player/pla...at/2007/02/02/brason.tattooed.fish.wgrz&wm=10
http://www.cnn.com/video/player/pla...at/2007/02/02/brason.tattooed.fish.wgrz&wm=10
Tatooing Fish??
- Thread starter Don Lino
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ReefArtist
In Memoriam
We all ready have them right here in Largo - last time I'll go into that store!
markandkristen
Active member
yeah ive seen them done to larger fish but not the smaller ones.
:mad2:
ReefArtist
In Memoriam
I agree. We're having enough problems with the way our fish are caught and our corals are collected, we don't need this kind of press. I'd just like to know what makes a LFS purchase anything like this.
Here's a good read on LPS collecting - little dated (2002) but still good information. There is rumor that Euphyllia species may be banned in June. This is just a rumor as I've not found anything on this but here on RC.
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/3/aafeature
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1038755
Here's a good read on LPS collecting - little dated (2002) but still good information. There is rumor that Euphyllia species may be banned in June. This is just a rumor as I've not found anything on this but here on RC.
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/3/aafeature
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1038755
playa0069u
New member
ya i have read alllllll about this. There is like a 90% death rate and the needles they use are the equivalent of using a pencil sized on a human.
ichthyman
Active member
Sadly for the same reason the tattooist is, someone willing to buy them. People will purchase these poor animals just like they’ve done with the plethora of dyed fish or invertebrates in years past. Look at the use of cyanide to collect the vast majority of the fish within the marine side of the hobby, people supply because people buy. The hobbyists have the power to stop these practices but more then likely they will not and that is the saddest truth.
I haven't heard anything about a ban. More than likely it will be a limitation of CITES permits after a set date.
Sailor_jon
New member
I cant even imagine a human self inflicting similar types of tatto's. Oh wait....nevermind...
I agree...the insanity keeps coming....the idiots keep breeding and the lowest common denominator keeps pullling the boundaries of civilization backwards. Hopefully it will go away like a bad haircut.
I agree...the insanity keeps coming....the idiots keep breeding and the lowest common denominator keeps pullling the boundaries of civilization backwards. Hopefully it will go away like a bad haircut.
LauraCline
New member
Tattooing fish is just sick. People are so weird nowadays.
mrferrit
New member
i have seen this for well over a year and was at the lfs yesterday and they had a bunch like always with i love u and hearts and flowers tattooed on them there always the freshwater parrots. a mom and a child were looking at them i told them it was a reall tattoo and its cruel and they quit looking at them glad they didnt buy one .
