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Permalink Reply by Peter on August 25, 2012 at 8:45pm

Check ur LFS not the big chain pet stores ie: petco petsmart. Also because they are genetically modified fish people tend not to get them, so they tend to be hard to find at times. Or u can Try asking your LFS if they can order a few in for you some places do that not all but it doesn't hurt to ask. If u do breed them u can try and sell them to ur local fish store not petco or petsmart they don't accept/buy fish from reg people. Or u can do what live aquaria is doing and sell them online, on ebay, etc.

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Permalink Reply by Ross Lancaster on August 25, 2012 at 9:04pm

Not sure where you can get them but I've heard it's near impossible to breed them as they have modified them so that the only glo fish that breed are in the lab.

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Permalink Reply by Mr Puffer on August 25, 2012 at 11:01pm

I'm pretty sure breeding them is illegal, as there is a patent on them.

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Permalink Reply by Katie Gander on August 26, 2012 at 12:06am

Bummer... Thanks for telling me, I actually saw something about that earlier. Maybe that's just in California. 

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Permalink Reply by ŦůRbö ۰ Ҏяѻ ۰ on August 28, 2012 at 6:51pm

They are  genetically engineered. Meaning 99.9% of them are sterile and unable to breed and the rare case they do breed, the fry come out like a normal zebra (not illegal, cause you cant patent a breeding process of a fish. the chemicals they are modified with are natural fluorescent colors found in corals and jelly fish and are toxic to other fish and small animals over time. Like radiation. The process of modifying the fish is patented.) Check out glofish.com for buying, and reading the toxicity report, and they are illegal in some states do to the toxic coloring.  

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Permalink Reply by Charlie on August 26, 2012 at 9:09am

they are illegal in the UK. We think its cruel to genetically modify fish

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Permalink Reply by Katie Gander on August 26, 2012 at 2:44pm

In most circumstances, I also believe that fish should be left in their natural state as much as possible...  It could become a huge problem if released into the wild. 

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Permalink Reply by Alex on August 28, 2012 at 12:49pm

they are illegal in Cali. and it is illegal to breed in all states because they are patented. I got mine from Petco. They have them in stock regularly, same with petsmart. At least in WA.

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Permalink Reply by Abdul on August 29, 2012 at 10:52am

Yeah. Definately a big ethical question surrounding the production of these fish. Theres so many great fish out there with bright natural colours that i don't believe theres any need for genetically modyfying fish. Makes me feel i little queezy looking at them. But each to their own

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Permalink Reply by Alex on August 29, 2012 at 11:43am

all they did was include a gene from a jellyfish and put it in the embryo, no harm to the fish. petco has all the colors for glofish.

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