GloFish: Good or Bad for the Hobby?

[tlindsey]

Aaaah, the bubble diver...{sigh}

I remember wanting one of these
https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs...sIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvbl9EYXRlIjoiMjAyNC0wNy0yNCJ9

 

[SilverArowanaBoi]

I remember wanting one of these
https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/view;_ylt=AwrNPaxeP9NmbfUvBjFGnIlQ;_ylu=c2VjA3NyBHNsawNpbWcEb2lkAzZhY2E5MjliYjA5ZjgxODdkNGQ1MmZjNGZlMjhlMmEzBGdwb3MDMQRpdANiaW5n?back=https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=creature+from+the+black+lagoon+aquarium+figure&ei=UTF-8&type=type9000388-atm-dGFnSjA1MTMwMy1GbGFzaGxpZ2h0-2b7aabd45b6bf8ca3f0be5de7e6612f3&fr=yhsm-at-003&hsimp=yhsm-003&hspart=at&param1=dGFnSjA1MTMwMy1GbGFzaGxpZ2h0LEZsYXNobGlnaHQgSG9tZSwsVVMsb2gsY2xldmVsYW5kLG1vYmlsZQ&param2=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&tab=organic&ri=1&w=450&h=600&imgurl=www.2000collectabletoys.jp/data/koenji2000toys/_/70726f647563742f612f3030302f494d475f383733392e4a504700363030000074006669745f686569676874.jpg&rurl=https://www.2000collectabletoys.jp/product/16194&size=61.1KB&p=creature+from+the+black+lagoon+aquarium+figure&oid=6aca929bb09f8187d4d52fc4fe28e2a3&fr2=&fr=yhsm-at-003&tt=Creature+from+the+Black+Lagoon/Aquarium&b=0&ni=64&no=1&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=YRsL1qiC9Vot&sigb=FeOrM6p5ECFM&sigi=O.r9H8cOa2qi&sigt=m4mOtjAQDaln&.crumb=tzDDQU/nY4A&fr=yhsm-at-003&hsimp=yhsm-003&hspart=at&type=type9000388-atm-dGFnSjA1MTMwMy1GbGFzaGxpZ2h0-2b7aabd45b6bf8ca3f0be5de7e6612f3&param1=dGFnSjA1MTMwMy1GbGFzaGxpZ2h0LEZsYXNobGlnaHQgSG9tZSwsVVMsb2gsY2xldmVsYW5kLG1vYmlsZQ&param2=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

If that gave me a slight jumpscare when I opened it on the internet, I can't imagine the poor fishes' reaction

 

[SilverArowanaBoi]

I found this interesting article about the history of glofish and a slightly dated list of available Glofish species around the hobby: The Real Truth About Glofish Care (From An Expert Aquarist) - AquariumStoreDepot