Strawberry tetras? Blueberry tetras?

joules · February 25th, 2006

Is there actually such a tetra as a strawberry tetra and a blueberry tetra? I supposedly bought some ad the pet store and have not been able to find any information about them on the site. The only thing I seem to be able to find is information about white tetras being died because they don't naturally come in these colors! Is this true?

If I would have known about this at the time, I probably would not have purchased them. I keep reading about dyed, painting, and dipping them. This is awful.

fish_r_friend · February 25th, 2006

its true i hate the dyed fish they just dont look right

newbie101 · February 25th, 2006

it not only looks bad, but it is so cruel

I told my mom about it, becaue we saw some at my LFS

and she was mad and is going to ask them about it next time we go...

Gunnie · February 25th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joules

Is there actually such a tetra as a strawberry tetra and a blueberry tetra? I supposedly bought some ad the pet store and have not been able to find any information about them on the site. The only thing I seem to be able to find is information about white tetras being died because they don't naturally come in these colors! Is this true?

If I would have known about this at the time, I probably would not have purchased them. I keep reading about dyed, painting, and dipping them. This is awful.

Yep. It's true. We have had a couple of threads come up recently about this:

http://www.fishlore.com/Forum/index.php?topic=611.0

http://www.fishlore.com/Forum/index.php?topic=1226.0

joules · February 26th, 2006

Wow! I will certainly pay a little more attention to what I buy the next time. they were just so pretty.....

fish_r_friend · February 26th, 2006

i don't buy them cause they are more prone to ICH and they dont look right at all because you can tell if they have unatural colors

joules · February 26th, 2006

Now, I have just been dealing with ich and these seem to be the only 3 fish that have not shown the symptoms? Weird.

Osiris · February 26th, 2006

In my LFS they call those Fruity Tetras.

joules · February 27th, 2006

A couple of the fish stores in my area have these fishies. The poor little things. This will be my last purchase of those! I feel sad for the 3 that I have.

I guess I should ready alittle more before my next purchase.

0morrokh · March 9th, 2006

WHOEVER DIES THE POOR GUYS WATCH OUT FOR ME THAT IS SO INHUMANE IT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL THAT MAKES ME SOOOO MAD

Gunnie · March 11th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joules

A couple of the fish stores in my area have these fishies. The poor little things. This will be my last purchase of those! I feel sad for the 3 that I have.

I guess I should ready alittle more before my next purchase.

Now that you know what they've been through, just give them a little extra love, and they will have a much better life in your tank than they probably would have had living somewhere else.

LilaBean · September 10th, 2006

omg-- good to know--thanks guys-- LILA

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