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#1 ·
just wondering what kind of fish this is when i bought them i was told they were tutti frutti tetras but cant find anything about them. i have 2 one has green along the top and the other has pink
 

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#3 ·
Those are albino black phantom tetras.
 
#7 ·
and shortens their lifes.
 
#9 ·
we got those at walmart and our petstore X_X when i go there next ill let u know
 
#10 ·
This is just an albino Black Skirt Tetra with color injected into it. They give them new names like "fruit tetra" so people wouldn't think these fish were color injected, which is very painful for the fish. I consider it animal cruelty.
 
#14 ·
Don't be too hard on yourself. All of us have made mistakes at one time or another. I imagine that you are probably feeling disappointed, but you didn't know at the time. Use your experience to help someone else make a better choice.

Enjoy your fish and take care of them the best way you know how. That's all they ask. And TFK will help you with achieving this. You can never ask too many questions.
 
#16 ·
I have 2 of them how many should there be of the same fish I asked when we bought and they said 2 would be fine right now I have 2 tanks set up 1 10 gal and one 20 the 10 gal has the 2 white phantoms 2 what I was told are black widow tetras 1 false penguin tetra and a plecko I don't know what kind as the mother in law went with the daughter and Got it planning on moving them to the 20 gal tank which has a false penguin tetra a Mollie a swordtail and what I was told are 2 xray tetras
 
#18 ·
That fish has most definitely been tattooed. Just take care of the poor creature as best as you can now.

If there's some form of a local fishkeeping club or something of sorts in your area, there are some things you may be able to do to restrict the sale of these fish and hopefully stop this practice once and for all.

Educating fishkeepers about what these poor fish go through should be top on the list.
Also, a petition can help in convincing said fish stores to stop importing dyed fish.

It paid of pretty well here in Malta to the extent that I haven't seen a single dyed fish for sale in my 4 months of fishkeeping experience. Not a single one.
 
#19 ·
With all of the beautiful fish already available to choose from, it boggles my mind that anyone would do this to a poor living creature.

It's just so wrong and it makes my blood boil. :redmad:

Unfortunately, the people buying them have no idea (at least for the most part) that a less colorful fish has been painfully injected just so that sellers can make more money.

Grrrrrrr!!!!
 
#22 ·
is that what they do to the glo-fish? i think they are zebra danios are they not?? lol but ive never seen them do it to these tho .. i dont know much about it but i think it gets passed down genectically and when they die they ooze the colours out kinda nasty?? lol i have no idea.
 
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Glofish are genetically modified animals. The had a fluorescent gene from a jelly fish inserted into their DNA. The strain for the aquarium causes the skin cells to be fluorescent. They are "normal zebra danios" except for this gene. This exact same process is used extensively in biological research. The gene used can make what ever part of the fish you want to glow if you insert it into the DNA correctly. A laboratory zebra daino may have the same gene, but look just like a normal zebra danio because that gene is instead set attached to, for example, white blood cells or nerve cells, so only those cells fluoresce.
Above is a video of a zebra danio embryo. Two fluorescent genes are used the blood cells are red and the blood vesicles are green. Its used to study development normally. Take a growing zebra danio egg with this gene and place it under a microscope and shine black light on it and you can watch exactly how the nervous system develops for example. The gene, like any, is definitely inheritable. Most Glofish are raised exactly the same as any normal zebra danio. When they breed the offspring will have the same colors.

I'm suddenly at a loss on why videos instantly embed when i try to hotlink them :S
 
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