Glo-Fish, Glo-Fish, Glo-Fish, Glo-Fish ... got them for my BIRTHDAY. Booyah!I have been begging my mom for a Glo-Fish forever.
They are like a little piece of glowing heaven swimming peacefully.She kept saying "No!" because she didn't like that they are 'genetically modified organisms'. They used jellyfish DNA to get the glowing effect. They were developed to help find environmental pollution (glo-fish ethics info). Once she read that, her resolve imploded like the death star.
The Glo-Fish website recommend displaying the fish under a black light. I found the black light, and it is on it's way. I am so excited. NONE of the pet stores carry a black light, so order yours from BlackLight.com. Your fish still need a white light too, to stay healthy. My mom got me some sleek black tubing, so you won't see it in the tank. As you can see, I have black rocks that have a few neon flecks in them.
For now I have my little Glo-Fish in my mom's 80 gallon tetra tank. They will live there for a week while the tank cycles. Even without the black light they look really bright. Once I get the tank set up I will post photos and video.
I have some ideas for my room too. We are getting black cloth for the walls and are going to paint a scene, maybe one wall a command center and the other space. Right now all of my star wars ships are hanging from the ceiling. The Opticz™ Galaxy Blacklight Reactive Cloth Wall Hanging would fit in perfectly. I got some pretty cool Space Marine Active Camo Armor (transparent) from BrickForge, and I was thinking I could paint it with the black light reactive pens. I have a few other ideas for minifig mods. That is for another post though.
John- I love the fish! I'd love to hear more about the black light when you get the fish in their regular habitat. Can't wait to see pictures too.
ReplyDeleteI kind of love the idea of genetically modified fish. People have been doing it the old fashioned way (through selective breeding) for hundreds of years with dogs, cattle, crops etc. I love that science is helping us figure out ways to make our world safer and cleaner.