cichlid7 Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 have a look on the question and answers http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... ermanent=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsarmina Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 if you read futher down he clarifies 'glowlight danios' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlid7 Posted February 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 if he had of said that in the first place it would have been ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 i thought all the "glow danios" got killed because they were injected with something and it was on the news a while back :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayci Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 GM animals, COOL!! I am waiting for the day they make a snake with fur, LOL. Reminds me of a movie I saw years ago with stalone in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 He is not GM though, only SM (steroid modified) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinsonMassif Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 Where are people finding information that this fish is a Glo-fish? Danio choprai Hora 1928 is named the Glowlight Danio. After significant google searching there is nothing I found to suggest this fish is modified at all. Only statements warning that this is not to be mistaken as a glo-fish. I beleive the glo-danio which was destroyed was a genetically manipulated form of Danio rerio, a Zebra Danio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 Correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlid7 Posted February 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 yes but not all were destroyed only the people they caught there is nothing wrong with the glowlight danios. dixon1990 and me thought he meant The GM fish when he answered aaron"s question Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMAZONIAN Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 If you know anybody that has any of them I suggest you contact "MAF Biosecurity" as soon as possible. :oops: Failing to do so does you no credit whatever, and in my book puts you in league with those that still do have them. :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 You mean puts you in league with people that aren't backwards anti GE hippies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMAZONIAN Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Hi All. With all the Hoo Haa that went on about the GM Danio's, I find it hard to believe that there are still people out there, and those that know who those people are that still have them, and are keeping or "trying" to breed them and have the lack of conscience to "DOB" those people in. To that end it makes them as bad as those who still have those fish. :evil: Unforunately the law is the law, and I have expressed my views to MAF via the "OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT". I am prepared to table my letter on the subject and the replies at the conference if needs be. IT DOES NOT MEAN I AM ANTI GM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carla Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Well I AM certainly anti GM, but that has nothing to do with these fish. It seems that most of you seem to fail to grasp the difference between a GE'd Glow-Danio and a "Glowlight" Danio, which is a completely legal fish to have, breed and sell. And this is why I HATE common names! There will always be these mis-understandings. Interestingly enough he has now changed the auction. It is now selling "one Kouli Loach", the questions are still there referring to the Danios though. What a laugh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMAZONIAN Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Hi All. Carla, for the last 40 years I have been telling all fellow hobbyists to use the "LATIN (Scientific) NAME" for fish so as there is NO ROOM FOR MISUNDERSTANDINGS. As is always happening, I am being told it is too hard to remember them and use the "Common Name" as given by people over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 GLOWLIGHT DANIO = Danio choprae GM ZEBRA DANIO = Danio rerio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 Hi All. Carla, for the last 40 years I have been telling all fellow hobbyists to use the "LATIN (Scientific) NAME" for fish so as there is NO ROOM FOR MISUNDERSTANDINGS. Except for the dozens of fish which have several different latin names or are misnamed to begin with... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 Plants are just as confusing if using common names. When selling I try to use both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coelacanth Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 Well I AM certainly anti GM, but that has nothing to do with these fish. It seems that most of you seem to fail to grasp the difference between a GE'd Glow-Danio and a "Glowlight" Danio, which is a completely legal fish to have, breed and sell. And this is why I HATE common names! There will always be these mis-understandings. Interestingly enough he has now changed the auction. It is now selling "one Kouli Loach", the questions are still there referring to the Danios though. What a laugh! Carla did you actually read the thread before posting? It was made quite clear by all that the trademe seller was calling glowlight danios "glo danios" by mistake, and this was what the query was about. This was spelled out in the first few posts of the thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenriswolf Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 Plants are just as confusing if using common names. When selling I try to use both. I'm with this guy. If you use both then you're pretty much being as clear as possible. I actually have a small fetish for using language precisely but my knowledge of fish species is far too limited, and it gets even more confusing if there's a knowledge barrier when you're talking to other people. Things like calling a cameo (cat) a tricolour or a blue torti a dilute tricolour because it explains exactly what you're looking at. Why do physics teachers explain the difference between speed and velocity then proceed to use "speed" indeterminably? On my vet nursing course we learnt the correct words for various cells but there was no consistency - we're taught that red blood cells are erythrocytes, but never use the bloody word past when we're first taught that. How are you going to remember the word in that case?? Anyway, I'll stop rambling :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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