As you all know im getting some glofish which are geneticly modified zebra danios. They are legal in the U.S.(Except California). For some moral reasons, people don't like them. But most people think they are dyed or hurt and go through "trama". That is FALSE.
The glofish was created by scientist to detect pollution. The Glofish was injected with a gene from a jellyfish into the embreo when it was an egg. Therefore if the glofish mate, the offspring will be the same color. Studies have shown that the glofish behave like normal zebra danios. There are no ill effect and the color never wears off.
They are currently available in three colors known as "starfire red" which is more of a pink color, "electric green" which is a bright neon green, and "sunburst orange" which is a bright yellow color. Glofish got its name because they tend to "glow" when you put them under a black light in a pitch black room. They show there color in the day time great under a regular fluorescent light but brighter if you put them under a actinic (blue wavelength) light. This is because the fish absorb the light then reemit it. -matt
all information is from www.glofish.com
If your wondering how these "glofish" help the enviroment read this.
To achieve their goal of helping to fight water pollution, scientists are in the process of adding a "switch" that will cause the always fluorescing GloFish® zebra fish to selectively fluoresce in the presence of environmental toxins. A non-fluorescing fish will signal that the water is safe, while a fluorescing fish will signal trouble. Although these fish are not currently available, scientists hope to complete this work soon. To help further the research, a portion of the proceeds from sales of all GloFish® fluorescent fish goes directly to the lab where these fish were created.
-glofish.com
The glofish was created by scientist to detect pollution. The Glofish was injected with a gene from a jellyfish into the embreo when it was an egg. Therefore if the glofish mate, the offspring will be the same color. Studies have shown that the glofish behave like normal zebra danios. There are no ill effect and the color never wears off.
They are currently available in three colors known as "starfire red" which is more of a pink color, "electric green" which is a bright neon green, and "sunburst orange" which is a bright yellow color. Glofish got its name because they tend to "glow" when you put them under a black light in a pitch black room. They show there color in the day time great under a regular fluorescent light but brighter if you put them under a actinic (blue wavelength) light. This is because the fish absorb the light then reemit it. -matt
all information is from www.glofish.com
If your wondering how these "glofish" help the enviroment read this.
To achieve their goal of helping to fight water pollution, scientists are in the process of adding a "switch" that will cause the always fluorescing GloFish® zebra fish to selectively fluoresce in the presence of environmental toxins. A non-fluorescing fish will signal that the water is safe, while a fluorescing fish will signal trouble. Although these fish are not currently available, scientists hope to complete this work soon. To help further the research, a portion of the proceeds from sales of all GloFish® fluorescent fish goes directly to the lab where these fish were created.
-glofish.com
i like to leave these things to the pet activists guys because if its already on the market and its not cruel or very unusual (rainbow color dog or something), i dont really care. once those weird breeds of dogs come up though, i think i might say something
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