danios!!!

vettech909 · 02-23-2008, 04:50 AM

i want to get 4 danios from my local petstore.i would liketo get giant danios but wll they eat my fry?also i would like to get 4 oter danios of a diffeent species.what would you suggest if i have mollies and platys including fry?please reply fast!!!please!!!

vettech909 · 02-23-2008, 05:03 AM

also i want to breed them so i want to know how to tell the gender.

nathanbarry · 02-23-2008, 09:13 AM

I dont think they would eat the fry, id say zebra danios. Here's a link that tells you all about danios and sexing.
http://fish.mongabay.com/danios.htm

vettech909 · 02-23-2008, 03:05 PM

THANKS!!!
i decided to get 2 giant danios and 4 leopard danios.just to make sure because hey do get big,will any of them eat the fry?

mesapod · 02-23-2008, 03:50 PM

that depends on how big the fry are if they are just newborn then they probably will eat them.

trashion · 02-23-2008, 04:18 PM

Don't get them in such small groups. Danios need to be in schools of 6+.

nathanbarry · 02-23-2008, 05:50 PM

I agree with mesapod.

vettech909 · 02-23-2008, 07:29 PM

what if i have breeding grass and lots of hiding places?are danios very fast and eez in or are they lazy?i was going to get 3 small clown loaches but i decided on danios.one of my ideas is 3 giant danios and 3 zebra danios.thats as many as my tank can hold.i might get a breeder while im there so i can put my fey and pregnant females in it.around the tail and belly or my female platys are orange.are they pregnant?i have 1 fry right now because my snail ate them.

mesapod · 02-24-2008, 12:56 AM

Danios are very fast! Maybe one or 2 might live but the chances probably arent great.

Oh just to let you know leopard and zebra danios will school together. I tihnk they are almost the same species.

trashion · 02-24-2008, 02:22 AM

I'd recommend leopard and zebra danios, not mixing leopard and giant danios.

**Scuba Kid** · 02-24-2008, 02:25 AM

What size tank is this?

Clerk · 02-24-2008, 04:11 AM

Giant danios get fairly large, and need a group of 6+, and a tank size of at least 4 ft due to their size and active behavior.

If the tank is smaller then that... return them.. If you are trying to breed them, pick one species. Zebras or Leopards, both are nearly the same, and breed about the same. They will eat fry of other fish, if they can eat them in a bite or 2. They will also eat the eggs if not watched properly.

vettech909 · 02-24-2008, 05:15 AM

i got 3 fruit fish instead because the danios got too aggressive with the mollies that were in the petstore tank.does anyone know how to breed or sex them?also,will platys mate with mollies?my female platy is staying at the bottom and her belly tail area is orange.is she going to drop fry soon?will my fruit fish eat the fry?i got my fry in a net breeder right now just to be sure.any help would be gratly apprieciated.

Clerk · 02-24-2008, 05:25 AM

*sigh* these fruit fish are dyed black widow tetras... Return them, they don't belong in the hobby, and purchasing them only feeds there creation.

They have been injected with dye, the color you like about them will fade within a month or two, and then they will die.

Of course, I am sure you did not know. Any fish will eat fry if it can fit in there mouth. If you want a easy fish to breed, look into cherry barbs, they have real nice color between males and females. That aren't artificial.

vettech909 · 02-24-2008, 05:44 AM

i cant return them,but do they have a chance of living?they cant fit in their mouth but will they just attack them out of meaness?how do you sex them?will they breed?what about my mollies and platys?

vettech909 · 02-24-2008, 06:10 AM

i do care a lot about the hobby but now that im stuck with them why not breed them?i will never buy them again!!!

Clerk · 02-24-2008, 06:17 AM

They will probably die before you can get them to breed. Imagine being stuck with a needle the size of a football in your chest, thats what happened to them.

The dye will fade, and they will die of infections. I would recommend not purchasing fish from that store if you can, if there are other shops in the area support them instead.

vettech909 · 02-24-2008, 02:45 PM

how do you sex them?they are all whit with black eyes.the tank is 55 gallons.also,i need to know about my platy and molies.

trashion · 02-24-2008, 04:40 PM

They are white skirt tetras, an albino variety of Black Skirt Tetras. They have been cruelly dyed, as Clerk stated. They are egglayers, and therefore a lot harder to breed in the home aquarium versus livebearers, but if you research "black skirt tetra" breeding methods, you should get good results. The females are fatter and have stockier bodies, whereas the males are somewhat narrower.

I'm not sure about platies breeding with mollies. I've read that platies can interbreed with swordtails, but not the mollies.

Black Skirt tetras are also pretty aggressive for tetras, and sometimes you'll get a rogue one that will continually harass everyone else.

