Aggressize Leopard Danio

kristian18f · 02-16-2006, 08:57 PM

I have 3 long finned leopard danios in my fish tank, and they seem to pick on my 5 white clouds alot, but I've also notice them picking on each other and it looks like theres been some fin damage to all of them (the biggest one seems to have the least).

I don't know for sure if it's them picking at each other or not though, I've also got a Gold Gourami, Rainbow Shark, and Common Pleco in there with them but I haven't seen the Gourami do any chasing, I've caught the rainbow shark chasing any of them(except the pleco) getting to close to his little tree stump ornament but he stops as soon as they're away.

I'm just really curious what I should do about the fin damage if it is the Leopards that are doing the damage to each other (which is what I suspect) or if it might be one of my other fish doing it then what should I do?

MaryPa · 02-17-2006, 03:20 AM

Danios are very frisky fish and love chasing each other but i`ve never witnessed mine bothering other fish. I`d watch the shark.

Chicklette · 02-19-2006, 07:54 AM

You could add a bit of Melafix, that may help if it's really bad but fish's fins heal pretty quickly. I've had bad experiences with danios and find they harass other fish. You can add some more danios so they pick on each other and not the other fish. I find they calm down in large schools. Or you can remove them. Do you have a spare tank or anywhere else you can put them?

**Cichlid Man** · 02-19-2006, 04:11 PM

Danios live in schools of up to 10,000 individuals in the wild. So the aggression is spread out. If you get at least 10, then there would be near to no aggression in the tank.

02-16-2006, 08:57 PM	#1
kristian18f Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 340	Aggressize Leopard Danio I have 3 long finned leopard danios in my fish tank, and they seem to pick on my 5 white clouds alot, but I've also notice them picking on each other and it looks like theres been some fin damage to all of them (the biggest one seems to have the least). I don't know for sure if it's them picking at each other or not though, I've also got a Gold Gourami, Rainbow Shark, and Common Pleco in there with them but I haven't seen the Gourami do any chasing, I've caught the rainbow shark chasing any of them(except the pleco) getting to close to his little tree stump ornament but he stops as soon as they're away. I'm just really curious what I should do about the fin damage if it is the Leopards that are doing the damage to each other (which is what I suspect) or if it might be one of my other fish doing it then what should I do? __________________ This whole fish thing started with ONE betta. http://www.neopets.com/refer.phtml?username=kristian18f

02-17-2006, 03:20 AM	#2
MaryPa Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Glenville,Pa. Age: 58 Posts: 272	Danios are very frisky fish and love chasing each other but i`ve never witnessed mine bothering other fish. I`d watch the shark. __________________ 125 gal. 5 Clown Loaches 4 Phantom Tetras 8 Hyphessobrycon vilmae tetras 1 SAE 1 ABN Pleco 5 Bronze Cory 9 Gold barbs 55gal 1 Angelicus 1 Clown Pleco 1 ABN Pleco 12 cories 2 Discus 55 gal Severum, Blood Parrot 55 1 Threadfin Rainbow 4 cherry Barbs CT Betta 2 Bumble Bee Catfish1 Swordtail Guppy Male 29 gal Platies 29gal Cories 29gal Endlers and RCS 10 Swordtail guppy females and fry

02-19-2006, 07:54 AM	#3
Chicklette Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 31 Posts: 38	You could add a bit of Melafix, that may help if it's really bad but fish's fins heal pretty quickly. I've had bad experiences with danios and find they harass other fish. You can add some more danios so they pick on each other and not the other fish. I find they calm down in large schools. Or you can remove them. Do you have a spare tank or anywhere else you can put them? __________________

02-19-2006, 04:11 PM	#4
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100	Danios live in schools of up to 10,000 individuals in the wild. So the aggression is spread out. If you get at least 10, then there would be near to no aggression in the tank. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

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