GLOFISH- FERTILE OR STERILE - FACT OR MYTH

[RickyOutlaw]

GLOFISH- FERTILE OR STERILE - FACT OR MYTH

Are Glofish Fertile or Sterile ?

Have any of the members here ever was successful in producing fry ?

Also if you indeed bred a Glofish to a natural who the offspring come out as a GLOFISH

 

[mrwinkle]

they are man made, "dyed"

 

[Blue2Fyre]

they are man made, "dyed"

Not true, they are genetically engineered. Yes man made but not dyed.


To answer the OP they will breed and often do. They produce glofish but if crossed with zebra danios they produce and interesting glofish that has the zebra stripes.

It is illegal to sell fry but not illegal to breed(it infringes their copyright).

 

[Piscine]

they are man made, "dyed"

They aren't dyed. They are genetically engineered. lol

 

[mrwinkle]

my apologies for my use of the wrong term.

 

[discus-dude]

Not true, they are genetically engineered. Yes man made but not dyed.


To answer the OP they will breed and often do. They produce glofish but if crossed with zebra danios they produce and interesting glofish that has the zebra stripes.

It is illegal to sell fry but not illegal to breed(it infringes their copyright).

arent the parents injected with whatever the crap is that makes deep sea jellyfish glow and then they breed them and then there are glofish

 

[Piscine]

No need for apologies. Many people consider it inhumane to dye fish, as it can (does) cause health issues, but genetically engineered fish supposedly have no difference in life-span or health vs normal fish.

 

[aclockworkorange]

arent the parents injected with whatever the crap is that makes deep sea jellyfish glow and then they breed them and then there are glofish

No. That would be the same as dying a fish (and I'm pretty sure that wouldnt make them "glow" anyway). They have been genetically altered in a lab by messing with their DNA. It's a lot more complicated than simply injecting something.

 

[RickyOutlaw]

So they are fertile ?

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[SimonL]

To answer the OP they will breed and often do. They produce glofish but if crossed with zebra danios they produce and interesting glofish that has the zebra stripes.

They are quite fertile, and inherit the "glo". I've seen other members on here breed them.

It is illegal to sell fry but not illegal to breed(it infringes their copyright).

Really? That's interesting, do you have a link?