I must rage about Glofish tetras

I was never fond of skirt tetras to start with. Not much personality, nippy, mean. I was never fond of Glofish and their incredibly garish colors. I can now say for sure that combining the two make them infinitely worse in every way. Now I have 3 butt-ugly, nippy, mean skirt tetras that one of my family members bought on a whI'm and plopped in my tank.

They do nothing but chase eachother around all day and bully my other fish out of their meals. The only reason they're still here is because the LFS's closed due to the virus, and I could use them as cycle fodder for a new tank in progress. Fishing them out of the planted tank they were in made me hate them even more, because not only are they fast swimmers, but the nasty tennis-ball green color lets them blend in with foliage. And I know, I just KNOW, getting them out of the tank once it's through cycling will be another nightmare because of all the driftwood decor.

These things are a mistake. I'm sure there are hardcore glofish tetra fans out there but I personally think they'd be better chopped into little bits for my crayfish.

 

I don't personally care for their colors either ( too fake looking ) but maybe you can either rehome them and up one of your current schools or add a few more to this school if rehoming isn't an option.

 

Not to be rude(this is meant to help ) but I think you should establish rules with your family especially on things regarding animals since I don't think it's good for people to impulse buy since it could end badly, for example this situation.

 

lol cycle fodder, that's a bit mean.

I do agree with your opinion on glofish though. They look too fake and nasty.

 

lol cycle fodder, that's a bit mean.

I do agree with your opinion on glofish though. They look too fake and nasty.

I think glofish danios and skirt tetras are okay, they aren't too bad in my opinion. But glofish tiger barbs and sharks is just a little weird; they look better normally. What I dislike the most however is glofish bettas. Idk, a lot of them look sick and the glo thing makes them look weird. I think domestic bettas with the beautiful colors and wild bettas look much nicer, especially since some glo bettas are blind(though this may have nothing to do with the whole injection thing, they're possibly just albino). Bettas without the glo genes look much better honestly.

 

Not to be rude(this is meant to help ) but I think you should establish rules with your family especially on things regarding animals since I don't think it's good for people to impulse buy since it could end badly, for example this situation.

Yeah I gave them a good talking-to about not buying fish because the current ones look "lonely." Hopefully the lecture will stick.

 

My 5 are pretty boring. But more exciting than the red eye tetras I have. Kids loved the glofish for a few weeks. Now I'm stuck with 5.