Glowfish are cruel and should be banned!

[@lukesgoldies]

ORDER a tubby Tobey plushy: lukesgoldies.com

[@Tyto-ATTA]

Day 19 of asking for a goldfish to be named Bobby Mc bob

[@batterybrainz]

I agree that one should be named Bobby McBob

[@bagel_thunderYT]

This makes me want to know, could I have a Ranchu and a glow fish in the same tank

[@FunkyPluto]

Some fish do get injected with die, most commonly glass fish. Although, it is illegal in many places because of animal cruelty.

[@Lilliesinthevalley]

LUKE! please do a video between the differences between glofish and painted glass fish! Because glo fish are genetically bred, whereas painted glass fish ARE ACTUALLY the fish that get injected with dyes

[@birdedup]

I appreciate the complimentary 2 second clip of that clownfish with no commentary at the end

[@yoongismiletho]

I was gonna say he went BBC documentary for a good moment there

[@CeratsTheCrunch]

Also,a good side about glo-fish is: Because they're Common pet for little children and stuff,If they ever get released into the wild,because of their unnatural glow the predators Will have a easy to spot free meal

[@wholphinisagirl1736]

Well at least the won't become an invasive species and completely ruin the ecosystem

[@-touya_todoroki]

Yes!

[@MingCrab8404]

I have 3 glowfish

[@MingCrab8404]

While reading this comment in prison

[@firewing5592]

I believe most are also sterilized before being shipped to pet stores as well

[@BloodMarket]

Man woke up and decided to start a controversy for half the short 💀

[@nishitkumar898]

Which half?

[@FlintWithSteel]

@@nishitkumar898...

[@aankritz]

​@@FlintWithSteel...

[@I_Ate_Assman]

​@@nishitkumar898...😬

[@po-tay-toe]

@@I_Ate_Assman …

[@Mr_Wolfkin]

This is why we have trust issues lmao

[@lordpvt]

fact

[@Ajdjehs]

Who is we?!

[@Mr_Wolfkin]

@@Ajdjehs No no, that's paranoia, not trust issues lmao

[@ZanderTheMarvelous]

fr

[@Jg15243]

Fun fact the gold fish he breeds are way worse then the glow fish. The gold fish breed to the point where they can’t swim normally or really breed easily and get swim bladder super easy amongst many other things

[@YogurtEnjoyer5611]

“My name is Dan” “And my names Rose” “And our son Wesley kinda glows”

[@knighthunter1791]

That's not good. So we suppose-

[@nikkifish]

I still don’t understand why they said “kinda” when he straight up is glowing neon green

[@WetCatGaymer]

@@knighthunter1791we should let it grow

[@HappyXID]

​@@knighthunter1791 WE SHOULD LET IT GROW!

[@HappyXID]

​@@nikkifishI don't understand how letting a tree grow will help their son. How is even relevant to the situation?

[@shelbyb425]

Just remember they don't glow unless they're under a blue light

[@TheOneMusketeer1901]

Thank you, because me, once a manager at a pet store they just don’t get it. Try selling them the glowing lights and stuff. They say no too expensive. They set up for some time, come back, get the fish, and then return them because “they’re not as pretty as how we display them in store” or “false advertisement” 😶🫠

[@bananagaming9367]

I like them either way I was given some and do have that kinda light but don't always have that one on but I still think their cool without it on

[@lavenderlovee]

​@@TheOneMusketeer1901Maybe tell them? before they buy them, tell them that they don't glow unless under blue light

[@Dr.RatioSnail]

​@@lavenderloveeThey do and no one wants to buy the lights because they are expensive. So people don't listen

[@philippebaillargeon5204]

False, the goldfish that I captured in a pond near Tchernobyl is emitting green light. I don't even need to put a blue light.

[@GeraldEatsSoup]

As a bonus. If they're released in the wild its impossible for them to survive long enough to overpopulate

[@princeproducts]

And? They can still spread foreign diseases and parasites wich can damage the ecosystem. Never release you fish, NEVER

[@aho9071]

Don’t be that dumb. Learn how invasive species can happen. They say the same thing about a tiny goldfish, yet look at what happened in snake discovery video (Why you should never release pets in the wild). She caught tons of pet goldfish that were released and most of them were loosing their orange color. NEVER RELEASED PETS. You will harm the environment. Don’t be a dummy

[@dragonmasterlangeweg7625]

Aren't they sterilized to prevent people from breeding their own?

