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Just acquired my first pair of Axies. Bailing water for changes and being a helicopter mom daily and they seem to be surviving and thriving. I have a golden albino I believe is a male and a leucistic that is still too young to sex for sure. I work at a nursery/pet store and I order the fish and animals. When I had the chance to order these I jumped! Still learning the genetic color terms and keep seeing GFP in the descriptions with others. Curious what this stands for?
 
Hello and welcome to the forum!
GFP stands for Green Fluorescent Protein. It essentially makes the axolotls glow under a blacklight.
Just out of curiosity, do you order any other amphibians.....?
 
sde said:
Hello and welcome to the forum!
GFP stands for Green Fluorescent Protein. It essentially makes the axolotls glow under a blacklight.
Just out of curiosity, do you order any other amphibians.....?
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Another interesting thing, gfp come from genes isolated in jellyfish.

Stuart
 
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