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| HarpersE | Posted: 12/5/2008 5:00 Updated: 12/5/2008 5:01 |
Just popping in   Joined: 12/5/2008 From: United States Posts: 3 |
 Dispute With TemperatureNot sure if I agree with the temperature. I've heard conflicting reports about this; some claim that the zebras will lose more colour when kept at lower temperatures.
Personally I have found higher temperatures between 75 to 80 suit them fine and mine are much more colourful and active then when I kept them at a room temperature between 70 to 74. As with most fish they will be more active and colourful with a dark substrate as opposed to a light one. Generally these fish will leave others alone assuming you have at least five; they will be so obsorbed with chasing each other they will ignore any others. Don't worry if they chase other danios, I have never seen them actually harm each other or damage their fins. HarpersE |
| daspricey | Posted: 16/7/2008 17:53 Updated: 16/7/2008 17:53 |
Quite a regular   Joined: 19/4/2006 From: Yorkshire Posts: 63 |
Re: Dispute With Temperature I would never allow any of my tanks containing danios (I've got several other species too!) rise above 25. I've had danio rerio thriving and spawning in temperatures as low as 17*C. I always struggle in heat waves because the danios actually struggle at the high temperatures. I also found their colour faded and became very slow moving.
I would never expose danios to 80!!!! Danionins are one of my favourite fish and the ones i have (i think 6 species(soon to get another 4 species)) also find higher temperatures a struggle, especially my wild species. David |
| CameronR | Posted: 29/11/2008 18:33 Updated: 29/11/2008 18:33 |
Home away from home   Joined: 28/2/2008 From: West Sussex Posts: 168 |
Re: Dispute With Temperature My Zebra Danios are kept in a warm room.
the temperature of my tank is around 20c |
| Ch1998 | Posted: 2/10/2010 18:47 Updated: 2/10/2010 18:47 |
Home away from home  Joined: 2/10/2010 From: South Yorkshire Posts: 984 |
Danios, zebra and leopord i had danios as my first starter fish and they were always busy and interesting to look at aditionaly the have been compatible with all my other fish since then includeding guppys,neon and ember tetras, angelfish, platys, fighters, and many others!
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| Mezz | Posted: 9/5/2011 19:10 Updated: 9/5/2011 19:10 |
Not too shy to talk   Joined: 14/2/2011 From: Middlesex Posts: 29 |
Re: Danios, zebra and leopord Having been the proud owner of some zebra danios for just over a week now, I have a bit of advice for people who may want to have their danios in an open top tank:
THEY CAN JUMP REALLY HIGH! I nearly lost one of them on the first night after it flipped itself out of the tank, and unfortunately I did actually lose one a couple of days ago after it managed to jump out of a gap in the tank lid that is no more than one inch by two inches. My group of six became five, but I'm currently having a proper glass lid cut to avoid this sort of thing happening again. |
