danio colour confusion

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    fishanatic Tales of the sword

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    so over a year ago i bought myself a second hand tank which came with 2 zebra Danios. since then have been researching and decided to get at least 4 more since they are schooling fish. so after a long time i decided to go by the pet store today and purchased them. so the pet store had many different tanks. 1 tank in specific was marked as pink Danios and yellow Danios. i purchased my Danios from the tank that had normal looking zebra Danios and they did look normal to me. upon coming home and analyzing my fish im noticing that they all a bit pink. not as pink as pink danios but still pink!!! so my question is that since they were kept in a tank at the store with a pink light is that why i am noticing his and will their colours go back to normal or did i actually buy pink danios from an incorrectly labeled tank?
     
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    Post a photo of the Danios and we can help.

    I have not seen them change color before.


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    some zebra danios do have a slight pink coloration on them. but yes, a photo would help like WeirdStream said.
     
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    well putting my tank light on and looking at them again they look even more pink. convinced they pink danios

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    MadHatter Animals should be respected, not feared

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    Those are pink danios

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    Jup pink Danios as @MadHatter said.

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    damn man. i guess i need to start analyzing fish closer before i purchase next time. its so disheartening
     
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    haha but you said they were under a pink light? if its the same as my pink light I have I also wouldn't know the difference when they are in the tank with those dark stripes lol.
     
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    @MadHatter yeah a pink light. what convinced me even more was the dark stripes haha. because they had pink danios in another tank which were clearly pink but had white stripes. its the first time i came across pink danios with dark stripes. ive only ever seen the white stripes in petstores.
     
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    Remember these fish are genetically modified , and the gene they used to introduce the pink comes from an anemone. So under certain lights ( especially UV ) , they`ll appear to glow.
     

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