striped tiger platie ?

[Emg]

Anyone ever see one of these ?

It caught my eye at the lfs and so I brought one home....silly me


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[PEMfish]

Different twist on a common fish.

 

[RyanG]

Cool looking platy

 

[Wolfgang8810]

kinda looks dyed i hhope im wrong though

 

[Emg]

No, it's not dyed. I googled tiger platy and came up with a pic of a similar looking platy....but it has clear fins, not black ones. I havn't been able to find another online that looks like the one I just bought.....


Here's the similar one I did find....it's called a Red Tiger Striped Platy....

 

[Wolfgang8810]

looks lie i was wrong. i just dont like seeing fish that are dyed. Seems cruel.

 

[kathywithbirds]

How the heck do you DYE fish?

 

[Wolfgang8810]

its basicly a tattoo. they sstick needles inbetween the scales and inject pigment. And the colors fade over the course of 3 onths also.

 

[naperenterprise]

Yeah its how the fish industry takes a 2 cent fish and turns it into a $5 fish.
Company offers custom fish tattoos with laser

It looks a little like a painted platty, but could be wrong.

Its a beautiful looking fish! Get a female for him and see how the babies turn out

 

[Emg]

I don't think it is painted. You can tell looking at painted fish that they're dyed......this one looks legit. When I found that pic of the Red Striped Tiger Platy made me feel a bit better...knowing that there ARE striped platies out there....the only difference between the one I posted and mine is that the fins on my platy are black.


EDIT: found this link..... striped tiger platy


And Wolf....those parrots are AWFUL !! Looks like a tank full of jelly beans !!!...:bugout:

 

[RyanG]

If those parrots were natural colored they would be awesome and everyone would have them but they arent and I think they are SICK! People do disgusting things to animals

 

[Wolfgang8810]

they could be advertised as jelly bean parrots

 

[plecosword]

looks lie i was wrong. i just dont like seeing fish that are dyed. Seems cruel.

Man i agree! I bought "neon cory cat, it died really fast. also glass fish. now i know they were dyeyed. I do think its cruel also.
Also I Have heard that this causes them to not be able to breed and they can die faster.

 

[Wolfgang8810]

I do think its cruel also.
Also I Have heard that this causes them to not be able to breed and they can die faster.

That would make it more profitable for the fish abusers if they had a shorter lifespan.

 

[ramora]

sometimes they strip the fishes slime coating then inject it with dye. thats just one method these stupid buggers use.

 

[Emg]

My fish isn't painted......or dyed.....or injected....


striped tiger platies





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