Painted fish? Should this be legal?

Question

I keep reading articles about painted fish and recently ran into them at a local mom and pops pet store. These fish are injected with a dye with large gage needles and only 10% of them survive on average. Not only that but the ones that survive don't even keep their coloring. I am just interested in how many people find this practice appalling as compared to amusing. I am not trying to judge but i would love for someone to tell me I am crazy for thinking this is horrible or just interested in what you have to say. Here is an article to read for fun.

http://www.firsttankguide.net/painted.php

Answer 1

The needle used for painting a fish is equivalent to us people getting a shot with a pencil, except all over our bodies.  Most fish don't survive the process of "painting", it shortens their lifespan, and the paint usually wears off if the fish even survive.  I think natural fish are beautiful, and painted fish are ugly.  It should not be legal.

I just found out that the petstore I do most of my shopping sells painted fish and I am no longer getting fish supplies from them.

This kind of reminds me of painted hermit crab shells.  Im also an avid hermit crab lover and think painted shells are horrible.  The paint is toxic and can kill the hermit crabs, and they are bacially tortured into the painted shells.  

Leave nature the way is was made

Answer 2

It is down right STUPID to paint fish. for one it is mea. But omst of the fish die...so taht is lost profit, and the fish lose there coloring ...so whats the point if most die and the noes that live lost their coloring???

Answer 3

Well, being the vegetarian/animal lover/environmentalist I am, I think this is horrible. When people think of animal cruelty they think of owners beating their dogs or something. This is most definitely animal cruelty.

Answer 4

I agree that it is cruel and I don't buy from stores that sell painted fish.

It's especially prevelant around halloween and easter.

Answer 5

Technically it should not be...

isn't just another form of animal abuse?? :(

talk about false advertising..... D:

Answer 6

it should be illegal

Answer 7

the fish used for painted fish are always glass fish and no all are injected some are collored useing high dye levels in the food they are given I don't like the pratice either way because it is miss leading the people that normaly buy them do not know they will lose their color

but now we have the glow fish which is not injected or dyed they are zebra danios that have been geniticly altered to produce the colors they keep their colors I wouldn't own one because they are man made so to speak but they are better than the painted fish another man made fish is the parrot fish there are a lot of differint thinking as to what they were made with but the most common thought is that they were made from a convict and a severium

Answer 8

well idk i guess itd be l**k getting a tattoo if you were a fish,  i dont think it should be illegal but i dont think they look cool with it and i think there stupid to do that if they dont keep there coloring