Are Painted Platies Man-Painted?

[nomadman2003]

I'm not interested in support man-made fish coloration, but I like the looks of the Painted Platy. Are those colors man made? They look natural, but other fish with "Painted" in their name are man-made.

Thanks!

 

[nanofish]

If you mean man made as in tattooed or dyed then no. It's just selectively bred, so technically that's man made.

 

[nomadman2003]

If you mean man made as in tattooed or dyed then no. It's just selectively bred, so technically that's man made.

Very true on selective breeding being man-made. But yes, I was referring to tattooed or dyed.

Thanks for the reply!

 

[Fishie]

I think the "painted platys" aren't tattooed or dyed by the look (just googled) I almost bought a dyed blood parrot fish because they looked cool but this harms the fish when dyed/tattooed they do it a lot of different ways all harm the fish. The dye wares off on the fish doesn't last too long.

 

[nanofish]

Blood parrots do get dyed but painted platies aren't like fruit tetras or painted glassfish. It's an atypical color pattern and is genetic, although I can't find any sites that go into detail on platy genetics.