[@santiarroundhere1316]

Any kind of fish that is raised in a fishtank is gonna have a hard time surviving in nature, they are used to a small environment, no predators and having food fall from the sky every once in a while.

[@LuciusLucius]

​@@santiarroundhere1316well fish like that cause can issues for ecosystems if released

[@Thao-nathos]

Imagine to be the first fish to be made like that You're born and you're kin assigned disco party strobosphere instantly

[@urlocalsealice4602]

LMAOO NOT KIN ASSIGNED

[@FogHeiress]

That's basically the plot of Trolls tbh

[@juliacabai8378]

wait until u hear about dog breading

[@Kastorul_]

​​@@juliacabai8378"dog breading" *Casually turns my dog into a loaf of bread*

[@Thao-nathos]

@@juliacabai8378 at least it's more gradual, if they just put that gene there at some point there must have been a first neon fish

[@octo4012]

Thank you Luke. So many people are weirdly afraid of gmos, but ignore that selective breeding has already changed all our domesticated plants and animals.

[@stevensanchez1192]

It's because people struggle to realize that natrual doesn't always mean good and unnatrual doesn't always mean bad. Companies have actually taken advantage of this simple misunderstanding and will sell products and call them "natural". As you can imagine, those products could be awful, and people would still buy them just because they believe natural = good.

[@longbeing]

@@stevensanchez1192exactly. The most potent toxin in the world is all-natural, and unnaturally increasing the levels of vitamin D in foods like milk has saved many millions of people from an awful disease called rickets. Both humanity’s and nature’s creations are a mixed bag, and I could give a lot more examples of bad natural things and good synthetic things. (Also supplements have virtually no oversight and natural supplement manufacturers could be putting anything in their products with no consequences)

[@ayajade6683]

Because they're idiots and don't see that as gmos or understand that for plants if it's not turning on/off a gene it's cauliflower DNA injected into the plant

[@nathanschmidt4272]

It depends on the GMO. Some GMOs are actually pretty horrible and when you are at the store, you don't always know which GMOs are in your food. Take the Roundup supporting GMOs for an example. Technically, the plants themselves aren't harmful, but the pesticides they are supposed to work with are. Roundup has recently been banned in many areas and has had many lawsuits filed against it's makers do to it's link to cancer. The worst thing about this story is that people have suspected Roundup of cancerous properties for over a decade but patents on both pesticides and GMOs grant the owner a measure of legal protection against those that would investigate against them. Honestly, it's not all that surprising that everyone seems a to be paranoid all the time.

[@ayajade6683]

@@nathanschmidt4272 yeah you're just a conspiracy crackpot one step away from Qanon especially as you don't understand the roundup settlement it's been on the bottle for years as with all pesticides and weed killer may cause cancer. They even mention the PPE gear you need to lower your risk. Class action lawsuits almost always settle as they'd never win in court and it wasted everyone's time as you can't prove exactly what caused your cancer 100% unless it's genetic.

[@Empire_of_Germany]

Doctor: Man-made fish isn't real it can't hurt you Man-made fish:

[@robotjosh2239]

Luke is one of the few KZbinrs who frequently straight up lies to my face constantly then tells me afterward

[@kyetes.866]

Chinken nunget

[@dr.greenthumb211]

He is a fool Barely knows what he is doing

[@voxelfusion9894]

Yahaha

[@robotjosh2239]

@@voxelfusion9894 Yahaha

[@GalesAdventures]

Luke, I can’t tell you how happy I am you brought attention to this. In one of my college biology classes, I had a teacher that actually allowed us to synthesize DNA and create glowing creatures (fish or jellyfish), and her fish we’re always super healthy because they were well taken care of :)

[@Skederp]

Thats so cool😮

[@Cookie_Comment]

WOAHH that's so cool!!!

