I saw these in the store and had to get them. They're not the rosy babs or the cherry barbs. The woman at the store said they were related to the albino tiger barb. They are a cherry red with white stripes, red on the fins, mirroring the tiger barbs markings, and deep red eyes. I can't find any info about them. Any insight?
red tiger barbs???
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i have seen these as well. i am pretty sure they are a type of tiger barb morph, but i may be wrong. it could also be somethign close, but a different species, i have seen those as well. a pic would help us determine.
From what I've seen and heard, there is an actual color morph that makes them mostly Red, but there are also dyed albinos out there. I honestly don't know how to tell the difference, but I do know that the LFS I work in just got a batch that my coworker said were dyed, and they had the red coloration with white stripes.
Like I said though, I don't know what the real color morph looks like, so I unfortunately can't help you with identifying which you have. :huh:
Like I said though, I don't know what the real color morph looks like, so I unfortunately can't help you with identifying which you have. :huh:
That description sounds just like the zebra danios i saw at the lfs...They said they were dyed...but were 3 times the price...the dye must be expensive! :duh:
Converseballer said:
If you mean "Red-Glow Zebra Danios" that are a bright hot pink color, those are not dyed. Those are genetically engineered and have jellyfish DNA in them.
jodimartin2003 said:
Usually, the dye is injected into the skin of the fish, and there is something like 70-90% mortality rate in fish that go through the process. And yes, it will fade in time. The most common fish I have seen dyed are glass tetras and blood parrots.
i have heard of two ways of artificially coloring fish (not counting the genetic method for glo-fish, the altered zebra danios). one method is injection, where color is added by needle injection to a certain area on the fish. examples of this method are painted glass fish, painted glass cats, etc. the other method is dipping. from what i read the fish are dipped in a chemical that strips off their defenses or opens up pores, or something. then dipped in the dye, and then possibly dipped into another chemical to help seal in most of the dye. i dont know how accurate this is, but in any case i dont like the dyed or painted fish. the colors fade, its horrible for them, and in the end you pay more for the same thing since the colors go away.
unfortunately I can't post any pix yet... the camera isn't working at the moment. But these babrs I doubt coud be dyed.. I could be wrong, but I don't think they are. The have an even color and the vertical stripes are identifiably white. They could be a morph, but what would you mix it with?
a morph is a genetic variation usually found through captive breeding where odd colorations arent quickly eaten by predators. a hybrid is a cross between 2 species. albino is a morph, just a genetic variance. in this case the high red would just be a morph, nothing to do with mixing (hybridizing) a tiger barb with anything else.