The Puffer Forum

Is this really a blue porcupine puffer?

It has been on here before. I think it was conclude that the poor puffer was Dyed

i know that dying any fish is cruel and inhumane but how does it affect them? and how can they do it?

James B wrote:i know that dying any fish is cruel and inhumane but how does it affect them? and how can they do it?

Have a read of these about dyeing and the last one is when dyeing just isn't enough for them. Sickening.

http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/p ... etails.php
http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/p ... icle_id=72
http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/p ... p?news=957

oh my...that is just wrong. the last article was just gross. why would someone want to cut off the fins and dye fish?!? i feel bad when i have to trim the tail on my horse ( his hair grows fast and he looks so silly afterwords... ) i just don't understand.

I think it is gross and inhumane what they are doing to these poor helpless fish. It should be illegal to do that to any fish worldwide.

Where did you find that Blue Puffer?

also, is it just me or does the puffer really look sad in the picture. his little eyes look sad to me in the picture. i dunno, could just be me.[/i]

saraybe wrote:also, is it just me or does the puffer really look sad in the picture. his little eyes look sad to me in the picture. i dunno, could just be me.[/i]

It does look sad. In fact, to me he looks sick and miserable.

Voila! Isn't it dazzling? This shows that fishes too need to spice up their lives with some colour!

That just makes me sick.. I've seen some in Walmart that I'm pretty sure have been injected or 'tattooed' and it makes me sad and angry. Fishies are naturally beautiful, so why would anyone want to put these little creatures thru this torture?

Though that porc puff could easily have been dyed, he also could have been Photoshopped. Here's a great page on what disreputable sellers can do with Photoshop to make their animals look more exotic for sight-unseen sales (mail-order or over the Internet):

http://bluetongueskinks.net/blue.htm

Click on "Caresheet" near the top left. Type "Fabricated Photographs" into the "Search a keyword" box or scroll down a bit to see Photoshopped images of blue-tongued skinks in Technicolor.