Glo bettas
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Despite ethics, they look **** and tacky. Certainly don't do it for me. Personally I would rather give up keeping fish all together than keep those.
IMO Glo-ness is less a "crime to nature" than the long-fin-ness of the domesticated betta. I don't find it pretty though. Glo rarely looks good on fresh water fish.
I however hope that some scientists make glo brush algae. It would look weird and probably fantastic.
I however hope that some scientists make glo brush algae. It would look weird and probably fantastic.
Somebody mentioned that the culling process to create these glo-fish, seemed to make a difference ethically.
Consider that with FHs, BPs and EBJDs, or any other hybrid, line bred fish, the same culling process is applied.
Out of a spawn between two species to create a FH up to 10% may end up being acceptable, and 90%, perhaps more, end up on the culling floor.
I believe this is what most amateur hybridizers don't consider, that out of a hybrid spawn maybe 40% will resemble the mother, 40% the father, 10% will be deformed, another 5% dull generics, and maybe 5% will be what the ultimate aim is, but....until those individuals are @ 3 ", those true colors won't be apparent.
Consider that with FHs, BPs and EBJDs, or any other hybrid, line bred fish, the same culling process is applied.
Out of a spawn between two species to create a FH up to 10% may end up being acceptable, and 90%, perhaps more, end up on the culling floor.
I believe this is what most amateur hybridizers don't consider, that out of a hybrid spawn maybe 40% will resemble the mother, 40% the father, 10% will be deformed, another 5% dull generics, and maybe 5% will be what the ultimate aim is, but....until those individuals are @ 3 ", those true colors won't be apparent.
Glofish are genetically modified fish by injecting jelly fish genes into the DNA. Unlike hybrid and mutants, glofish are fertile and live as long life as normal fish, except that some Glofish are altered from albino form which are less hardy than normal fish to begin with.
Glofish are appealing to and marketed to kids along with colored gravel, plants and ornaments. Most adults hobbyists dislike the unnatural look, but there is nothing wrong if Glofish can bring the interest of kids into fish keeping. I much prefer kids to spend time on keeping artificial fish than electronic games. I deslike the artificial look of most Glofish but do like red glo tiger barb for their natural looking color andI keep a school in my planted cichlid tank. If they can come up with more natural looking Glofish, I don’t mind keeping more.
Ornamental fish, dog, cat, rabbits, pigeons and canaries have been altered for our enjoyment for hundreds of years, and I have no moral or other issues with hybrids, mutants or GM fish and don’t share the criticism of such.
Glofish are appealing to and marketed to kids along with colored gravel, plants and ornaments. Most adults hobbyists dislike the unnatural look, but there is nothing wrong if Glofish can bring the interest of kids into fish keeping. I much prefer kids to spend time on keeping artificial fish than electronic games. I deslike the artificial look of most Glofish but do like red glo tiger barb for their natural looking color andI keep a school in my planted cichlid tank. If they can come up with more natural looking Glofish, I don’t mind keeping more.
Ornamental fish, dog, cat, rabbits, pigeons and canaries have been altered for our enjoyment for hundreds of years, and I have no moral or other issues with hybrids, mutants or GM fish and don’t share the criticism of such.
Saw that already. Not impressive to me as betta are already very colorful, and there are many line bred form and color.
I would like to see more color modification of normally colorless fish, such as angel, festivm and convict.
I personally think a sorority of glowing female bettas will be interesting. I'm not going to pay the $20-$30 a fish at the moment though. Perhaps when they drop down to $10 or less I'll try it.
