My New Danios

[RossC]

These little guys are the first addition to my new 95L tank
https/www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWje4sr5TA0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Zebra Danios are sub-tropical, you ought to have your heater setting at 18-20C, only in peak summer for a few months should their water be allowed to approach 24C. Their natural habitat has seasonal temperature variations, just not quite as wild as those we experience in the UK.

Ideally, they should be kept in a minimum of a 4-foot tank, despite their size they are hyperactive fish. Your ones certainly look busy!

Your tank appears to have very little water surface current, something that Zebra Danios really enjoy and I suspect is a big factor of why they are being drawn to the airstone bubbles. A powerhead with a turnover of 600-800lph, something like a Hydor Pico 800, firing across the water surface would be of great benefit.

 

[RossC]

Zebra Danios are sub-tropical, you ought to have your heater setting at 18-20C, only in peak summer for a few months should their water be allowed to approach 24C. Their natural habitat has seasonal temperature variations, just not quite as wild as those we experience in the UK.

Ideally, they should be kept in a minimum of a 4-foot tank, despite their size they are hyperactive fish. Your ones certainly look busy!

Your tank appears to have very little water surface current, something that Zebra Danios really enjoy and I suspect is a big factor of why they are being drawn to the airstone bubbles. A powerhead with a turnover of 600-800lph, something like a Hydor Pico 800, firing across the water surface would be of great benefit.

The water surface has alot of current, the filter creates a nice current across the tank aswell as the air bubbles breaking the surface up a lot. They seem happy and healthy so I'll drop the temp a little and watch the little guys have fun.

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Unless your clip is doing your setup a great injustice, we have very different ideas of what is considered lots of water surface current...

[video]http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFuB2AeNaMc[/video]

That right-left current is from a Fluval FX5 (~2300lph) firing across my 5x2x2 filled to ~500l, the tank also has an APS2000EF (~1200lph) dribbling rear left-right at the water surface and a 5000lph powerhead midwater rear left-right. If my Barilius were not piscivores, that is the sort of scaled current that Zebra Danios would have a fieldday in

 

[RossC]

Unless your clip is doing your setup a great injustice, we have very different ideas of what is considered lots of water surface current...

[video]http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFuB2AeNaMc[/video]

That right-left current is from a Fluval FX5 (~2300lph) firing across my 5x2x2 filled to ~500l, the tank also has an APS2000EF (~1200lph) dribbling rear left-right at the water surface and a 5000lph powerhead midwater rear left-right. If my Barilius were not piscivores, that is the sort of scaled current that Zebra Danios would have a fieldday in

Oh right I see what you mean, its not as strong as that. It is something I will soon invest in. Thanks