fishyperson3010
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Hi
What are glofish?
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What are glofish?
Thanks
They are injected with dye and it should be banned. Stop buying them.
Haha just MHO
GailLA said:I prefer natural color fish. They technically they aren't banned in California, they just have never gone through the approval process. The result is the same and you can't get them here. I think this is the only state in the US where you can't get them.
These fish carry these colors as a genetic trait so there is no cruelty involved. What does concern me is when it is recommended to use blacklight to "bring out" the colors. Blacklight should be used with caution when living things are involved. So just don't keep them under black lights, please.
Genetic modification bothers me because it's permanently altering nature. For a benign purpose like medical research I can understand the need. These guys claim this product originates from pollution detection but does that justify profiteering off of them now? Its going to take someone putting a glowing gene and copyright into a dog or a human for someone to say enough is enough. Its accepted with fish because people see them as objects.