Common name/s: Pearl Danio.
Scientific name: Danio albolineatus, brachydanio albolineatus
Family: Cyprinidae.
Origin: Burma, Sumatra, Thailand.
Maximum size: 2" (6cm).
Care: They are not specific about water conditions providing extremes of pH and hardness aswell as the other parameters are avoided. An active shoaling species that should be kept in groups.
Feeding: They are insectivores and their upturned mouth is ideally suited to taking insects from the waters suface. Fortunately for us, they are not fussy about food and will take mainly flake and frozen foods without hesitation.
Sexing and Breeding: Danios are prolific and very easy to breed. Males are slimmer and more intense in colouration than females. Pairs can often be used but most prefer them to shoal spawn. Set-up your breeding tank with Java moss or other suitable substances on the bottom so the fishes can scatter their eggs, but cannot eat them as no parental care is practised. As with barbs ensure they have a good supply of small live foods, starting with infusoria and newly hatched brine shrimp. Make sure the breeding tank is covered as the fishes can be so active that they leap from the water.
Comments: Breed by the thousands in commercail fish farms, albino and long finned strains are now available.
Scientific name: Danio albolineatus, brachydanio albolineatus
Family: Cyprinidae.
Origin: Burma, Sumatra, Thailand.
Maximum size: 2" (6cm).
Care: They are not specific about water conditions providing extremes of pH and hardness aswell as the other parameters are avoided. An active shoaling species that should be kept in groups.
Feeding: They are insectivores and their upturned mouth is ideally suited to taking insects from the waters suface. Fortunately for us, they are not fussy about food and will take mainly flake and frozen foods without hesitation.
Sexing and Breeding: Danios are prolific and very easy to breed. Males are slimmer and more intense in colouration than females. Pairs can often be used but most prefer them to shoal spawn. Set-up your breeding tank with Java moss or other suitable substances on the bottom so the fishes can scatter their eggs, but cannot eat them as no parental care is practised. As with barbs ensure they have a good supply of small live foods, starting with infusoria and newly hatched brine shrimp. Make sure the breeding tank is covered as the fishes can be so active that they leap from the water.
Comments: Breed by the thousands in commercail fish farms, albino and long finned strains are now available.
