I Got Fish, Do You?

I have never seen them is such an array of colors before. I might question whether or not it was natural. They appear to be sitting on the bottom of your tank, which could mean they are stressed (unless they were just posing for the camera). I would check you water quality and make sure your heater is keeping a constant temperature.

Sadly, those fish are dyed. Their normal adult color is orange, sometimes you can get a juvenile that will go through a yellow phase before turning orange. I had two that did the yellow color before turning orange. I had them as juveniles, so knew they weren't dyed. Now, this isn't a lecture, just passing on information so you can make an informed decision in the future. There's several different ways fish are dyed. One is to inject the dye under their skin. The other, they actually dip the poor fish into some acid to remove their slime coat. Then, they coat them with the dye. Most fish do not survive this process, and I imagine it is very painful for them as well. Fish that are dyed tend to not live their full potential life span. My blood parrots lived about 9 years, and I actually had a problem with my tank that killed them off. And, the dye wears off. Depending on how they did it, I would say within a few months to a year it should be completely gone. The price you paid is about normal for them. You can pick juveniles that aren't dyed for around 8.00. I've seen PetSmart scamming people and selling orange adults(not dyed) for 28.00. I asked what the difference was, she said because they were orange with no stripes. I said, well, when they're adults, they're all orange with no stripes. The grey color and stripes IS their juvenile colors. Like I said, just scamming to make a buck. Another thing that is kind of common, is fish mutilation. Ever seen a unicorn parrot or sweetheart parrot fish? Sweetheart parrots look like a heart, what they do, is cut off the tail of the poor fish. Unicorn parrot fish have something on their head cut to make a horn appearance. Nasty cruel stuff they do. You have your fish, so enjoy them. But in the future, I would suggest not buying dyed, tattooed(yes, they tattoo fish now as well), or mutilated fish. It's a very cruel process the fish endure, and it should be banned. Buying these fish just encourages them to continue doing it. When I go to a store and see a fish like that, I immediately tell the manager about it, and refuse to buy anything from that store ever again, and make sure they know about it. Commonly dyed fish-glass tetras, corydora catfish, blood parrots, jellybean parrots, convicts, etc. Here's a link with some info, and do a search for more links and photos of dyed fish: http://parrotcichlid.com/dyed_fish

Nope. I don't have any fish. I really want to get a salt water tank sometime in the future though. I think that would be really neat. Way too expensive for me right now though. Your fish look awesome.

even i love to have an aquarium in my house with lots of colourful fishes like gold fish angel fish etc. etc. but when i go to my native place, who will take care of these fishes and supply food and clean the tank. so i suppressed my desire.

Ya. I have a fresh water tank. I have 3 gold fishes and a kissing gourami. All of tham are over one year old. But i've not added any new fish in last one year due to lack of space. I'm wishing to replace it by a larger tank soon, so that i can add more fishes.