bioluminescent fish

[flyhockey1037]

does anyone in this forum own bioluminescent fish? Bioluminescent fish are fish that make their own light. I was just reading an article about them and got to thinking if they are in the aquarium hobby. i know they are usually deepwater but i was just wondering if anyone owned any.

 

[noelberg]

Can they even be successfully kept by the amateur aqaurist? You would need some intense water pressure and absence of light to simulate their environment.

And speaking of deepwater fish, i saw a GREAT show on PBS the other night: a NOVA episode about the Coelicanth. What an amazing fish. It was awesome to see the submarine films of Coelicanths in their natural environment.

 

[flyhockey1037]

i know that scientists have been able to keep deepwater bioluminescent fish in a pressurized tank. i was just wondering if anyone here has anything like that or has even considered having a "deepwater" pressurized tank. it seems like it would be a very interesting thing to do
a fish like this for instance could be kept....

The polychaete Tomopteris
this things are so amazing...

and the last one

none of these pictures have been photshopped or otherwise altered, they are amazing.
more info can be found HERE.

 

[flyhockey1037]

this fish is called the loosejaw.
this series shows the light organ behind the eye turning on and off.

 

[drobbins27]

Can they even be successfully kept by the amateur aqaurist? You would need some intense water pressure and absence of light to simulate their environment.

And speaking of deepwater fish, i saw a GREAT show on PBS the other night: a NOVA episode about the Coelicanth. What an amazing fish. It was awesome to see the submarine films of Coelicanths in their natural environment.

Is that the prehistoric fish that everyone thought was extinct until and African fisherman accidently caught it?

 

[noelberg]

The very same fish, drobbins.

The coelicanth program was really informative. Instead of me blabbing, here's the link.

Man, flyhockey, who wouldn't want a loosejaw if upkeep was easy?! One would need oil tycoon style money to keep a tank with fish like that .... if the country's laws even permit one to own those fish.

 

[flyhockey1037]

thats true, but from the look of some of these takns on here i ve learned that anything is possible lol. i wasnt expecting anyone to have any but u never know.

 

[Malt_Vinegar]

Well, i have been trawling the web looking for specimins being kept in capivity, but no luck so far

Some glow-in-the-dark fish are available to the aquarist. However, these are colored artificially to improve salability. For example, the "Painted" Glass Fish is not a natural color morph. These fish are subjected to a torturous dip in a chemical bath to strip their protective slime coat, painted with fluorescent colored paint, and then placed into an irritant to expedite the re-generation of the slime coat. The color eventually fades (usually within 6 months) from those few specimens that survive long enough for this to happen. Legitimate aquarists do not condone the practice.

Thats all i found so far