Breeding Danios By Jessica McDonald
A little while ago I was one of the lucky people to get some Danios from Rene, who was giving some to people to see if they could breed them. I placed them into our four foot tank and left them there for a few weeks. I had placed some mesh at the bottom of the tank and put some java moss in there as well. I found that they had spawned in the tank. One morning I found that the male was missing, he had jumped out of the tank (through a 5 x 2cm gap), fell onto the carpet and died.
The next problem was that our tank broke at a joint. Mum and I were madly grabbing whatever we could and putting water and fry into them - although a majority both ended up on/in the carpet. Later on I checked the breeding trap and found a small fry (I did not know if it was a Danio or a Black Tetra) I don't know how he survived - so I called him lucky. When it was about 3 or 4 weeks old I found out that it was a Danio. During our mad rush to save as many fish as possible, we had also saved some Danios.
Since then I have bred them twice more - we now have lots. There are three types; spotted, striped and gold with stripes (perhaps Renee can explain this). I've got them in my tank with neons and Black Tetras, all are doing fine.