Small tanks, Dyed fish etc etc.. WoW!

Christine · 12-13-2006, 01:06 PM

I just can not believe what I just saw on ebay. Check this out.

I'm speechless

I don't approve of dyed fish.. but Im not as loud about it as many people are.. I guess they're trying to find something to do with the ones that don't make it, at least my mind is wanting to say that. The alternative is just so wrong.

emc7 · 12-13-2006, 02:35 PM

Oddly enough, I think its kind of pretty. Not the I would use one. I used to work in a lab with plastics and we would occasionally seal stuff in resin and cure it. Once someone came home from Jamaica with a scorpion in his suitcase. After he killed it, he brought it in and we made a nice paperweight. After a couple a months, we heard a pop. The decomposition gases had exploded the paperweight and the smell was unbelievable.

Christine · 12-13-2006, 02:56 PM

Ewww LOL.

Its not so much that its encased that bothers me. Its more that they grew the poor fish just to dye it, and then to add insult to injury they killed it so someone could tote it around on their keys. I don't think I even want to speculate how they might have done that. It obviously wasn't with clove oil. And then I picture a whole lot of fish being raised solely for this purpose and that just bothers me. Maybe they dyed it after they killed it and at least spared it that, Im not sure if thats even possible. Obviously someone is buying it (or are they? this is the first time I've seen them), but nonetheless I was a bit schocked to spot this in the Live Fish listings LOL.

Puffer Pita · 12-13-2006, 03:40 PM

Try doing a search on cane toads on Ebay and see the disgusting crap they sell.

stargate_geek · 12-14-2006, 08:26 PM

As much as I dislike cane toads (the introduced ones, they're fine in their natural habitat

) that's horrible! Same for the poor little fishes! I have noting against 'preserving an animal for science’ But that's not even CLOSE!

If you want a ‘colorful’ fish, get a neon tetra, guppy or beta! LIVE!

Puffer Pita · 12-14-2006, 08:58 PM

Yup, I love my cane toad, she's lovely, but when I saw that crap on Ebay, made me sick to my stomach.

Christine · 12-14-2006, 11:06 PM

What kind of person comes up with those ideas... really. Yuck. Tho, Ive not said yuck at a leather purse. I guess in a way its the same... sort of.

Puffer Pita · 12-15-2006, 09:56 AM

Except your leather purse doesn't have the cow's head or feet hanging off it, does it? And you don't open the cow's mouth to put your stuff into the bag.

Christine · 12-15-2006, 11:34 AM

No, and thats really gross.

Ringo · 12-15-2006, 12:20 PM

Them Toads are kinda odd

Just like the deer you see hanging on the walls.
But the fish keychains are really really odd.

maxpayne_lhp · 12-25-2006, 07:29 PM

lol maybe they are beautiful when they are still alive although i am never for that crap... but no, not in my keychain lol

flamingo · 12-25-2006, 07:57 PM

Scorpion paper weight? I have 4 of them lol.

As for cane toads, I almost caught a few in texas, those suckers are huge.

But that keychain, morbid.

mayastarocker · 02-10-2007, 06:31 PM

The fish keychain and the cane toad purses are just sick and wrong.

Old School · 02-10-2007, 10:04 PM

Well, I guess it depends on your point of view.Fish were never meant to be kept in tanks either.That's unnatural and cruel in it's own way too.Everyone has their own point of tolerance.Today I saw a parrot fish with " I love U" permanently tattooed on it's side,was rather disgusting to look at but I'm sure someone will buy it.

**TheOldSalt** · 02-10-2007, 10:43 PM

Yeah, I saw some of those stupid things today myself. I just don't get it.

12-13-2006, 01:06 PM	#1
Christine Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 39 Posts: 859	Small tanks, Dyed fish etc etc.. WoW! I just can not believe what I just saw on ebay. Check this out. I'm speechless I don't approve of dyed fish.. but Im not as loud about it as many people are.. I guess they're trying to find something to do with the ones that don't make it, at least my mind is wanting to say that. The alternative is just so wrong. __________________

12-13-2006, 02:56 PM	#3
Christine Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 39 Posts: 859	Ewww LOL. Its not so much that its encased that bothers me. Its more that they grew the poor fish just to dye it, and then to add insult to injury they killed it so someone could tote it around on their keys. I don't think I even want to speculate how they might have done that. It obviously wasn't with clove oil. And then I picture a whole lot of fish being raised solely for this purpose and that just bothers me. Maybe they dyed it after they killed it and at least spared it that, Im not sure if thats even possible. Obviously someone is buying it (or are they? this is the first time I've seen them), but nonetheless I was a bit schocked to spot this in the Live Fish listings LOL. __________________

