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November 7th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| My Glofish
Hello,
I'm just wondering. 2 of my 3 glofish are extremly big in the midsection. Are they just full of eggs??. The orange one has just gotten bigger and bigger..The pink one is just kinda big. .It can't be comfortable..The other orange one is slender and just fine. Is there something I should do or will it just go away in time? Thanks in advance!
Ok..So I've been researching...Pretty sure they are full of eggs waiting to lay. The Orange one is Huge. They are in a 10 gallon now...From what I read they will just eat the eggs and that will be in end of it unless I get a different tank with marbles on bottom and little water. Let them spawn then remove the breeders..take care of the fry untill they are big enough not to get eaten..Is it a HUGE task to raise fry or should I just let them be in the tank they are in  I know you have to feed them special food once they are free swimming , just didn't know what you guys thought I should do since I'm a newbie..It would be neat to see little baby fish=-)
Last edited by CHoffman; November 7th, 2008 at 10:56 PM.
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November 7th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| well, i'm not sure about breeding GloFish. I believe there is some sort of trademark on them because its not a true species of fish and it has been, pardon my word choice, genetically modified for environmental purposes. I'm not very educated on them, so I hope some other members can help you. | |
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November 7th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| As long as you dont sell them..Which I have NO plans on doing...I think it's fine...I've kinda been looking it up and researching. They do have a patent, which is wierd. I really didn't know anything about them either. I let my daughter pick out the fish and she picked them so I read up on them. They are gentically altered fish but are born with the color, its passed through the parents. They are basically zebra danios. I just didn't know if it would be TOO MUCH for me to take on being new to all of this. | |
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November 8th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Considering Life always finds a way,genetically altered and patented fish don't really ask permission from the creators if they can procreate. If it is eggs and they do reproduce,I think it may be the first recorded breeding of an ih-ome,instead of in-lab breeding of glofish,good luck;and patents don't prevent selling,only altering and claiming ownership of the idea. If you can find a buyer for them,you shouldn't have any problems selling them.(legally) | |
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November 9th, 2008
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| | Fish Helper
| The Glofish with large "pouches" are not pregnant, they are just females. They are virtually the same color so they are better differentiated by body shape. I have read that females also have a brighter gold tone to their metallic stripes.
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November 9th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Quote:
Originally Posted by soldieroffortune1974  and patents don't prevent selling,only altering and claiming ownership of the idea. If you can find a buyer for them,you shouldn't have any problems selling them.(legally) | In this case, the patents seem to prevent both breeding and selling... or at least, the company holding the patents believes they do. I've never really been curious enough to investigate beyond that claim.
This topic came up before, and someone claiming to be from the GloFish company posted the following: Quote:
2.) Can I breed the fish for my personal use?
As described in point number 5 of our licensing statement (www.glofish.com/license.html), we only allow our fish to be reproduced in certain strictly educational related circumstances, provided the offspring are not sold, bartered, or traded. To be clear, this allowance does not extend to personal breeding, as this is not educational use in a bona fide educational institution.
While we understand that not everyone will like this answer, we hope that everyone will understand that this is necessary to protect the tremendous resources we have invested in developing our fish. With that in mind, we ask for everyone's cooperation in respecting our intellectual property rights and not participating in any activity to the contrary. If you should have any questions regarding this license, please contact us by visiting our Contact Page (www.glofish.com/contact.asp).
| The chances of them actually finding out and doing anything about it if you breed them (accidentally or on purpose) are fairly non-existent if all offspring stay with you, but that doesn't make it legal. Selling them is probably more risky from a legal standpoint than just letting them breed on their own. | |
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November 9th, 2008
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| | Moderator
| I remember that thread. The representative also stated the following: Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarah567 Thank you all for the great feedback – hearing from the public is very important to my company and your thoughts and opinions are greatly appreciated. As a last clarification, I would like to note that the restriction is only with regard to intentional breeding of the fish, not any independently occurring aquarium “romance”; I apologize if there was any confusion about this. Once again, it is not our intention to intrude on the forum, but it seemed like this was misunderstood and understandably causing some concern. I hope this is helpful and, either way, thanks to everyone for considering our viewpoint...and I sincerely hope that I did not overstay my visit here.
Thanks again!
Sarah
GloFish Support | Here's a link to the entire thread: About GloFish | |
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November 9th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| I don't remember ever seeing that reply! Good catch. | |
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November 9th, 2008
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| | Moderator
| lol, yeah, after a couple of posts about fishy birth control the rep clarified the companies position. | |
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November 13th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| OH MY..SO I will not be doing anything..lol.. Just let my fishes be..I noticed the Orange one is much smaller around the middle today then before so I'm sure something happend. But I'm not getting myself into any of that legal stuff so no glofish babies for me =-).. | |
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