I just went to my local lfs to get some knew filter catriges and I saw some died parrots, never goin' back there again!
Dyed fish outrage
- Thread starter amehel0
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for the record, they have been dying albino cory cats with red dye since the early 90's...
its been going on for years and years now.
thankfully, they are not too common here in canada.
its been going on for years and years now.
thankfully, they are not too common here in canada.
ps I urge people not to show their frustration by boycotting your local fish stores.
just walk on by that tank.
but you should still try and support them.
you have to understand that from a business perspective some LFS's cannot afford not to have dyed fish if they sell well.
and especially if they sell well and their competition has them.
If I choose not carry dyed fish and my competition does, and my customers all go there to buy these fish (and all their drygoods too) I would go out of business..
Its not what anyone would want, but thats life if a business wants to survive sometimes...
don't fault the owners of the store for trying to earn a living by giving their customers fish that they want.
fault the people in the industry who are making these fish in the first place...
just walk on by that tank.
but you should still try and support them.
you have to understand that from a business perspective some LFS's cannot afford not to have dyed fish if they sell well.
and especially if they sell well and their competition has them.
If I choose not carry dyed fish and my competition does, and my customers all go there to buy these fish (and all their drygoods too) I would go out of business..
Its not what anyone would want, but thats life if a business wants to survive sometimes...
don't fault the owners of the store for trying to earn a living by giving their customers fish that they want.
fault the people in the industry who are making these fish in the first place...
I hate dyed fish too.
and I don't buy them.
but I still shop at the LFS because every now and they all carry dyed white skirt tetras. they fly out the door when children are around..
if I boycotted the stores around me because of dyed fish, I would have nowhere to shop..
and I don't buy them.
but I still shop at the LFS because every now and they all carry dyed white skirt tetras. they fly out the door when children are around..
if I boycotted the stores around me because of dyed fish, I would have nowhere to shop..
most shop unless are private owned have a corporate made stock list that the store employees dont have control over. when i do fish orders i always write down that i have 10+ of ever artificially colored fish on the list so i dont have to buy any more.
thankfully, the store where I used to work wasn't like that. It was a franchise, but was not bound by corporate policy in regards to livestock.
we would have the suppliers fax us their stock lists all the time and we would just place an order.
it was really good.
we would have the suppliers fax us their stock lists all the time and we would just place an order.
it was really good.
what is sad is that they are also dying fish or tattooing them to make them look like fish that are naturally in the hobby already... Molly's with vertical stripes... how many fish are white with dark stripes on them... worse is that people see a fish with a tattoo and think that it could not really hurt that bad... I have one... of course their tattoo does not cover 2/3rds of their body and was given when they were 3 years old...
the worse part is the market they attract. we know better but all the newcomers have not got a clue as to how it is done and are just attracted buy the flouro colours. this is the first ive seen. the minute i saw theese i literally had a stomach ache. it just pains me to think what they suffered(the fish)
Yeah dont it just suck i must say that ive not seen alot of this in the uk myself but im sure there is plenty of places that do it and i would be the same just walk out of the shop.
Here are some pics for some of you that havnt seen this sort of thing before.
Here are some pics for some of you that havnt seen this sort of thing before.