12-13-2006, 03:40 PM	#4
Puffer Pita Puffer Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,672	Try doing a search on cane toads on Ebay and see the disgusting crap they sell. __________________ Tina Puffers: Auriglobus silus x2 Colomesus asellus x1 Tetraodon travancoricus x1 Tetraodon biocellatus x2 Tetraodon nigroviridis x1 Tetraodon baileyi x2 Tetraodon lineatus x1 Tetraodon palembangensis x1 The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated. - Mohandas Gandhi

12-14-2006, 08:26 PM	#5
stargate_geek Official Geek Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Massachusetts, USA Age: 16 Posts: 82	As much as I dislike cane toads (the introduced ones, they're fine in their natural habitat) that's horrible! Same for the poor little fishes! I have noting against 'preserving an animal for science’ But that's not even CLOSE! If you want a ‘colorful’ fish, get a neon tetra, guppy or beta! LIVE!

12-14-2006, 08:58 PM	#6
Puffer Pita Puffer Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,672	Yup, I love my cane toad, she's lovely, but when I saw that crap on Ebay, made me sick to my stomach. __________________ Tina Puffers: Auriglobus silus x2 Colomesus asellus x1 Tetraodon travancoricus x1 Tetraodon biocellatus x2 Tetraodon nigroviridis x1 Tetraodon baileyi x2 Tetraodon lineatus x1 Tetraodon palembangensis x1 The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated. - Mohandas Gandhi

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12-13-2006, 02:35 PM	#2
emc7 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Johns Creek, GA Posts: 3,603	Oddly enough, I think its kind of pretty. Not the I would use one. I used to work in a lab with plastics and we would occasionally seal stuff in resin and cure it. Once someone came home from Jamaica with a scorpion in his suitcase. After he killed it, he brought it in and we made a nice paperweight. After a couple a months, we heard a pop. The decomposition gases had exploded the paperweight and the smell was unbelievable.

12-14-2006, 11:06 PM	#7
Christine Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 39 Posts: 859	What kind of person comes up with those ideas... really. Yuck. Tho, Ive not said yuck at a leather purse. I guess in a way its the same... sort of. __________________

12-15-2006, 09:56 AM	#8
Puffer Pita Puffer Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,672	Except your leather purse doesn't have the cow's head or feet hanging off it, does it? And you don't open the cow's mouth to put your stuff into the bag. __________________ Tina Puffers: Auriglobus silus x2 Colomesus asellus x1 Tetraodon travancoricus x1 Tetraodon biocellatus x2 Tetraodon nigroviridis x1 Tetraodon baileyi x2 Tetraodon lineatus x1 Tetraodon palembangensis x1 The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated. - Mohandas Gandhi

12-15-2006, 11:34 AM	#9
Christine Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 39 Posts: 859	No, and thats really gross. __________________

12-15-2006, 12:20 PM	#10
Ringo I'm just a Twig Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The Sticks Age: 16 Posts: 960	Them Toads are kinda odd Just like the deer you see hanging on the walls. But the fish keychains are really really odd.

12-25-2006, 07:29 PM	#11
maxpayne_lhp Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: West Michigan Age: 20 Posts: 2,174	lol maybe they are beautiful when they are still alive although i am never for that crap... but no, not in my keychain lol __________________ ~Nam Nguyen~

12-25-2006, 07:57 PM	#12
flamingo One Word: Croutons. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 17 Posts: 1,881	Scorpion paper weight? I have 4 of them lol. As for cane toads, I almost caught a few in texas, those suckers are huge. But that keychain, morbid. __________________ I'm still around from time to time. If you'd like to chat, send me a pm and i'll tell you where to contact me

02-10-2007, 06:31 PM	#13
mayastarocker Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Holton, Michigan Age: 19 Posts: 66	The fish keychain and the cane toad purses are just sick and wrong. __________________ 10 FW gallon 1 pleco 1 black kulhi loach 1 zebra danio 1 leopard danio 1 male dwarf flame gourami 1 female swordtail 2 bullfrog tapoles 2 black widow tetras 5 gallon FW 1 female black molly 2 male mollies 3-4 tree frog tadpoles

02-10-2007, 10:04 PM	#14
Old School Fishy Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: NY Posts: 14	Well, I guess it depends on your point of view.Fish were never meant to be kept in tanks either.That's unnatural and cruel in it's own way too.Everyone has their own point of tolerance.Today I saw a parrot fish with " I love U" permanently tattooed on it's side,was rather disgusting to look at but I'm sure someone will buy it. Last edited by Old School; 02-10-2007 at 10:10 PM.

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02-10-2007, 10:43 PM	#15
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,469	Yeah, I saw some of those stupid things today myself. I just don't get it.

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