[@deananderson7714]

That’s pretty cool, GMO are a great technology

[@CommanderM820]

U had us there for a good moment luke not gonna lie

[@michaeljohndadd545]

1,000th like

[@ValiThe]

yeah

[@CommanderM820]

@@michaeljohndadd545 Jesus Christ a thousands likes!!! Never gotten that amount and thanks for thousand like

[@CommanderM820]

@@ValiThe wait I know you

[@CommanderM820]

@@ValiThe I was in your server, but my account got banned

[@kiggs-piggs]

The main reason we would've believed luke is because he is somewhat of an expert on fish like that and as such we would believe him more than some junkie that ran up to us to tell us that

[@redravenriot3650]

These fish are illegal in the Netherlands, but not for cruelty reasons. We don’t allow genetically modified pets or plants in common trade. Compared to selective breeding, genetic modification is a major wild card, adding genes from different clades of life. And civilians can’t be trusted not to release pets or have them escape. Since we don’t have much research yet on what it might do in the wild, there’s a ban. Sure, glowfish probably just die, but these aren’t the only modified creatures. It’s a general ban. A crop that’s more insect resistant could become an invasive species, for example, so it can’t be farmed. The laws will probably change once more research is done. Before anyone argues, I can’t change the law.

[@EchoSong133]

I just realized how gullible I am. This is really concerning 😭

[@DiscoDingoooooo]

A very good lesson on how to NOT spread misinformation and short attention span. 😅

[@Birchlead]

Now you know to start working on it. Don’t take everything you hear at face value as truth. Form your own opinions and research! Break the system haha

[@Paizley1]

Same 😭

[@coflyerinc.9367]

Take everything at face value after you check the comments

[@DLlama]

Oh boy...you have no idea, do you? Pro tip: social media is being censored, truth is being silenced. TV & radio are in on it. Believe nothing without verifying the source, and please god vote in 2024

[@Annie_Annie__]

When I was a kid there were fluorescent fish that had dyes injected in to them. It was in the early 90s that we had some. They were called “neon glass fish”. My mom got us some and I remember being horrified when I found out those fluorescent colors weren’t natural and were injected. I felt so bad for my fishies. I was so relieved the first time I saw GloFish and someone explained to me how they got their color, because at first I was thinking they were like the neon glass fish, but with a lot more dye.

[@badabing3391]

they also have done this with parrot cichlids, but im not sure if there are color morphs that are naturally not orange. Then again, parrot cichlids are already bred to have a deformed spine, so idk if it matters much

[@yawg333]

@@badabing3391 my LFS got those parrots once. I have stopped going to that shop ever since

[@mokko759]

Those were called painted glass fish where I live. Ugly, cruel practice. They were only available for a few years here, they were very unpopular.

[@ohrats731]

Ugh they’re still selling them where I live in New Hampshire. It’s so stupid because Glofish are available literally everywhere. No need to sell dyed fish anymore and feign ignorance

[@JokerWWW]

Lesson learned: Never trust when an expert says something is harmful

[@G.and.E]

Hi

[@Trollkin9000]

Basicly never trust an expert. Always do yuor own research. What he left out was how evil the glowfish company is. Look into it.

[@JokerWWW]

@@G.and.E Hi

[@therealtony2009]

lead paint

[@dicksicle1205]

@@Trollkin9000thanks for this comment

[@Js2014..]

Love this turn. This means start listening and self educating. I love when KZbinrs point out some of the viewers BS.

[@thomaskohl7551]

I feel like the clownfish at the end was implying something, it probably isn’t but it just feels like he’s implying something

[@volvo09]

I never thought those were injected, the coloring wouldn't look right, especially as they aged.

[@PinkysProductions]

They r injected sadly

[@LeCroissant-wn7qi]

Looks like someone didn't watch the whole video

[@ashton5380]

​@@PinkysProductionsbut they're not

[@ashton5380]

​@@PinkysProductionsnot genuine glofish there are gross people who do so to axolotl and such so avoid those.

[@volvo09]

@@PinkysProductions to me it's way too even to be injected. I don't know the process so maybe the parents are injected to give traits to offspring, but every fish can't be injected. They also only glow under UV light, like some flowers, saltwater fish, and some insects. I'm quite sure It's genetic modification, and breeding. like corn... What we eat as corn was modified and selectively bread, corn was the size of a finger hundreds of years ago before humans selectively bred it, and now genetically modify it to introduce chemical and insect resistance.

