glofish...

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OK, I know these are probobly looked down upon. I understand why, and everything. I'm just wondering...what kind of fish are they, exactly?
Someone just gave me 3 as a present, and they are currently in quarenteen in the tank that I had my two adult guppies in.
I was thinking I'd put them in my 10 gallon, which currently has a few guppies and one von rio tetra. Do you think they'd get along ok?
What tankmates do you suggest for them?

I really want to place them in a big tank soon, i need my small tank back, as my female adult is gettting harassed by all the other fish in the big tank. I have a little 1.5 I might put her in for a while, but I don't know how good an idea that is....
 
There are some Glo-lite Tetra's out there too.


(Now comes the 20+ posts on the right vs. wrong debate on Glo fish in general. (I hope not...))
 
Like any other fish. :) They need water and food.
 
The same way as any other fish (haha).
As I understand it they are zebra danios which are genetically modified, they should do fine in the tank with your guppies but would appreciate a little more swimming space if its possible. They'll eat the same food as everyone else, and enjoy the same temperatures.
 
To take care of them, travel back in time and prevent them from being dyed. Unless these are the uber expensive genetically engineered fishies that is. Expect them to live about half the life span of an undyed one, be at high risk for any infections or parasites you may get in the tank. Otherwise just feed them tropical flakes like any other danios/tetras, etc. you may have.
 
Glofish are genetically modified Zebra Danios. The eat the same things, and have the same behaviors...they just have genes spliced in from other (marine) creatures that cause them to fluoresce under UV light. In fact, if you look them up on wikipedia the article will tell you why they were created...it's quite interesting really.

In my experience it's a good idea to keep all Zebra Danios in a larger group...the exact size I can't tell you, but with only 3 in a tank they split up a lot and the weakest fish will get picked on to the point of being totally excluded from the "group".

*Edit* I should point out that the genetic modification of these fish would have occurred in the embryonic stage (if they aren't being bred normally by the company by now), and should have no physical affect on their health or life-span.
 
I haven't heard anything about these danios being looked down upon. These are not dyed fish. They were initially genetically modified for scientific uses and then made their way into home aquaria. It is not the case where each individual fish needs to go through a coloring process like dyed fish, it's a part of their genes so their babies get the same coloration. Nothing to protest against, really.
 
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