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Photo above is mine and it is a pink variety of zebrafish. |
Danios are a very hardy and social species making them the perfect fish for any beginner, and will add a spark to any community aquarium.
They can be found in lots of different color variations and as a shoaling species, they add diversity and animation to your tank.
Reasons I chose this species of fish as my first aquarium pet are:
- They are not hard to find; they are always available is most of the pet shops
- According to fish hobbyist, Danios fish are best for beginners!
- These fishes are peaceful, social and relatively easy to care for as they are very hardy.
DID YOU KNOW THAT!!!
ZEBRA DANIO ARE USED AS TEST SUBJECTS FOR VARIOUS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PURPOSES? Yeah, that's true. Thus, if you are planning to have a thesis which is experimental it utilizes fish as a model, I recommend you to choose Zebra Danio as your aquarium fish, to be able to have a background on care and management of danios fish when you started you thesis research.
BEHAVIOR!
Zebra danio are a relatively social species and exhibiting shoaling behavior - meaning, they are community fish; they do great when as a group; they become hyperactive in the aquarium; generally schooling fish.
My Zebra fish exhibiting their natural behavior, which is always at the top of the tank
MY TANK SET-UP:
My tank has a theme "Stone-Centered, Ocean-River". At first, my tank was only a 5-gallon capacity and had a substrate beach sand (which is treated by several washing and had been exposed to sun for several days). But then when I changed my tank from 5 to 10 gallons, my sand was quite a little bit, and that is the time I also changed my set up. I brought my pebbles at home and put it on my tank and set it up like a half-ocean, half river aquarium.
Danios prefer more plants in the aquarium, but as you can see my tank, it doesn't have any aquatic plants. Having plants on my tank is my next goal. I don't already have enough money. Hehe.
My tank now is a 10 gallon capacity, containing 10 zebrafishes (bronze, yellow, pink varieties), white beach sand and small pebbles, stones of different sizes, and dead corals.
BTW, when I brought my pebbles and put them on my aquarium, I accidentally did not removed the Malaysian Trumpet Snails, thus, after 3 weeks, they reproduce faster and they are already serving as a "cleaners" of my tank. Their numbers are not significantly high to consider them as pests of my aquarium.