[@ohrats731]

⁠I live in New Hampshire and there are still shops that sell actual injection and dip dyed fish. I hate it so much. It’s totally cruel, totally a scam, and totally unnecessary given that Glofish are available as a less cruel, more vibrant, and permanent color alternative (at the same stores no less!). Some of these stores are even our “best” rated stores in the state. When I try to talk to them, I get the runaround of “oh okay I’ll tell the manager.” “Oh I’ll talk to the owner.” “Oh I’ll talk to our supplier.” Nothing changes. When I post online I get called a snowflake or whatever useless insult 🙄 There are soooo many cool fish out there to buy instead, it drives me nuts that people are still using dye methods that will lead to the fish falling ill and dying. Even if the fish beats the odds and lives, the dye will disappear over a short time

[@dumbfishtanks]

Ugh this. I bought some of those "painted" tetras from a fish store thinking they were the same as glofish, and it wasn't until a few weeks lately I did some research and realized they weren't the same thing. Surprisingly they still have some of the dye in the them after many months, although it's faded. And yeah the fish store I bought them from was a very well kept place with a very good reputation, which surprised me that they sold these kinds of dyed fish

[@change691]

You're a good person. ♥

[@Mrjellyfishy1]

​@@change691it's too early to make that assumption behind a screen

[@Arceusmemesidk-zk7tm]

Yooo hi vermont neighbor 👋😄

[@slimyturtle4665]

I also live in NH. Are they local or chain stores? Just curious bc I know Petco and PetSmart are really shitty chains

[@breezygamer1179]

I was gonna say, haven’t we heard of GMO fish in biology?

[@Mizu-AM]

The fish that Luke breeds are GMO fish, they have been modified to have that big wen. most fish are the same 😅 but there's a lot of badly bred goldfish

[@Krfification101]

@@Mizu-AM There's quite a big difference between GMO and selective breeding, though. The outcomes are similar, but one is very quick and the other takes generations.

[@Mizu-AM]

@@Krfification101 ahhhh, I assumed they were the same thing

[@marcolinosalgarone9442]

Yes, in the chapter about OGM.

[@bluelagooon]

This video is a perfect example of the power of influencers. He was right when he said a lot of us would have walked away thinking this was painful. Without researching ourselves

[@Coolguyapparently]

One of the benefits of having a science teacher as a dad is the fact they teach you a bunch of stuff

[@GameoriginsOG]

LUKE STOP DOING THIS TO US MAN!

[@Vanes_kitUwU]

Thanks for that

[@amandas198]

hes not wrong they use to dye them like he said before they put jellyfish DNA in to the fish's DNA

[@Monk3e_]

Screw all those pov videos, someone give this man a Oscar because he had me sold

[@bookmouse2719]

He did it for the halibut.

[@madelynlandgrebe3602]

NO FR MY PARTNER JUST GOT SOME TODAY I CANNOT DESCRIBE TO YALL HOW FAST MY JAW DROPPED 😭💀

[@ItzET1]

He’s not acting

[@catfishyay]

TOTALLY didn't just waste my time writing an essay on how glofish breeding isn't cruel without watching the rest of the video 😅

[@catfishyay]

man i feel like such an idiot...

[@GrumpyMare24]

Wait… are you in a group called freshwater fish owners on roblox?

[@catfishyay]

@@GrumpyMare24 yea, I am

[@GrumpyMare24]

@@catfishyay oh, I’m not sure if you remember me, but I’m Tilly!

[@catfishyay]

@@GrumpyMare24 oh yeah, I do kinda remember ya

[@blueman4232]

Selective breeding =/= genetic modification. Don't make that comparison. Personally though, the genetic modification doesn't bother me, it just seems like hubris to me. A lack of appreciation for how beautiful natural fish can be. In other words, I just think they look tacky.

[@Tr0lliPop]

I'm embarrassed to say that I liked this video twice for two completely different reasons

[@ag3ntle]

The worst part is I thought “oh, I thought that was just what the fish looked like” and i BELIEVED that i was wrong.

