Like many other fish, zebra danios first must be conditioned to trigger their mating behavior. The zebra danio has a reputation as one of the easiest fish to breed in the hobby, and they can be a great way for a beginner to experience breeding fish for the first time. If you can’t provide live foods, then they can be provided with frozen bloodworms, daphnia, blackworms and brine shrimp. They will greedily accept wingless fruit flies, blackworms, bloodworms, brine shrimp and daphnia. I personally use Hikari Micro Wafers, and my fish love it.īut when it comes to live foods, there are few fish that enjoy regular feedings of live food more than zebra danios. This diet should be reproduced as closely as possible in the home aquarium, and this can be accomplished through feeding them a high-quality flake food, and occasional feedings of live or frozen foods. In the wild they tend to mainly feed on small crustaceans, insects, worms and algae.
Zebra danios are not what you would call fussy eaters and will eat nearly anything that you offer them. Barring a cover, the water level should be lowered to make it more difficult for the fish to jump out. So, to avoid any untimely fish deaths, any tanks containing zebra danios should always be covered. It should really come as no surprise, that a fish that enjoys jumping up into the filter outflow, also enjoys trying to jump out of their fish tank. You can also read the Aquarium Tidings Aquaclear Filter Review here. I would strongly recommend choosing an Aquaclear Power Filter for a zebra danio tank. This filter combines excellent filtration with a durable design, and it will keep your tank sparkling clear for years to come. HOB filters are usually the best choice, since they not only provide excellent filtration, but they also keep the danios occupied for hours playing in the filter’s current or making vain attempts to jump up into the filter discharge. Zebra danios are not a demanding fish when it comes to filtration and any HOB (hang-on-back) filter or sponge filter will usually suffice. However, once their numbers are brought up so that there are at last five of them, most of the aggressive behavior will disappear. Any zebra danios that aren’t kept in a school, will often become stressed and may begin to display aggressive behavior towards other fish in the aquarium. Since they are a schooling fish, they need to be kept in groups of at least five, and five danios can quickly become cramped in a 10-gallon (37 litre) aquarium. While they can survive in a 10-gallon (37 litre) aquarium, they tend to only really thrive in larger aquarium. They are constantly zooming around their aquarium, and because of this, should be provided with the largest aquarium possible – or at least the largest one that you can fit into your budget. People who has ever kept zebra danios, will often swear that these fish have a touch of ADHD. They also tend to be a short-lived fish, and most will only live two to three years in a home aquarium, though it’s not unheard of for some to live as long as four or even five years. With that being said, some have been known to reach sizes of 2.5 inches (6cm) and there have been reports of even larger ones. Zebra danios stay relatively small in the home aquarium, and most will only grow to around 2 inches (5cm) in length. Because of this, they are adapted to a wide variety of water types, and if given enough time to adapt, will thrive in most home aquariums. While many of the original zebra danios in the fish trade were wild-caught, nearly all the ones available now have been breed in captivity on fish farms.
But their preferred habitat is usually water with a moderate amount of current. In the wild, they can be found in everything from fast flowing streams, to stagnant rice fields. They were originally found in the streams of India, Pakistan and several bordering countries, but have since spread as an invasive species in several US states. In addition to their attractive coloring and stripes, the zebra danio has a well-founded reputation for being a playful and curious fish and makes an excellent addition to almost any community fish tank. The zebra danio (Danio rerio) is one of the most iconic fish in the aquarium hobby, and many people have owned this interesting fish at some point in their lives. Water Conditions: pH 6.5-7.2 and Soft to Medium Hard Minimum Tank Size: 5 Gallon (10 Gallon Recommended)
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