Parrot Cichlids

[clothahump]

As promised list of dyed fish.
Glass fish(Chanda Ranga)
Malayan Glass Angel(Chanda Buruensis)
Corydoras Albino(Paleatus & Aenus)
Oscars and Tiger Barbs are suspected.
Will post more if I find them. :'(

 

[FishChick]

I have seen dyed tiger barbs.  I don't remember what color they were dyed....  , but it was not natural

 

[kitten]

There are dyed oscars, called blueberry or bubblegum. This is so sick.

There are also white skirt tetras that are dyed, colored widows. My friend had some when she first started out, then i told her why they looked so "pretty", she returned them to the fish store and told them off for not giving her this information.

I have seen a lot of species that have been subject to this, glass fish of any kind are the most "popular" dyed fish.
> :'(

 

[ryanp15]

[glow=Blue,strenght,width]Yeah I've seen those dyed widow's. Those little dyed glassfish are everywhere at wal-mart. I've seen people just starting our question about them and they don't tell them they're dyed fish. I think that's missleading. Never seen the dyed oscars though.

     Ryan ;D[/glow]

 

[ronrca]

Sad, very sad! I always ask before I buy if the fish are dyed. Personnaly, I think Red Parrots are ugly but that just my opinion. My lfs does not buy dyed fish or hybrids so Im pretty safe buying from him but its big stores like Petsmart/Walmart that I would be a little hesitant.

 

[kitten]

I agree with you, blood parrots are a hideously ugly mistake. Thats all i can say.  :-/ :'(

 

[FishChick]

The fish stores may not always know if the fish that they get are dyed.  I had to asks about the blood parots. When your lfs orders fish they look at a black and white typed list.  red oscar, blueberry oscar, tiger oscar, are all listed in a row.  

 

[ronrca]

You might be right FishChick! But I know that my lfs asks his supplier if the fish are dyed/hyrid. He is very much against it. He said that he has even switch supplies because of it.

 

[clothahump]

You are correct the stores only receive black and white lists from their wholesalers, the wholesalers receive full lists, that can be up to 200 pages long, with full listsings, including which fish are coloured and which are not.
8)

 

[kitten]

The people that order the fish must know which fish are dyed and which aren't!!!! OMG!!! Why would they be ordering the fish if they didn't know anything about it?? C'mon, tiger oscar, albino oscar, BLUEBERRY OSCAR??? If they are familiar with the fish, and the d@mn well should be, then they're gonna know whats what.  :

 

[ryanp15]

[glow=Yellow,strength,width]The people at my lfs said that unless they ask they would never know if the fish was hybrid or died. They said it's kinda hard to find out from the people they order from as well. They say they can't get them to answer on 6 out of 7 days. But I think that most pet store owners are just trying to make it by and if these dyed fish are what people want then they will get them in. I wouldn't balme them. My lfs isn't like this however. I just think if you don't agree with hybrids or dyed fish then don't buy them. I agree with kitten on the blueberry oscar I knew by the name it was dyed. But some of them you can't really tell. Like the blood red parrot cichlids.

     Ryan ;D[/glow]

 

[clothahump]

At last some one has reached the right conclusion.
The Red/Orange colouration of Parrots is normal,they are not normally dyed.
The ones they use for dying are  usually a washed out dull grey/green.
Evidentally most of the fry come out dull. 8)

 

[ryanp15]

Thanks! So you agree too?

    Ryan ;D