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snakedude_03
03-16-03, 10:32 PM
hey. wondering if you guys know what kind of fish this is...?
snakedude_03
03-16-03, 10:36 PM
here's another one..
ETET
03-16-03, 10:37 PM
Never keep this before and they call it "neon somethin....???"

ETET
Rebecca
03-16-03, 10:51 PM
Painted tetra. The get died that color. It's a pretty painfull process.
snakedude_03
03-16-03, 10:54 PM
whoa... they're painted??? i didnt know that.. my friend had just bought 2..
reptilez
03-16-03, 11:15 PM
thats terriable! Whey would some1 want to piant the pets??
ThEmAdHaTtEr
03-16-03, 11:26 PM
When I was little I had a whole bunch of those. Cool fish. Painted? Wierd...
Matt_K
03-17-03, 01:43 AM
i believe they are also known as Popsicle Tetras (i own three). I got the whole story from Shane on the dying of these guys, i cant remember it all right now. I will send him this thread and have him shed some light on the situation.
Youkai
03-17-03, 02:34 AM
Those are 'painted glass fish'. I believe they are a perch, not a tetra. They are actually injected with the dye I think. Oh, and they dip them in something to remove their slime coat.
They are a brackish fish to boot...

What do you wind up with? A fish that is stripped of it's slime coat, injected with die, and kept in freshwater.
So imagine how long those fish will last...
Youkai
03-17-03, 02:36 AM
Oh, and I think they also only tend to thrive with lots of <i>live</i> food and algae. My guess is not many of these guys live long in captivity.
Matt_K
03-17-03, 03:43 AM
i've only had mine for about 3 months now. They seem to be doing fine however the color is now gone. From what i have been told the color doesnt usually last..
corr
03-17-03, 06:22 AM
No, the colour doesn't last and quite often they develope a fungus in the areas that they were injected.

Please don't support this market.
sSNAKESs.com
03-18-03, 08:54 AM
Unfortunate, there is alot of species that are now being injected with these dyes...as already mentioned, the slime coat is diminished and these fish not only loose the colouration quickly but they are not long lived. Fungas is usually the main cause of death...all in an attempt to sell more fish that ppl find really colourful. Terrible, terrible, as corr stated, dont support this market. :(