[@piratekit3941]

Haha, he didn't get me there, but I def understand why it was believable. Stores will paint succulents which will eventually kill them, but it causes them to be brilliant red/blue/whatever for that time. Stores really don't care about how long the "product" lives, only that it sells.

[@mrmagnamalo7864]

I thought it was completely natural bioluminescence

[@TanninValerian]

I won't lie. You had me in the first half. 😂 I was like "No??? They gave them some glowing jellyfish genes. Come on, Luke!" Lmfao

[@ryanlastname3039]

I think the genes were from coral but I could be wrong

[@wasabiidesu]

He fr just went “trust no one”

[@ChubbyPug12]

As a goldfish owner, when I saw the beggining I was just like “wait no my poor fish😭😭😭😭 IM SORRY!” But then I was so relieved when u said u were joking 😅 I have two glofish one is a green one and one is a blue one. The blue ones name is squirt short for the Pokémon Squirtle and the green ones name is Martin, because apparently the lizard from the Geico ads name is Martin😂

[@ceneblock]

I don't think I'd call genetic engineering the exact same as selective breeding...

[@skeezixmccat]

I was LITERALLY MID sentence when you said "id be lying to your face" 🤣

[@therevolutionwillnotbeyoutubed]

I did a project on the first glofish that became commercially available circa '03/'04 my Sophomore year of Highschool. They were Zebra Dannios. I bought one for the project. Interesting backstory. If my memory serves me correctly, they were the first biogenetically engineered pets to become commercially available. I was fascinated by gene editing then and I'm still blown away by how far we've come and what we can do, not to mention what the future might hold. If we're still around that is.

[@Pinxy_P]

Literally today my chem teacher made a huge point of always asking for sources and not just believing everything that leaves someone's mouth.

[@Im_The_Magic_Dinglenut]

He had us in the first half, not gonna lie.

[@PicassosCat]

Thanks Luke for the regular reminder of how easy it is to lie and misinform in the Internet and therfore you yourself as the one who's consuming said content

[@SierraFarted]

Imagine the people whose internet connection went off at the beginning…

[@blitzsturm5614]

For those who don't know Colorful Tarantulas are also selected bred, some tarantulas are pink, purple, blue, violent, green, gold, orange, and red. It's about the genes

[@lrso5152]

I started typing with a great deal of vigor when you said they were tattooed, which is a different fish problem entirely. I'm glad I said to myself "no way he actually got that wrong" and kept watching.

[@keitarokobe]

I was SO ready to start typing before you corrected the record at the end, YA GOT ME! There USED to be fish that they injected with dyes, we called them 'tooty fruity' or 'froot loop' tetras in the store, and they WERE subjected to dyes. I haven't seen them in a very long time. Nice video, keep it up!

[@jenniferthomas8557]

I was ready to jump in and correct you! Pulled my 🦵! The painted glass fish they sold were the injected kind. Poor fish.

[@shaybie]

had us in the first half, not gonna lie 😂

[@drallak442]

Yknow you told the lie and at first I went “that doesn’t seem right.” But you’re the fish expert so I decided to trust you. And then you pulled that fast one on me.

[@vee1267]

Same lol

[@Promislandzion]

But “painted fish” are injected with dye actually.

[@TheGoldfishSoup]

The process is not painful at all! Jellyfish DNA is injected into the egg which is what causes the glowing colors. However, what Luke was talking about in the first half of the video is a real thing. Fish can be dyed and tattooed, and *that* is what's cruel. GloFish can live perfectly normal and healthy lives, but dyed fish often develop life-long health issues and their lives are often cut short by the dying process. It's a very interesting rabbit hole to dig yourself into, I'd highly suggest reading more about it if you're a fish nerd ^^

[@Annie_Annie__]

Yeah, I had some of the dyed ones when I was a kid. They were called “Neon Glass Fish”. I still remember that we had a pink one, a yellow one, and a green one. I even remember being disappointed because they didn’t have blue. One day my mom told me how they colored the fish (she thought it was cool) and I felt so bad for them. I did feel better, though, when the color faded away. But it made my mom dislike them. This was back in the early 90s.

