Recent content by imabirdmom

The dye is permanent. Obviously this is quite traumatic to the fish when it is done and many don't survive the process. These are laser tattooed instead of injected so less of the fish's tissues are affected. The smaller fish are often injected in or near the spine and most of them eventually...

Hi, I'm the owner of the fish in question. Yes, he's dyed and he's a Giant Gourami. He was 1 of 2 I that came with a 20 gallon tank I purchased 3 years ago to be used as a quarantine tank. I say one of a kind because I visit fish stores all over the Seattle area all the time and have never...