Omg Glow In The Dark Fish!-what The?

[DeBree420]

stumbled upon this..
its from some tv show in the UK
http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmw5E...F%2Fandysworld
oh my god
its insane!
most likely a disaster waiting to happen...
only because of untrustworthy/irrisponsible pet owners
but still...i kinda want some...

 

[K.J.]

Couldn't load the URL but glow in the dark fish are nastily dyed and will probably die.

 

[DeBree420]

uh ..no they actually genetically modified with sea corral cells in them
http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmw5EWxCKeo...2F%2Fandysworld

 

[K.J.]

I dunno, maybe I'm cynical, but I don't see how that could be.

Anything like these?

 

[smithrc]

I dunno, maybe I'm cynical, but I don't see how that could be.

Anything like these?

exactly like that....

They aren't dyed - they are GM fish - been about for ages now....

the rights are owned by this company - http/www.glofish.com/

 

[K.J.]

Huh. Guess I need to do more research.

 

[Amunet]

Well.. they certainly look neat and I bet would be a pretty funky addition to a tank.

 

[tamara]

I dunno, maybe I'm cynical, but I don't see how that could be.

Anything like these?

exactly like that....

They aren't dyed - they are GM fish - been about for ages now....

the rights are owned by this company - http/www.glofish.com/

What are GM fish??

 

[DeBree420]

kindof a bias site though...being the company that makes them!
i think this is an incredibly dangerous concept, given the massive amount of stoopid people out there who somehow consider fish as less of a lifeform than other pets and therefore feel that its ok to treat them like c*#@p and flush down sewerage, and chuck into local drains/river systems.just because these fish geting out(and surviving) in the wild is improbable, doesnt mean its impossible !!!
and what about crossbreeding with regular zebra dannio? in another hundred years we may not have a pure strain left...will crossbreeds show the glow..or just carry it? ..already there are some fish kinda lost to the aquarium trade because of crossbreeding, and these were natural types
it kinda feels like monsanto soy all over again...where they say it wont get out, then when it did they tried to charge the farmers because they had patented the genetic fingerprint...
worrying, incredibly worrying

 

[wendywc]

What are GM fish??

GM --- short for genetically modified. ... I've seen the red danios for a while, but orange/yellow and green too - neat. Pretty awesome picture off of their website too. http/www.glofish.com/images/glofish_037.jpg

 

[mcdanielnc89]

wow those fish are actually available to us?

 

[proton]

My personal opinion is YUK, I have just joined the aquarium hobby and I don't like anything non natural, my partner said it looked like plastic fish... It would look unatural in a planted aquarium. But I suppose if neon bright and is your thing then yes... what ever floats your boat as i say... anyways why go for those when marine aquaria has soooo much more beautiful fish...

 

[mcdanielnc89]

lol, i love those glo fish.. HAHA.. if u dont ur choice, lol.. i so likee m tho. lol.. they should do that to guppies lol.. maybe.. lol.. they do seem to be over populated...

 

[Castellop123]

s...

 

[mcdanielnc89]

Guppies already have many different Colour Morths...

not glo, loool