So, I mentioned the death of my evil, angry gourami Geronimo and the new residents of his tank. I'm not exactly thrilled with my latest purchase, all things considered. I wanted many small, colourful fish, nothing aggressive, easy to care for, hardy, and no more gouramis (since my last 2 tanks proved they're murderous little things). While at Petsmart looking for new tank residents, my nephew found a tank containing dozens of small, colourful, neon fish. They come in neon pink, green (in my tank they look more of a yellow than a green), and blue. I learned they're called "glofish," and are "friendly, easy-care, community fish." The only ones I had to keep an eye on were the angel fish. Yes, I was trying to raise angels again. I also bought 3 mollies and a plecco who is happily stuffing himself on the plants and sides of the tank even as I type this. Since Friday afternoon, I have lost both angels and a mollie. It doesn't look like the dalmation mollie is going to survive the night. Then I started just watching the tank and noticed my tiny quick glofish are not only hyper, but aggressive little guys. So I decided to look online to find out more about them. I discovered not only are they aggressive to tank mates, but they are genetically altered to bring out that pretty neon colour! I can't say that I am happy at all, as I never would have bought something that is not only patented, but genetically altered in a lab. To me, if it's not created by nature, it shouldn't be created at all. It's just not natural! Now I'm stuck with 4 killer lab created fish...
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