Obsidian · 02-24-2008, 06:47 PM

If they are pure white with black eyes what were they dyed with? I know about dying fish but I thought it was with colors and words and other stuff like that. Do they just dye them so they are all white?

02-23-2008, 04:50 AM	#1
vettech909 Banned Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 17 Posts: 217 User Feedback: (0)	danios!!! i want to get 4 danios from my local petstore.i would liketo get giant danios but wll they eat my fry?also i would like to get 4 oter danios of a diffeent species.what would you suggest if i have mollies and platys including fry?please reply fast!!!please!!!

02-23-2008, 09:13 AM	#3
nathanbarry -~Fish Watcher~- Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: West Midlands, England Posts: 283 User Feedback: (0)	I dont think they would eat the fry, id say zebra danios. Here's a link that tells you all about danios and sexing. http://fish.mongabay.com/danios.htm __________________ Four tanks 55 g Malawi cichlids and 1 Common plec. 55 g 4 Parrot fish, 1 Polka dot loach, 1 Common plec and 1 Pictus catfish. 5 g 4 zebra danios, 1 Oto etc. 10 g 1 Khuli loaches, 1 Oto, 1 Blue Ram (looking after it for neighbour), 1 Albino Pink Tailed Corydoras and 2 Mickey Mouse Platy's.

02-23-2008, 03:50 PM	#5
mesapod Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 17 Posts: 258 User Feedback: (0)	that depends on how big the fry are if they are just newborn then they probably will eat them. __________________ Kevin's Tanks *10 gallon tank* - 2 adult guppies-1 female 1 male-10 1 week old guppy fry, *10 gallon tank-nothing 24 gallon*- 5x neon tetras-3x otocinclus, 3x albino cories

02-23-2008, 04:18 PM	#6
trashion girl anachronism Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,006 User Feedback: (0)	Don't get them in such small groups. Danios need to be in schools of 6+. __________________ current setup: 15 gallon, planted w/ pressurized co2, 55watts PC lighting, EI fert dosing. -5 harlequin rasboras -5 amano shrimp -12 Aspidoras pauciradiatus (sixray or false corydoras) for reference: my name is Julie

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nathanbarry -~Fish Watcher~- Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: West Midlands, England Posts: 283 User Feedback: (0)	I agree with mesapod. __________________ Four tanks 55 g Malawi cichlids and 1 Common plec. 55 g 4 Parrot fish, 1 Polka dot loach, 1 Common plec and 1 Pictus catfish. 5 g 4 zebra danios, 1 Oto etc. 10 g 1 Khuli loaches, 1 Oto, 1 Blue Ram (looking after it for neighbour), 1 Albino Pink Tailed Corydoras and 2 Mickey Mouse Platy's.

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02-23-2008, 05:03 AM	#2
vettech909 Banned Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 17 Posts: 217 User Feedback: (0)	also i want to breed them so i want to know how to tell the gender.

02-23-2008, 03:05 PM	#4
vettech909 Banned Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 17 Posts: 217 User Feedback: (0)	THANKS!!! i decided to get 2 giant danios and 4 leopard danios.just to make sure because hey do get big,will any of them eat the fry?

02-23-2008, 07:29 PM	#8
vettech909 Banned Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 17 Posts: 217 User Feedback: (0)	what if i have breeding grass and lots of hiding places?are danios very fast and eez in or are they lazy?i was going to get 3 small clown loaches but i decided on danios.one of my ideas is 3 giant danios and 3 zebra danios.thats as many as my tank can hold.i might get a breeder while im there so i can put my fey and pregnant females in it.around the tail and belly or my female platys are orange.are they pregnant?i have 1 fry right now because my snail ate them.

02-24-2008, 12:56 AM	#9
mesapod Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 17 Posts: 258 User Feedback: (0)	Danios are very fast! Maybe one or 2 might live but the chances probably arent great. Oh just to let you know leopard and zebra danios will school together. I tihnk they are almost the same species. __________________ Kevin's Tanks *10 gallon tank* - 2 adult guppies-1 female 1 male-10 1 week old guppy fry, *10 gallon tank-nothing 24 gallon*- 5x neon tetras-3x otocinclus, 3x albino cories

02-24-2008, 02:22 AM	#10
trashion girl anachronism Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,006 User Feedback: (0)	I'd recommend leopard and zebra danios, not mixing leopard and giant danios. __________________ current setup: 15 gallon, planted w/ pressurized co2, 55watts PC lighting, EI fert dosing. -5 harlequin rasboras -5 amano shrimp -12 Aspidoras pauciradiatus (sixray or false corydoras) for reference: my name is Julie

02-24-2008, 02:25 AM	#11
Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 17 Posts: 3,917 User Feedback: (1)	What size tank is this? __________________

