my-splendid-splendens:

These are very pretty, but they ARE NOT GLOFISH.

GloFish, which are genetically modified as EGGS, are a nearly completely solid whatever-color-they-are-meant-to-be.

These fish, which are striped, are DYED as adults or young fish. They are essentially tattooed. It’s stressful, toxic, and cruel. None of these fish in the picture will reach their full lifespan.

Dying fish is animal abuse. Please, please do not support the industry.

They are literally tattooed, with several injections of a comparatively massive needle. Only about a third of them survive the process, and they’ll live for only a few months afterwards.