Meet my glo betta

[AJ34]

Hey guys, not trying to cause a heated emotional discussion but was just wondering for those who have glofish or glo betta if you think yours might be blind or act differently than fish of the same type? At first I didn’t know what to think of the glo betta, initially I disliked them but I really wanted another female which can be hard to find here so I purchased her! I’ve got my betta Addison in a 10 gallon, she gets around pretty good ...strong swimmer but sometimes she doesn’t really notice food unless it’s right in front of her. She is eating and growing but like I said food has gotta be very close. I just think she acts a little funny sometimes. I have 10 bettas total and been keeping hem for 2 years now so this is just based on my experience.

 

[FathomtheFish]

I know Kasha (lol I know I spelled that wrong) from Creative Pet Keeping had trouble with her bettas eyesight. Maybe it's caused by poor genetics in GloBettas?

 

[AJ34]

I know Kasha (lol I know I spelled that wrong) from Creative Pet Keeping had trouble with her bettas eyesight. Maybe it's caused by poor genetics in GloBettas?

I did see that video lol But I was just wondering if anyone has personal accounts. I know each fish has its own personality and temperament if you will. She seems healthy otherwise!

 

[wolfdog01]

I once heard someone say that the blue light used for the glofish can mess with their eyes. Idk if that is true or not though, I don't know a ton about glofish

 

[Dewclaw83]

I once heard someone say that the blue light used for the glofish can mess with their eyes. Idk if that is true or not though, I don't know a ton about glofish

^Honestly, if there are eye problems with glofish, I’d assume I’d be from the lights not fluorescing gene

 

[AJ34]

Yeah I have heard that theory too, however I have used the blue led lights with other fish before and I didn’t see the same behavior.

 

[FathomtheFish]

I think constant exposure to the blue light can hurt their eyes. Like if you were to keep a fish in ONLY blue light, I would imagine that would damage their eyes. Just my thoughts though. I know blue light hurts MY eyes if I look at it too long.

 

[Sprinkle]

I know Kasha (lol I know I spelled that wrong) from Creative Pet Keeping had trouble with her bettas eyesight. Maybe it's caused by poor genetics in GloBettas?

Is her name something like Kasia? Its a polish name I believe, so I can spell it correctly

 

[AJ34]

Is her name something like Kasia? Its a polish name I believe, so I can spell it correctly

Yes I believe so!

 

[Debbie1986]

I have Glofish skirt tetras. I have never used a blue light on them, just the normal hood light.

IMO they are weaker so I use the glow fish water additive during water changes. I am also feeding the glofish flakes. Their coloring is beautiful imo even without the special light.

I had 7 glofish Tetras but due to recent deaths ( 1 stuck in castle window, other 2 just acted odd & then died) I am down to 4 glofish skirts at this time. I have 2 skirts that are 10 months. Glofish I've had 6 months+

Good luck with your girl !

 

[flyinGourami]

No, I don't think the eyesight issue is caused by the light although it is a possibility(beautiful fish by the way). Some have it and others don't, it could just be genes? I was gonna suggest that some of them are albino(so the glo gene shows up better) but yours doesn't look to be. If shes acting healthy otherwise and doesn't have any issues I wouldn't worry to much about it.

 

[yeti79]

I have glo danios and they do not have any differences from my regular ones. I do not use the glo lighting with them.

 

[butterflybetta]

I’m a little late to this thread, but I still wanted to share my thoughts. I’m not sure about other Glofish, but I think in Glofish bettas it could be the fluorescent gene causing this. I don’t know much about how genetics work in Glofish and I agree that the blue light could also be causing them to have problems, but I haven’t seen one completely healthy Glofish betta. All of them seem to have some kind of a problem either with their eyes, eyesight, or physical appearance.
I also think Glofish bettas are actually really cute and I like their coloring (in natural light though), but I don’t support it at all.

 

[AJ34]

Now that I’ve had her a couple months I do believe her eye sight is not 100% . I’ve experimented lights on and lights off and it just takes her a while to find her food, sometimes she misses pellets. She navigates around her tank pretty well but unless those pellets are right in front of her she doesn’t really notice them. My other fish as soon as they see me or hand is above the tank they swim to where I’m feeding but I have to bring the food to wherever my glo betta is. If this is truly the case and most of them are visually impaired or blind because of the glo gene, that’s pretty sad.

 

[Radtek88]

Now that I’ve had her a couple months I do believe her eye sight is not 100% . I’ve experimented lights on and lights off and it just takes her a while to find her food, sometimes she misses pellets. She navigates around her tank pretty well but unless those pellets are right in front of her she doesn’t really notice them. My other fish as soon as they see me or hand is above the tank they swim to where I’m feeding but I have to bring the food to wherever my glo betta is. If this is truly the case and most of them are visually impaired or blind because of the glo gene, that’s pretty sad.

I have a make glo betta and he is just like yours. I think he has a 1in field of view. Once the pellets are 1in away he ignores them. Even when the pellets or blood worms are close he strikes at them and misses. My trick is to only feed him in the same corner of the tank. Sometimes I can tap the glass and he will go to that corner. I usually just wait until i see him in the corner and feed him then. I've had a few betta fish and they all have had great personalities but this one seems depressed. He's in a 5gal tank with and I only use the blue light when I have a guest over and I'm showing his glo off. Iv had him over a year and he seems healthy.

 

[MasterPython]

So are breeders working on outcrossing these to try to improve them? Or would they get sued?

 

[DanielFish]

If you don't know about Glo fish it is genetically mutated betta fish.

 

[Mandy627]

It's a possiblity that they do have bad eye sight from gene manipulation, if you know how mutations occur it is very possible they made the Gene's for their eyesight mutated or damaged. GMO fish, so it's actually a patented genetically modified organism swimming around.

So are breeders working on outcrossing these to try to improve them? Or would they get sued?

They are sometimes sterile, just like how GMO corn doesn't grow when planted for example. But I have never kept or tried to breed but I wouldn't want the offspring tbh.

 

[Luckyscale2003]

Hey guys, not trying to cause a heated emotional discussion but was just wondering for those who have glofish or glo betta if you think yours might be blind or act differently than fish of the same type? At first I didn’t know what to think of the glo betta, initially I disliked them but I really wanted another female which can be hard to find here so I purchased her! I’ve got my betta Addison in a 10 gallon, she gets around pretty good ...strong swimmer but sometimes she doesn’t really notice food unless it’s right in front of her. She is eating and growing but like I said food has gotta be very close. I just think she acts a little funny sometimes. I have 10 bettas total and been keeping hem for 2 years now so this is just based on my experience.

just a FYI I had a perfectly healthy female but she died 3 weeks later because her immune system was low I think it happens to all glo bettas and you can tell if there blind by seeing if in regular light they have a green reflection my girl had blue eyes and wasn't blind

 

[DanielFish]

I think that glo bettas have bad genes that make them weak.

 

[Lucy]

Hey everyone, Please be sure to check dates before replying.

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