{"id":87,"date":"2006-10-04T11:33:04","date_gmt":"2006-10-04T03:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/2006\/10\/04\/boraras-confusion-the-danionin-influx-and-glofish\/"},"modified":"2007-12-17T16:21:51","modified_gmt":"2007-12-17T08:21:51","slug":"boraras-confusion-the-danionin-influx-and-glofish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/2006\/10\/04\/boraras-confusion-the-danionin-influx-and-glofish\/","title":{"rendered":"Boraras confusion, the danionin influx and Glofish"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m beginning to think, due to the colouration and markings of the boraras I got<\/a>, that the fish is not actually the mosquito boraras (Boraras Brigittae<\/a>) but Boraras Urophthalmoides<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Boraras<\/a><\/p>\n

My fish have the signature exclammation point marking of the Boraras Urophtalmoides. That is, a dark\/black lateral stripe across the body and ending with a black dot on the peduncle (the junction of the end of the fish body and beginning of the tail). See it?<\/p>\n

In the meantime, last night, five of those Boraras Urophtalmoides have been put into the new tank<\/a> as a test to see if the water is okay.<\/p>\n

I know one should wait between four to eight weeks to cycle the tank, but a quarter of the water was taken from the old tank and some of the gravel of the old tank was placed below the new pack of gravel and a small filter that had been placed in the old tank has been running in the new, so the tank cycling should be much faster.<\/p>\n

Maybe not. This morning, I can only find four of the five fish I placed inside. But the tank is big and these fish are tiny. Who knows where that one is hiding.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, I’ve also aquired a pair of Blue Ring Danios<\/a>. It is sometimes called Danio sp. Burma<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Blue<\/a><\/p>\n

Why they are called blue ring confounds me. They have no blue and the rings look like spots.<\/p>\n

Oh well. They are pretty so I got them.<\/p>\n

According to Wikipedia<\/a>, there have been so many species danios discovered lately, that many don’t have scientific names. And many have lately been released to fish shops. With that comes massive confusion.<\/p>\n

The guy at the fish shop had a hard time guessing the name of the Blue Ring Danio. In fact, he got this fish confused with the Long Fin Leopard Danio<\/a>. They both have spots but the markings are different. The Leopard Danio has finer more regular spots but the Blue Ring Danio seem to have larger spots.<\/p>\n

I have resisted getting the “Made in Singapore” fish, the Red Zebra Danio<\/a>, a fish that has caused quite a bit of controversy<\/a> because it is a conventional Zebra Danio<\/a> that has been genetically modified with a gene from a sea anemone that causes it to glow under UV light.<\/p>\n

\"Red<\/a><\/p>\n

But it is such a pretty fish on its own. Instead of a silvery fish with black stripes, this fish is red\/pink with yellowish-white stripes.<\/p>\n

This particular Danio was developed to glow when it detects pollution in water. Later, when there was commercial interest for such fish, it was released for hobbyists.<\/p>\n

\"Red<\/a><\/p>\n

In the US, this fish is marketed under the Glofish brand<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I know that some fish get injected with dye, and I think its cruel to inject these fish with dye (that will eventually fade anyway) and so I don’t get them.<\/p>\n

But I’m not sure about genetically modified animals. Plus they were bred for a function – to detect pollutants. So I’m not sure I’m terribly against the existence of such animals, particularly these fish.<\/p>\n

Perhaps their existence purely in the scientific lab would not cause as much agitation amongst animal activists.<\/p>\n

Maybe I’m just rationalising the fact that I’ve paid money for these fish, therefore perpetuating the practice of genetically modifying fish for no reason other than aesthetic enjoyment.<\/p>\n

Whatever the case, all I know is that I do not release domesticated animals in the wild.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m beginning to think, due to the colouration and markings of the boraras I got, that the fish is not actually the mosquito boraras (Boraras Brigittae) but Boraras Urophthalmoides. My fish have the signature exclammation point marking of the Boraras Urophtalmoides. That is, a dark\/black lateral stripe across the body and ending with a black … <\/p>\n

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