Pink Danio?

[paulypaul182]

I was in my LFS yesterday and saw some pink danio in a tank. Im not interested in having any pink fish but was wondering, are these dyed? The assistant assured me they werent but Ive never heard of any pink danio at all.

 

[minxfishy]

Try googling glofish, I assume thats what they were.

 

[PRW1988]

They are dyed. They're also known as glowlight danios. Illegal in many states/countrys.

 

[paulypaul182]

I thought they were. The assistant was telling me that it was how they were bred. they also had an 8 inch bulky fish that was pink which I believe is dyed as well. I cant remember what the species is called.

 

[paulypaul182]

They are dyed. They're also known as glowlight danios. Illegal in many states/countrys.

Do you mean a glofish? Ive read that these are the dyed ones http/www.glofish.com/

 

[three-fingers]

I don't think they are dyed, they will most likely be the genetically modified ones which are illegal in this country.

The big fish would be dyed though, wich is legal here..

 

[Mikaila31]

Glofish are not dyed, but genetically modified animals. They are born like that and if they breed the offspring will also be colored.

 

[fifefish]

They are dyed. They're also known as glowlight danios. Illegal in many states/countrys.

Do you mean a glofish? Ive read that these are the dyed ones [URL="http/www.glofish.com/"]http/www.glofish.com/[/URL]

arent glowfish genetically engineered fish..injected with genomes from a jellyfish i think but i think they are a crime

 

[paulypaul182]

Im thinking they were glofish because they were really bright pink fish.

I don't think they are dyed, they will most likely be the genetically modified ones which are illegal in this country.

The big fish would be dyed though, wich is legal here..

Ive been hunting around for the post where someone was really chuffed with the fish that they had purchased only to be told it was dyed but I cant find it. It was definately that fish. It was 8 to 10 inches and very bulky. Im starting to reconsider my LFS. In one tank, there was a ghost shrimp eating a dead penguin tetra. The assistant told me that the penguin had jumped in that tank and was no doubt taken by a ghost shrimp and killed by it. This is absoloue rubbish. I have four ghost shrimp in my tank and also have harlequins that are under an inch with no losses at all. The harlequin regulary pass by a rock that shrimp often hang out on. Why do SOME LFS workers talk utter rubbish? If they arent sure then they should ask someone who knows. Fish arent cheap, yet they complain when we take dead fish back.

 

[OohFeeshy]

Nowt wrong with them, although they're technically not allowed in the UK (DEFRA apparently cares more about a tiny tropical fish that just screams 'eat me' than parrots with hearts tatooed on them...).

They're also known as glowlight danios

Urm, no they're not. To bring up an old post,

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?s=&amp...t&p=1659845

 

[paulypaul182]

Nowt wrong with them, although they're technically not allowed in the UK (DEFRA apparently cares more about a tiny tropical fish that just screams 'eat me' than parrots with hearts tatooed on them...).

They're also known as glowlight danios

Urm, no they're not. To bring up an old post,

[URL="http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?s=&...t&p=1659845"]http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?s=&amp...t&p=1659845[/URL]

I think screwing around with an animal so it looks pleasing to the eye is sick! Dyed, GM'd or tattooed is just plain wrong in my eyes.
The thing is, alot of the fish we own have been tampered with in some way

 

[fifefish]

i agree but i dont mind selective breeding..

 

[three-fingers]

In one tank, there was a ghost shrimp eating a dead penguin tetra. The assistant told me that the penguin had jumped in that tank and was no doubt taken by a ghost shrimp and killed by it. This is absoloue rubbish. I have four ghost shrimp in my tank and also have harlequins that are under an inch with no losses at all. The harlequin regulary pass by a rock that shrimp often hang out on. Why do SOME LFS workers talk utter rubbish? If they arent sure then they should ask someone who knows. Fish arent cheap, yet they complain when we take dead fish back.

It's actually quite likely that happened, if we're talking about the small macrobranchium shrimp usually sold as cost shrimp in this country - it happens quite often, since the shrimp usually aren't fed much at the lfs and the tanks are more crowded, seen it happen a few times. Any shrimp will pick at a dead fish too, and there's almost always a couple of losses with rummy noses, especially if one jumped tanks.

But illegal genetically modified fish and dyed ones are certainly to be frowned on.

 

[paulypaul182]

In one tank, there was a ghost shrimp eating a dead penguin tetra. The assistant told me that the penguin had jumped in that tank and was no doubt taken by a ghost shrimp and killed by it. This is absoloue rubbish. I have four ghost shrimp in my tank and also have harlequins that are under an inch with no losses at all. The harlequin regulary pass by a rock that shrimp often hang out on. Why do SOME LFS workers talk utter rubbish? If they arent sure then they should ask someone who knows. Fish arent cheap, yet they complain when we take dead fish back.

It's actually quite likely that happened, if we're talking about the small macrobranchium shrimp usually sold as cost shrimp in this country - it happens quite often, since the shrimp usually aren't fed much at the lfs and the tanks are more crowded, seen it happen a few times. Any shrimp will pick at a dead fish too, and there's almost always a couple of losses with rummy noses, especially if one jumped tanks.

But illegal genetically modified fish and dyed ones are certainly to be frowned on.

I actually complained to him and demanded shrimp from another tank and he carried on saying that one dead fish would harm a shrimp. As far as Im concerened, one dead fish is one too many. I dont know if that fish died of disease, natural causes or was captured by a shrimp. Personally, I would say a 1 and a half inch fish was too much for a ghost shrimp to catch unless it was ill.

 

[Dorkhedeos]

They were engineered to test waters for pollution. They would glow if certain toxins were in the water. Genetically modified animals are pretty similar to selectively bred ones. Its just that you skip all the steps in between and you end up with the result in probably 1/1000th the time.

Edit: One dead fish at a fish store is actually pretty good. Fish stores always have about 5-20 losses a day(depending on the size of the store), but its the really good fish stores that take them out constantly so nobody sees them.