African Clawed Frogs Being Dyed?

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Maddymoo

That response by your lfs store really made my laugh. Think about it... if you were it put a white fish (gold angelfish, white black shirt, etc) into a tank of water with food coloring.... would the fish change colour? no, it might tint but after a couple of minute in clear, fresh water, it would go back to it natural color.

You look the way you do because of your mom and dad, their genetics combined to make you. Bred in colored water would not make you green. This the same and true for these frogs. I will agree that colors of certain types of creatures (certain frogs, fish and birds) can be enhanced by the food it eats. But not matter how many carrots you feed a turtle, it is not going to become orange.

To think of it another way.... The egg sack in which the embryo develops kepts the embryo in which protecting it from the outside environment. I don't know how they dye them..... but "bred in coloured water" simply does not make sense to me.

These are dyed, and the dye will fade over time, regardless you will end up with a deilghtfull pet. I personally object the any of that, because too many people were buying dyed fish then when the dyed (or tatoos) fade, they no longer want the fish.

I do believe that the dying process is different from the tatoo-ing process... unfortunately, I have seen both procedures done on fish that are commerically available. The easiest way to know... if it is a color that does not appear in nature, or is a naturally occuring morph... it is then "man-made". What did the creature have to endure to be what "man" wanted it to be.

I thought that in England the fish community was strong enough to stop most retailers from selling dyed fish getting signatures on a "contract" from lfs (with few exceptions) that they would not sell dyed fish and these are promoted. I read Practical Fish mag that is published in England and they really rally against that type of manipulation of species.