Do you not like the glowfishPlus on the tank, haevy minus on the glofish though
Ed is a Vet.. He probably knows some inside details that are not shared with the public.Do you not like the glowfish
Any manipulation like injecting with dye or manipulating genetic material just to be glow in the dark is against my feeling of respect for animals.
(Of course there can be many discussions of keeping animals in general, but just adjusting them, with no regards to any natural neccesities, just to increase sells, by any manipulating, i am dead set against.
Just like i am against all the selective breeding to change dogs and cats into fashion accessories.
I am not against selective breeding to enhance for instance disease resistance in crops, i am against incorporating, through genetical manipulation, resistance against certain weedkillers, so you can market those crops in combiation with said weedkiller.
I am against selective breeding which makes a chicken grow 1 kg in 6-8 weeks, sadly i blame the consumer for this, not willing to pay a reasonable price for a more animal friendly product, be it pork, chicken or eggs.)
I always research the plants and animals I want to include in my scapes, if only to ensure that they're suitable. I've been in this hobby for several decades on and off and have learnt a lot but I'm also aware that as science progresses things change so research is also necessary to stay up to date. I've often discovered that knowledge I've taken for granted is either inaccurate, no longer relevant, or just plain wrong.so how do we know what has been modified and what has not
how do we know what has been modified and what has not
Great to see this update (is there a “dancing with joy” emoticon? Apple had a (coincidental) dancing snowman for a while but he’s become a victim of Upgrade )
Zebra Danios are used extensively in all sorts of research, the project where jelly fish (I think) “glo” was integrated into host DNA and then successfully transcribed was not about making cute shiny fish ... that is just a serendipitous offshoot where science R&D actually might pay for itself
So enjoy your fish
No fish were harmed in the making of this production
And this is such an improvement over the dye injection or tattooing of fish
Sorry for hijacking your thread Mcarthy
So I did see some glowlight dannios in a shop yesterday and they had the zebra striping on them but no where near the colour of the ones in the pic I did look them up and it said nothing about them being modified are all glowlight fish genetically inhansed