[@davidvalian]

I don’t hate it, my bedroom just isn’t a rave house. Like it’s a little too gimmicky for me. But, cheers to the cool lil ones

[@Ahhri-_-]

When you said that, all I could think is: If it’s so bad, why do you have so many? 😭

[@Thunderbolt1684]

I was about to go apologize to my glowfish but now I don’t have to, thank you!!

[@agereartist3763]

Glowfish are actually some of the most ethical fish out there. They cannot do damage to the environment if they get released because they'll get eaten immediately. They have very few health issues. And they just don't have issues like any other fish.

[@Thunderbolt1684]

Ye they r great, I have 4 of them and they add a lot of color to the tank and they have very little maintenance too.

[@wolfhunt8400]

​@@Thunderbolt1684they actually only glow undr blacklight. But because they are trademarked by s company they're sterilized before sale. And any breeding of them is illegal. So there's basically NO chance of them being invasive

[@LoserCatStudios]

My love for genetics was about to go OFF

[@PalauBallEdits]

I’ve had 3 glowfish Bill, Bob, and Timmy (yes all of them were males) unfortunately whenever I introduced Timmy the same day bill started to die. The nest day went by smooth then bob died so now it’s Timmy and Trevor (well Trevina because she had 13 babies 9 of which didn’t make it 😢) and Timmy is doing good thankfully. The reason bill and bob died was because the first batch of glowfish for the year had diseases and very few lived a full adulthood. But I think my glowfish and Molly bread…. So now I have 4 baby mollies! Love you Luke’s Goldie’s! Fly high angels

[@IronBrandon22]

ngl I believed you at first, but then I thought about how unbelievably stupid that is-and still believed it

[@tenellefrankland9532]

Thank you for clarifying that it was a lie. I used to have glow fish when I was younger and I felt really guilty for a second there.

[@tapinix]

I was about to run to google and double check that when you said you were lying lmao

[@honeyjuice219]

lmao he got us with that one, now we all feeling like Facebook moms realizing we were reading garbage the whole time.

[@GuineaGirlGaming]

Oh thank goodness haha you actually scared me! I was looking into getting some. Real question though. Would they be okay with the goldfish? I want to support your goldfish business and get a couple but I wasn’t sure if they’d be okay with glowfish

[@EvilEv37]

I could only get through the first 10 seconds of this video. Animal cruelty is so hard to watch 😢 I feel so bad for them to suffer like that...

[@The_Cookie_Player]

watch the entire video and you will see that he lied at the beginning

[@SmolPotato8]

Luke trolled us, not even on April Fools smh

[@cezarcatalin1406]

he got us in the first half ngl

[@something_strange3086]

Glad to know they're not in pain as long as you treat them right❤

[@bluesteno64]

AGREED! Also bro, why did you film this in a Meijer 😭😭😭

[@psycobasschick]

I remember when actual dyed fish were sold. They typically didn't survive long enough for the dye to fade, but those that did always struggled long-term and looked the same as the non-dyed ones. Glo-fish are still a waste of money, in my opinion, because they typically just get blah as they mature and are almost never kept by those with experience, so they don't even get a chance

[@Evelyn_Okay]

Added bonus: the process sterlizes them so they can't breed, meaning if they were to escape in nature, they can't crossbreed with native fish

[@Juancho-05]

This is exactly what I was talking about with myself in the shower, misinformation is too easy to spread on tiktok and apps like these because it’s so easy to come and go from watching a video, and forgetting about it, and just not search it cause it’s too much to do it seems

[@unchained_wings]

The sad thing is I have heard that before and didn't remember it until you just said it.

[@seiyarules]

This man is the history behind trolling

[@yesnaja]

When you stated the thing about neon colors I thought "that sounds fishy". Then I laughed about the unintended pun, and then you already solved the mystery

[@survivalofthefishiest]

I had them breed in my aquarium, and the came out the same way as their "parents". Thank you for posting this.

[@kaboomyaha]

as someone with glowfish, i was about to go over to the tank and say "damn, you mustve gone through ALOT"

[@Christirenee93]

I used to get into arguments with people about this. They were originally genetically altered to detect water pollution.

[@narwhalocean791]

how was that ever going to work

[@amarith1392]

Considering what happens in places like Petco, I was pretty convinced with the first explanation, but pleasantly surprised by the second.

