Has anyone heard of glofish before? If so where can I find them and that are compatable with platy and bristle nose catfish?

There were some red ones imported a while ago but were destroyed by Maf when discovered along with any other danios. They are genetically modified and therefore unwanted organisms.

Yea I googled after posting this and I literally just read the acticle. Dammit they looked really cool. Especially the green ones. What would you suggest with platy that are colorful and not guppy, Mollies, Sword tails or any other livebearers. I'm hard to please aha

Cardinals, Neons, Danio's, possibly ember tetra's? Mine are bright orange.

Would four female platy and say 6 Neons be all good in a 22L tank (AR-126)

Why do you think they look cool? Unnatural, terrible for the fish causing earlier death. Why not get cardinals which have MUCH better and safer colour, + they are not illegal.

How is it terrible for the fish? It doesn't hurt them at all. Maybe you're thinking of the dyed ones, which are injected. They're talking about the GM ones.

Go to the glofish wesite and see what cha think. I didn't realize they were GM or even that that they give off a glowing light about them.

They have transfered a gene from a jellyfish and the colour shows up best under black light. Not my cup of tea but obviously there is a market for them.

Some rasboras are also quite colourful. I find mosquito rasboras more vibrant than ember tetras for example.

Im confused? There are 2 types of GM fish?

Im confused? There are 2 types of GM fish?

No, there are not. At least not in relation to this thread.

Im confused? There are 2 types of GM fish?

I'f you're talking about what I said, I wasn't talking about glofish. Just following up on what Adrienne was saying - suggesting other bright and colourful fishes that are legal.

nah, I was referring to bdspider's comment; both dye and the jellyfish gene have to be injected I am pretty sure - and the fish appreciates that? What do you mean by the other GM ones?

With the glofish, the jellyfish gene is IN their genes, they are born that way, the genes are passed on from their parents, they are engineered to be that colour, not injected. Whereas with dyed fish, dyes are injected into the individual fish and are not genetic. A dyed fish would have normal offspring.

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Here's some Wiki links so you can see the difference between dyed and GM fish.

Dyed:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painted_fish

GM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GloFish

The jellyfish gene was spliced into the danio genome and thus forms part of the fish's genome. No pain and no harm done. No negative effect for the fish in our tanks.

MAF Radar in the house :bounce: :bounce:

http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/publicat ... -78/gmfish

Ah ok thanks educated again. Did you know Koreans inserted a phospherous gene into dogs giving them glow in the dark paws - its on youtube, pretty wierd.