orange danios

[ryanmr]

Hi everyone. Are all orange danios, Glo-fish? When I first set up my tank, almost 2 months ago, I bought 6 assorted zebra danios. The LFS guy suggested them to cycle my tank. One of them looks like a typical zebra with black and silver stripes, 2 are kind of a weird purply, orangy, silver with flourescent ridge on their back and the last 3 are light orange with stripes. I've seen the dark orange almost neon colored ones they sell as Glo-fish at the LFS's. Is there a natural orange-colored danio or do I have some Glo-fish? It doesn't matter to me really, they are cool fish, I would just like to know. Thanks.

 

[EdFanatic]

some pictures would help

 

[nahrie]

Glo-fish are not only genetically modified, but also trademarked. So I'd imagine in order to sell them, they'd technically have to be sold under the name glo-fish. Whether or not this is always done, well . . . LOL They are supposed to literally glow under both natural white and ultra-violet light. So that glow, or lack there of, would tell you if you have an actual glo-fish, or an "original" danio.

 

[7itanium]

I have seen cases where glofish have mated with normal danios...

the result is an orange, red, or green danio with stripes

this maybe what you have

 

[247Plants]

pics!

 

[Lupin]

Fishless cycling > Cycling with fish

You could just as well save your fish by getting established filter media from one of your friends making sure the tank is free from pathogens. Your fish are glofish. The ones with more obvious stripes have been bred with the original ones thus the stripes are overlapping with the color more prominently.

 

[gmh]

Sounds like you got lucky. Glofish are pretty expensive. Odd that they would end up with ordinary zebras. Pics?

 

[ryanmr]

Thanks for the replies everyone....Right now I'm pretty convinced that normal danios mated with glofish danios and created some of the fish I have. I really want to provide some pics but I'm finding it's really difficult to take pics of a fish that never stops moving!
I guess I'm not a very good aquatic photographer=) I'm sure there is a setting on my digital cam that would work, but I haven't figured it out yet. I'll keep trying though. Thanks again.

 

[leeser28]

Thanks for the replies everyone....Right now I'm pretty convinced that normal danios mated with glofish danios and created some of the fish I have. I really want to provide some pics but I'm finding it's really difficult to take pics of a fish that never stops moving!
I guess I'm not a very good aquatic photographer=) I'm sure there is a setting on my digital cam that would work, but I haven't figured it out yet. I'll keep trying though. Thanks again.

Yeah, these guys are not easy to capture on film -- always moving and very quick -- keep trying though, I'd love to see what you have.

 

[Lupin]

Thanks for the replies everyone....Right now I'm pretty convinced that normal danios mated with glofish danios and created some of the fish I have. I really want to provide some pics but I'm finding it's really difficult to take pics of a fish that never stops moving!
I guess I'm not a very good aquatic photographer=) I'm sure there is a setting on my digital cam that would work, but I haven't figured it out yet. I'll keep trying though. Thanks again.

There is no reason why the "normal" danios cannot breed with the "genetically-modified" ones. They're still the same species.