Danios

 

 

Additional names

Zebra Fish

Additional scientific names

Cyprinus rerio, Brachydanio rerio, Perilampus striatus, Danio rerio

Origin

This fish originates from rivers and fields Asia, India, Pakistan, Myanmar, Nepal and Bangladesh.

Sexing

Male has gold stripes, female has silver stripes. Females tend to have a much fuller body than the more slender males.

Tank compatibility

This is a peaceful fish and should be housed with other peaceful fish. Zebra Danios can be fin-nippers if not kept in proper shoal and should therefore be kept in groups of 5 or more. Their extremely active nature can also bother shy or slow moving fish such as Gouramis. They can be used as dither fish.

Diet

Will take flake and pellet food as well as live/frozen food such as bloodworm, brine shrimp and daphnia.

Feeding regime

Feed once or twice a day.

Environment Specifics

This fish enjoys planted tanks, however, it prefers room to swim over a heavily planted tank. This fish MUST have room to swim back and forth, therefore a long tank of at least 75.7 Litres (20 US G.) is preferred over a tall tank or hexagon.

Behaviour

Zebra Danios are very social, extremely active creatures. Primarily occupying the top levels of the tank, they do best in groups with room to swim and chase each other. If too few Zebra Danios are kept in an aquarium, they will harass other fish and may turn to fin nipping.

Identification

Blue and silver or gold horizontal stripes. Regular and long-finned varieties available. This is the species from which the GloFish was created. There is also another morph available known as the Leopard Danio.

Images

Zebra Danio

Zebra Danio

Long-Fin Zebra Danio

 

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