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Posted by justice on April 25, 2006, 3:49 am
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>>I went to one of the chains in our town today and saw "Glow Fish" with a
>>trade mark cymble. The label went on to say engineered to glow in the dark,
>>works better with a UV light, ect. What is that all about????
>>And I felt bad about Blood Parrots.
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> Glowfish, as already stated are gentically engineered. They have
> been around for a number of years.
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> They are fish I used to push my wife into letting me get back into
> aquaria.
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> In order to get the glow like you see in all the pictures, you need a
> powerful UV light. The typical black-lights you see at novelty stores
> and HomeDepot/Lowes will work, but are really not the best frequency.
> The more light the better.
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> Once we had the 45 Gallon set up, cycled and settled in, we put 10
> Glowfish and 10 regular Zebra Danio's. Two moves later we have 8 of
> the ten zebra danios, but none of the Glowfish. They all died
> between eight and twelve months after purchase.
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> In regular light they were nice, red zebra danios mixed in with silver
> zebra danios, and really cool at night with the UV.. all green like
> an almost dead glow stick.
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> I wouldn't do it again. Not worth the cost, IMHO.. 'less your a
> school.....
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> --Tony
or you could get a glowlight tetra, unless they are geneticly alterterd.
They glow in the light and dark. had three for about a year and they
glow when things are good. I know water needs changeing when they get
dull(just kidding) :)
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