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D. rerio is a model organism. It was established as an alternative for people who want to work on a vertebrate but don't want to use mice, rats, or chickens. GFP= green fluorescent protein. it's from jellyfish. It is widely used in science. The three scientists who discovered it won a nobel...

that is why i bought five. i had two for about a year and a half and one died. the other decided he was a dragon golby. i figured that this way i'd at least have three if a few died.

why? as far as i know, all of the fish in the 30 gallon tank are ok with brackish water. the only reason i've heard is that the golbys will eat the other fish, but since mine prefer flakes to live worms, i don't see any reason they would eat them

yeah, i saw that today actually. if i can get him healthier i'll try to find someone that wants one on craigslist

so, within the last few months i set up a 40 gallon tank with: 1 peacock eel 1 african knife fish 5 tiger barbs 2 dalmation mollies 5 Silver-tipped Sharks (Hexanematichthys seemanni) 1 plecostomus *Yes, i know how large all of these fish will get, that is why i bought them* In the beginning i...