02-24-2008, 04:11 AM	#12
Clerk Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 474 User Feedback: (0)	Giant danios get fairly large, and need a group of 6+, and a tank size of at least 4 ft due to their size and active behavior. If the tank is smaller then that... return them.. If you are trying to breed them, pick one species. Zebras or Leopards, both are nearly the same, and breed about the same. They will eat fry of other fish, if they can eat them in a bite or 2. They will also eat the eggs if not watched properly. __________________ Three Planted tanks 55 gallon, 50 gallon, 20 gallon False-bottom Newt Paludarium 29 gallon

02-24-2008, 05:15 AM	#13
vettech909 Banned Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 17 Posts: 217 User Feedback: (0)	i got 3 fruit fish instead because the danios got too aggressive with the mollies that were in the petstore tank.does anyone know how to breed or sex them?also,will platys mate with mollies?my female platy is staying at the bottom and her belly tail area is orange.is she going to drop fry soon?will my fruit fish eat the fry?i got my fry in a net breeder right now just to be sure.any help would be gratly apprieciated.

02-24-2008, 05:25 AM	#14
Clerk Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 474 User Feedback: (0)	sigh these fruit fish are dyed black widow tetras... Return them, they don't belong in the hobby, and purchasing them only feeds there creation. They have been injected with dye, the color you like about them will fade within a month or two, and then they will die. Of course, I am sure you did not know. Any fish will eat fry if it can fit in there mouth. If you want a easy fish to breed, look into cherry barbs, they have real nice color between males and females. That aren't artificial. __________________ Three Planted tanks 55 gallon, 50 gallon, 20 gallon False-bottom Newt Paludarium 29 gallon

02-24-2008, 05:44 AM	#15
vettech909 Banned Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 17 Posts: 217 User Feedback: (0)	i cant return them,but do they have a chance of living?they cant fit in their mouth but will they just attack them out of meaness?how do you sex them?will they breed?what about my mollies and platys?

02-24-2008, 06:10 AM	#16
vettech909 Banned Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 17 Posts: 217 User Feedback: (0)	i do care a lot about the hobby but now that im stuck with them why not breed them?i will never buy them again!!!

02-24-2008, 06:17 AM	#17
Clerk Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 474 User Feedback: (0)	They will probably die before you can get them to breed. Imagine being stuck with a needle the size of a football in your chest, thats what happened to them. The dye will fade, and they will die of infections. I would recommend not purchasing fish from that store if you can, if there are other shops in the area support them instead. __________________ Three Planted tanks 55 gallon, 50 gallon, 20 gallon False-bottom Newt Paludarium 29 gallon

02-24-2008, 02:45 PM	#18
vettech909 Banned Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 17 Posts: 217 User Feedback: (0)	how do you sex them?they are all whit with black eyes.the tank is 55 gallons.also,i need to know about my platy and molies.

02-24-2008, 04:40 PM	#19
trashion girl anachronism Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,006 User Feedback: (0)	They are white skirt tetras, an albino variety of Black Skirt Tetras. They have been cruelly dyed, as Clerk stated. They are egglayers, and therefore a lot harder to breed in the home aquarium versus livebearers, but if you research "black skirt tetra" breeding methods, you should get good results. The females are fatter and have stockier bodies, whereas the males are somewhat narrower. I'm not sure about platies breeding with mollies. I've read that platies can interbreed with swordtails, but not the mollies. Black Skirt tetras are also pretty aggressive for tetras, and sometimes you'll get a rogue one that will continually harass everyone else. __________________ current setup: 15 gallon, planted w/ pressurized co2, 55watts PC lighting, EI fert dosing. -5 harlequin rasboras -5 amano shrimp -12 Aspidoras pauciradiatus (sixray or false corydoras) for reference: my name is Julie

02-24-2008, 06:47 PM	#20
Obsidian Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Arizona Age: 37 Posts: 1,176 User Feedback: (0)	If they are pure white with black eyes what were they dyed with? I know about dying fish but I thought it was with colors and words and other stuff like that. Do they just dye them so they are all white? __________________ Obsidian 20 gallon 1 Dwarf Gourami; 6 Cherry Barbs 4F 2M; 8 Black Neon Tetras; 3 Peppered Cory's; 1 Bristlenose Pleco 10 gallon 4 Zebra Danios 5.5 gallon 1 Zebra Danio in QT with columnaris 100 gallon 10 Giant Danios; 5 Long Finned Rosy Barbs, 2 Rubber Lipped Pleco's, 1 Blue Mystery Snail Eventual additional stock: 5 blue rams, 1 rainbow cichlid, 5-7 julie corycats, 5-7 burmese loaches.

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