tattooed fish

[LauraCline]

I saw a news story that said they used lasers to make the pattern but it's still sick.

 

[Slphappy]

This is a bad practice, period. If they're anything like the Painted Tetras, the dye will eventually fade anyway (if the fish doesn't die first). Here is an article on the practice... http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/beginnerinfo/a/paintedfish.htm

 

[fishome25]

fish have been painted as long as I can remember, its just the designs that are new

 

[Samala]

Right, this has been going on for YEARS guys. At least two years from what I see in the LFS and chain stores. Dont buy them, maybe it will stop. Maybe.

Tattooing mollies is a "very" small drop in the bucket.

That may be true, but this is where it can start. You dont value your pet fish, you dont know where your food fish came from or how they were harvested, you've never seen a shark or a whale or touched a stingray or a horseshoe crab... so you have no attachment to these animals, no respect and not a care in the world if they disappear.

Sorry, I'm a big believer in environmental education and how little things can make a very big impact throughout a person's life. It can start with something as little as the ethical problems of a tattoo'd fish. It did for me.

>Sarah

 

[fishome25]

I remember back when I worked at petco they stopped carrying all painted fish, (mollies, glassfish, tetras, parrotfish, convicts)

 

[Samala]

Ah, I used a lot of "you" in the above. I meant that in general, not anyone in particular who posted in the thread.

Sorry if I offended anyone.

>Sarah

 

[Kigs]

when i first viewed the youtube feed, first thing I thought was "Valentine's Day! That's so cool!" But with the story behind how these fish got there, it really is wrong. This topic seems to be an inevitable controversial subject however. Not advocating it or anything...but it does look nice from the surface. =\

 

[fishes2889]

Parrot fish(freshwater) are injected with ink as well...thouhg it fades....

 

[SpektralerSpeer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9163527#post9163527 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jbittner
With so many negitive things happening in the seas (Shark fins, run off, bleaching coral), the last thing anyone sould get upset with is tatooing mollies. Sorry I don't feel your sympathy when shark fins are being harvested only to thow them back in the sea to die. Tattooing mollies is a "very" small drop in the bucket.

Hi jbittner

I perfectly understand your point. However, as the excellent points made by samala illustrate, it is perhaps our nature more than any particular issue that is in question. If people can understand why it is wrong to tattoo fish, then they should understand why harvesting shark fins is wrong and vice versa. I believe that instead of treating animals as if they exist purely for our entertainment/food etc. we should remember that we have a great responsibility to the animals we keep/farm/hunt to make sure that their life and death is as comfortable as possible, whether they are for show or to be eaten.

Paul

 

[SpektralerSpeer]

Just in case anyone missed it, here is a good article on this issue:

http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co....p?article_id=72

Paul

 

[SpektralerSpeer]

Hohum, try again...

http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/show_article.php?article_id=72

Paul

 

[boxfishpooalot]

I think its cruel because I cant see how the fish would breath out of the water getting a tatoo. Otherwise I dont see the tatoo as disturbing but rather the procedure wich they use to do it.

I think mollies are nice fish without a tatoo.

 

[israel.kendall]

This is really disturbing to me, I saw some tattooed mollies in a couple of LFS recently and thought it was sick. Now I have the ethical dilemma of deciding if I still want to frequent the stores that sell these tattooed fish. I know store owners are in it for the money, but really, how much could this possibly add to their bottom line to sell these tortured fish?

 

[curry76]

...thread almost four years old and in the wrong section.

 

[sslak]

I have a tattoo and I rather enjoyed the process, and I would do it again if I had good reason to.

The bottom line is the fish doesn't get the choice, so I think it's cruel.

 

[israel.kendall]

I have a tattoo and I rather enjoyed the process, and I would do it again if I had good reason to.

The bottom line is the fish doesn't get the choice, so I think it's cruel.

I have tattoos as well, and didn't mind it too much, but it wasn't life threatening for me to get them. From what I've read it seems this process on fish has a very high mortality rate. This is the main reason I'm against it, if it didn't kill the fish it wouldn't be quite so bad.

 

[spamreefnew]

I am neutral on the subject. think it's kinda cool but kinda lame at the same time As far as morals go don't forget that WE ALL are taking wild creatures form the ocean and trapping them in tiny glass boxes where we are rolling the dice on their health.