glofish whats your take

[Sky042]

a friend sent me this link I'd never seen them before.
http/www.glofish.com/about.asp

What is the forums take on them? They claim they're not dyed or injected.

 

[spottedbovine]

At least they are not injected.......but hey there r so many fish, why create a new one, I don't think I would buy 1

 

[smithrc]

they arnt dyed... they were genitically modified NO!

CNN News about them...

 

[Fish Buddy]

I would never buy one because they are genetically modified!! EWW

 

[Bruce's Reformed Nephew]

With all due respect, why does genetically modified = bad? (Looking for a rational discussion here )

I think they're pretty neat, but I don't think that I can get them where I live. I will be using their more mundane cousins in my community tank.

 

[MAM]

there was a great big long thread on this, try a search it was a few months back just before the fish were to be released for retail sale. they aren't too popular with most of tff's members

 

[Bruce's Reformed Nephew]

Well, I respect you all and appreciate your advice. I do not wish to annoy a majority of this forum's members, so please consider the question withdrawn.

Peace.

 

[diVer]

Well, I respect you all and appreciate your advice. I do not wish to annoy a majority of this forum's members, so please consider the question withdrawn.

Peace.

Don't be afraid to voice your opinion, as long as it's done without insulting anyone or being mean (and you were far from either)

 

[pete28]

i say go for the glo if you like em nuff said

 

[Sky042]

i say go for the glo if you like em nuff said

I wasn't considering buying them none of the stores near me sell em. I was just curious. Since they were bred for the purpose of combating pollutants I was trying to find out if the forum would accept these fish.

 

[luxum]

I have mixed feelings about glofish. Humans have been selectively breeding fish for decades, and while some people despise this, i don't have a problem with it provided the inbreeding is not so extreme that it creates health problems for the fish. Now, glofish were created in a lab, i beleive a jellyfish gene was spliced in to make them glow in the UV, which i must admit, would be really cool with the proper light setup. This is similiar to selective breeding, but with several important differences, the main being that there is absolutely no way that a jellyfish could ~ever~ cross with a danio. I have concerns that scientists are playing around with the genome that they don't even really understand yet, and that there could be unforeseen consequences to this sort of meddling. Maybe i should have never read Jurassic Park lol.

 

[Sky042]

I have mixed feelings about glofish. Humans have been selectively breeding fish for decades, and while some people despise this, i don't have a problem with it provided the inbreeding is not so extreme that it creates health problems for the fish. Now, glofish were created in a lab, i beleive a jellyfish gene was spliced in to make them glow in the UV, which i must admit, would be really cool with the proper light setup. This is similiar to selective breeding, but with several important differences, the main being that there is absolutely no way that a jellyfish could ~ever~ cross with a danio. I have concerns that scientists are playing around with the genome that they don't even really understand yet, and that there could be unforeseen consequences to this sort of meddling. Maybe i should have never read Jurassic Park lol.

are you afraid one day the land will be taken over by large UV danios trailing stinging tentacles and little t-rex forearms to pick their human prey and force feed your tropical flakes?

 

[luxum]

Haha! Yeh, something like that!

 

[smithrc]

got to admit they would look cool
But I still dont agree with it - or selective breeding to the extent of causing problems... i've seen too many fancy goldfish that can barely swim

 

[karrihug]

my daughter brought home three of each, glo and regular. all from the same store, the glo fish all died about a month later, teh regular are still here after several disasters of varied degree and moving from tank to tank too many times. IMO the glos must not be nearly as sturdy a fish as the regular zebra danio