Yup. 4 of them are. 3 are zebra danio (2 of those are longfins). The larger ones are giant danios. The others are variatus platies. There's a fourth zebra currently residing in a quarantine tank due to some health issues. I don't think that one's gonna make it.
The glofish school around with the zebras since as far as they're concerned, they're zebras too.
Glofish do have stripes, but they're thin white ones. They really don't know that they're not zebras. The zebras don't seem to discriminate against them, they'll school around now and then, though often all of them kind of just do their own thing,regardless of whether they're glofish or regular zeebs.
Glofish and regular zebras will reproduce apparently, but since most folk like me don't bother to set up proper conditions for 'em, it's not common for any baby danios to show up in an aquarium.
One interesting note is that it's illegal to intentionally breed glofish for sale since they're patented. If a couple of mine were to get it on and I took the trouble to keep the eggs safe and such, I'd be breaking the law if I sold the fry.
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The glofish school around with the zebras since as far as they're concerned, they're zebras too.
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That's interesting. I would have thought the stripes played a part in species identification. Will the glofish and plain zebras mate?
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Glofish and regular zebras will reproduce apparently, but since most folk like me don't bother to set up proper conditions for 'em, it's not common for any baby danios to show up in an aquarium.
One interesting note is that it's illegal to intentionally breed glofish for sale since they're patented. If a couple of mine were to get it on and I took the trouble to keep the eggs safe and such, I'd be breaking the law if I sold the fry.
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