Glowlight Danio
Glowlight danio tropical fish learn all about the glowlight danio s feeding habits and food types its behaviour its origins its natural habitats is it male or female breeding advice and information suitable tank mates its sizing and growth range minimum tank size water ph and more.
Glowlight danio. The glowlight danio should be considered to be an excellent community fish and gets on with most small species. A relative newcomer to the aquarium hobby this beautiful fish is adorned with bars stripes and spots in radiant green gold red and turquoise. The glowlight danio originates from the river mogaung chaung and the surrounding small rocky streams in myanmar in south east asia.
74 82 f 24 28 c tankmates. The glowlight danio danio choprae previously danio choprai is one of the most vibrantly colored danios and one of the smallest reaching less than 1 1 4 3 cm in length this danio has strikingly beautiful patterning and coloration composed of bars stripes and spots in green gold red and turquoise. Danio choprai hora 1928.
Dwarf danio spotted brown spotted danio adult size. Chopra who collected the original specimens see notes for information on spelling. The glowlight danio is a brightly coloured and showy cousin of the popular zebra danio.
3 years minimum tank size. The glowlight danio is an active and captivating little fish especially if you set up the conditions in which. Danio nigrofasciatus also known as.
Danio choprae is an active danionin species that spends most of its time on mid water levels. Celestichthys choprae hora 1928 glowlight danio synonymstop. This species seems to prefer small hill streams with substrates of gravel and different sized rocks but do not seem to contain much if any vegetation.
2 inches 4 5 cm usually much smaller lifespan. The glowlight danio is suitable for novice aquarists as in general it gets on just fine with other similar sized species. The glowlight danio danio choprae is a small schooling fish closely related to the popular zebrafish danio rerio this should not be confused with the glofish a trademarked brand of fluorescent zebrafish that appear to glow in the dark under ultraviolet light.
Brachydanio choprai hora 1928. From the latin caelestis meaning heavenly and ichthys meaning fish. Choy heng wah scientific name.
Keeping a social group of glowlight danio will help them feel more secure in the aquarium and will bring out better coloration as the males compete to impress the females in the group. The glowlight danio is a schooling species that really should be kept in good sized groups of at least 6 individuals. Schooling fish keep only with other small species smaller than its cousin the popular zebra danio this.
