Glowlight Danios
At an adult size barely exceeding 1 inch 2 5 cm this peaceful schooling fish is an excellent addition to the well decorated community aquarium.
Glowlight danios. Still breeding them is not too difficult provided the fish are comfortable. I do know that danios have been made into glowlight with the addition of a gene and am fairly certain that it is the zebra danio that was enhanced rick. Chopra who collected the original specimens see notes for information on spelling.
Peaceful compatible with all species pearl danios have been a popular staple in the aquarium industry for over 100 years. Danio choprae is an active danionin species that spends most of its time on. Glowlight danios are very peaceful stunning fish making them an ideal resident of a community tank.
The glowlight danio is a brightly coloured and showy cousin of the popular zebra danio. Danio albolineatus also known as. Although they have become popular recently they are a new addition to the hobby and were unheard of a few years ago.
When well fed mature females should begin filling out with eggs. Also a blue horizontal bar located dorsally that runs across the entire body. 6 5 7 0 hardness.
Its very slender and torpedo like shape has blue vertical bars on its golden green body. The glowlight danio danio choprae is a small schooling fish closely related to the popular zebrafish danio rerio. The glowlight danio is an incredibly colorful active and peaceful species that is a hardy and ideal fish for the community and planted aquarium both subtropical and tropical.
Danio choprai hora 1928. Glowlight danios are bright and well marked hardy lively without being boisterous and very peaceful. Let s make the distinction between the normal glowlight tetra and the danio version of the artificially bright glofish.
These little fish are excellent for community aquarium life. Glowlight danio danio choprae originate from the small streams and river tributaries of the ayeyarwady river basin in the southeast asian country of myanmar. The glowlight danio celestichthys choprae is a very active colorful species that is native to northern myanmar.
A relative newcomer to the aquarium hobby this beautiful fish is adorned with bars stripes and spots in radiant green gold red and turquoise. Danio choprae hora 1928. Spotted danio adult size.
They should be conditioned well with live foods that will not only bring out their color but also increase the size of the spawns. 2 inches 6 cm lifespan. They are plentiful and widespread throughout their home region inhabiting everything from small fast flowing mountain streams to larger slower moving river tributaries.
From the latin caelestis meaning heavenly and ichthys meaning fish. There is very little bad to say about the glowlight danio. 5 years minimum tank size.
This should not be confused with the glofish 1 a trademarked brand of fluorescent zebrafish that appear to glow in the dark under ultraviolet light.
