Danio colours

[senorkevin]

Have anyone ever seen danios that are bright pink/green or yellow?
I have some but I think the colour has been injected into them

 

[J1Time]

They are the new Glow Danios. They are fed a specific food for the color. It will last through life and not pass on to next generation if bred.

 

[senorkevin]

Oh ok that's good to hear. Thanks

 

[Luananeko]

They are the new Glow Danios. They are fed a specific food for the color. It will last through life and not pass on to next generation if bred.

I think you're confusing the GloFish Danios with something else... The GloFish danios eat normal food and get their coloration from their parents. The original fish that started the GloFish lines were created through genetic engineering when scientists modified standard Zebra Danios to have the fluorescent gene from jellyfish. The goal was to have fish that fluoresced in reaction to pollution so scientists could tell whether a river was polluted, but once they got them fluorescent they couldn't figure out how to get them to stop being fluorescent when no pollution was present. Rather than getting rid of the new danios, they bred them to make more so aquarium fans like us could enjoy them. GloFish are patented and illegal to purposefully breed, but all their babies do have just as bright coloring as their parents.

 

[J1Time]

And my LFS seems to have misled me then. Thanks for the write up

 

[senorkevin]

That's some good info

 

[trinifella]

A tank full of them is very pretty

 

[Luananeko]

A tank full of them is very pretty

Indeed. I'm rather fond of mine

 

[J1Time]

what are the jellies in there? Lifelike

 

[senorkevin]

Is it a Glo tank?

 

[jwh0818]

what are the jellies in there? Lifelike

They are artificial jellyfish made to imitate real ones!!! You tie them down with fishing line.

Is it a Glo tank?

Yes that's a standard GloFish tank. They look amazing but, I'm not a fan of them unfortunatly