GloFish

So I was out helping my sister get things for her tank and what did we
see at the Petland Discounts in Queens but the GloFish. They were $4.88
each, 2 for $8.50.

They weren't as glowie as in the pictures but they weren't under a black
light. They were very red on the top of their body and on the bottom.
The rest of the body was a dull red color.

-Ben

they need a blacklight to glow, but the problem with that is the blacklight
heats up the water.


"Ben" wrote in message
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So I was out helping my sister get things for her tank and what did we
see at the Petland Discounts in Queens but the GloFish. They were $4.88
each, 2 for $8.50.

They weren't as glowie as in the pictures but they weren't under a black
light. They were very red on the top of their body and on the bottom.
The rest of the body was a dull red color.

-Ben

blove wrote:
they need a blacklight to glow, but the problem with that is the blacklight
heats up the water.

i know they need a black light. Just pointing out to people that
they're out there. And a black light doesn't heat it up all that much
more than a 2x96watt or metal hallide bulb does.

I was surprised they didn't have one on the tank to show people what
they looked like glowing.

-Ben

The GloFish that I have seen look very pale also.I bought 2.I have a Black
light and they don't look any different.I Emailed the two company's that
produce them and got a story of haveing to ship imature fish .Just a lot of
hype I guess.It is hard to tell them apart from the regular Zebras.
Skipp
"Ben" wrote in message
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So I was out helping my sister get things for her tank and what did we
see at the Petland Discounts in Queens but the GloFish. They were $4.88
each, 2 for $8.50.

They weren't as glowie as in the pictures but they weren't under a black
light. They were very red on the top of their body and on the bottom.
The rest of the body was a dull red color.

-Ben

I've got the fish over here and have gotten some fantastic results
after playing around with the lights a bit. The black light does work
amazingly well for the glow-in-the-dark effect, but the room should be
completely dark for the best results. Otherwise, the best bet is a
bright white light, and the fish should look like the fish in the
pictures on the GloFish web site. It is really impressive!!

The following page has a lot of information on this:
www.glofish.com/display.asp

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The GloFish that I have seen look very pale also.I bought 2.I have a Black
light and they don't look any different.I Emailed the two company's that
produce them and got a story of haveing to ship imature fish .Just a lot of
hype I guess.It is hard to tell them apart from the regular Zebras.
Skipp
"Ben" wrote in message
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So I was out helping my sister get things for her tank and what did we
see at the Petland Discounts in Queens but the GloFish. They were $4.88
each, 2 for $8.50.

They weren't as glowie as in the pictures but they weren't under a black
light. They were very red on the top of their body and on the bottom.
The rest of the body was a dull red color.

-Ben

Robert wrote:
I've got the fish over here and have gotten some fantastic results
after playing around with the lights a bit. The black light does work
amazingly well for the glow-in-the-dark effect, but the room should be
completely dark for the best results. Otherwise, the best bet is a
bright white light, and the fish should look like the fish in the
pictures on the GloFish web site. It is really impressive!!

The following page has a lot of information on this:
www.glofish.com/display.asp

I saw them at two stores today. One had them under black light where I
agree, they didn't look great. The other store, they looked much
better. As far as we can tell, the black light didn't penetrate the
water enough to be useful to make them fluoresce. The other place said
they looked amazing as someone took it outside in the sun. They put a
reptile bulb that simulates the full spectrum and they looked much
better than the black/uv lit ones. Hope this helps!

-Ben

Ben wrote in message . ..
Robert wrote:
I've got the fish over here and have gotten some fantastic results
after playing around with the lights a bit. The black light does work
amazingly well for the glow-in-the-dark effect, but the room should be
completely dark for the best results. Otherwise, the best bet is a
bright white light, and the fish should look like the fish in the
pictures on the GloFish web site. It is really impressive!!

The following page has a lot of information on this:
www.glofish.com/display.asp

I saw them at two stores today. One had them under black light where I
agree, they didn't look great. The other store, they looked much
better. As far as we can tell, the black light didn't penetrate the
water enough to be useful to make them fluoresce. The other place said
they looked amazing as someone took it outside in the sun. They put a
reptile bulb that simulates the full spectrum and they looked much
better than the black/uv lit ones. Hope this helps!

-Ben

Agreed. The black light will not be useful if the room is not
completely dark. But the full spectrum white light does work wonders!
I wonder why the pet shops don't set them up this way? Maybe it will
just take some time for everyone to figure out how the fish respond to
different types of light...on that note, I think the black light is
fantastic in a dark room and would encourage people to give that a
shot.

I also found that white gravel helps quite a bit. Between the white
light and the white gravel, the fish look incredible!