[@ITrulyDontExist]

The moment he said "Uhm and ☝️🤓" I knew that this was a satire video

[@tenchi144]

Really had me there. I was like "not another one.."

[@oliviabigley3378]

I thought that it wasn’t quite right with what you said with them being “injected with dyes” since they would probably dim over time with the immunity system slowly cleaning them out. Wouldn’t make a whole lot of sense. But, still had that small amount of trust since you’re the expert in fishies. Tells a lot how much trust we can put into a person based on their experience.

[@pavelZhd]

Also luminescency is a trait quite often found in fish. Deep water fish to be precise. So most likely the gene was taken from some species that evolved it and implanted into species that was close enough relative to accept it, rather than by random experimentation.

[@thingsexplained4898]

Me as a 27 yr old father of 2 kids: "I am not gullible." Luke's Goldies: "Are you sure about that?"

[@YD_.]

I was about to get into the comments saying how glow fish are genetic engineered until you said you were lying. You really had me there.

[@xaphelion]

My concern is the same one I have with GFP axolotls which is that their eyes glow as well-meaning they can’t escape blinding light in their eyeballs. It seems commonly accepted with axolotls (which are already light sensitive) that they shouldn’t be kept under lights that cause them to glow but for some reason no one seems to talk about this with Glofish so I’m not sure if it’s just because less discussion about light sensitivity happens with fish or whether the Glofish gene is somehow different (which I doubt cuz I can literally see their eyes glowing in pictures).

[@Cedar_and_pals]

Holy shit you gave me a heart attack because I thought I was a terrible person for owning them for the first half-

[@jocelynhsu129]

The fact that we actually believed it because it's a believable thing in the breeding industry is sad. But also Luke sounded so genuine lol

[@Tunabreath2001]

I zoned out for the first half of the video so I was confused what the title was about. I rewatched it and was VERY confused because I know they have a disclaimer at the GloFish description like "These fish are NOT injected with any dyes, it is genetic fluorescence" so I was kinda mad like "Luke is a reputable fish owner!!! Why is he saying this?!" but thank you for proving misinformation through example!

[@calebwilliams586]

I was getting so mad at you in that first half, you got me good LOL😂

[@rainbow_blacklight]

You had me there for a moment! Gonna go to some light reading about these fish now

[@icarus5676]

he really called us all a Clown fish at the end

[@yourfriendlyneighborhooddemon]

"Glow fish are a disgusting unnatural animal!... Awe is that a pug he's so cute!"

[@Bubba1025]

I think the fact that we can even do something like give a fish a gene that makes it glow is awesome and shows how smart we are as humans.

[@samtheengineer]

i used to have a glow fish, she was pink and lived for 5 years! rip Scarlett, you had a long and healthy life.

[@Sche-D]

True, with dogs, I think Chihuahua & Pikenese are the only breeds that have minimal to no selective breeding, so it's not just fish

[@aierie-dragonslayer]

doesn't change the fact that I only really ever see these guys in shitty pet stores in the tiniest little cups. the breed might not be unethical but the way they're presented is and it's basically tainted the whole concept for me

[@Oyasumii_roblox_fan]

POV: you have Glofish and your watching this

[@CarlosRamirez-ow5do]

"and our -son- fish nestly kinda glows" The lorax

[@cassandraleexo]

You scared me for a second cause I love these.. they add so much colour to tanks

[@TheGremReaper]

i had these right after my goldfish died. it was a carnival goldfish, so i didn't expect for it to live that long. they were really cool. we had to put down our last one because ,our flying fox fish, mike, was getting really territorial and got nippy. the last glofish was called gimpy fred. he lived a great life. we put him down with clove oil

[@biosparkles9442]

the only thing messed up about them is that certain varieties were developed and sold illegally, and the researchers who did it are in prison now

[@kingtutancamon3775]

I’m fact they are fascinating, being one of the few and first successful genetical modifications ever made

[@flora9866]

Deadass I worked at petsmart years ago and no one told me it was a simple breeding process. So now im less weirded out by them. Thank you :)

[@SoggyRat19]

The only thing wrong with them is most people that buy them. 💀