Thanks Dawn, that is crazy but I'm glad for the warning.
Jane > a newbee to fish keeping
--- In tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com, "milwaukee_mermaid" wrote:
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> It was brought to my attention today that breeding glofish (aka the danios that have been genetically altered) is prohibited anywhere. I thought everyone should be aware of this because if caught doing it the penalties could be quite high and I'd hate to see anyone have to deal with that.
> Apparently there are multiple patents on these fish and the reproduction of them even if it is done naturally (the color that is passed down genetically to offspring).
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> For more information please see this link:
> http://www.glofish.com/license.html
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> I'm not sure why any store or breeder would invest in these fish if there is no outlet for the fry other than feeding them off to a predator. :-( I think it's pretty dumb... especially since danios are so easily bred in home aquariums.
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> Dawn
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