The Glowlight Danio is one of the most sought after fish within the hobby, it’s striking natural colourations and small stature bought the fish close to extinction. A small, often timid fish that requires a densely planted, slow moving tank to thrive, best kept in groups of 20+ with a minimum of 6 per tank. They benefit best from tanks with a dark substrate, a base size no smaller than 45 × 30CM’s with areas of dense live plants to provide security and reducing competitive dominance between males.
They naturally live in slow water ponds often with no water flow, as a result we suggest the use of a sponge filter as opposed to an internal or external filter.
Given the correct conditions they may successfully breed, they are egg-layers with no parental instinct and will readily consume eggs, if breeding is attempted it is best to separate 1 male and 3 females in a separate tank, remove once breeding has occurred.
Heavily planted - we recommend Hydrocharitaceae which includes such genera as Elodea, Egeria and Blyxa.
Slow water movement - we recommend sponge filters.
Dark substrate with a preference of sand and soil.
Minimum of 40L tank with a base size of 45 x 30cm’s
Minimum of 6 per group with a preference of 20+
Temperature: 20-26 Celsius
Hardness: 5 - 14 GDH
PH: 6.5 - 7.5 - wild caught species tested around 7.3
KH: 4 - 16 degrees
The Glowlight Danio is one of the most sought after fish within the hobby, it’s striking natural colourations and small stature bought the fish close to extinction. A small, often timid fish that requires a densely planted, slow moving tank to thrive, best kept in groups of 20+ with a minimum of 6 per tank. They benefit best from tanks with a dark substrate, a base size no smaller than 45 × 30CM’s with areas of dense live plants to provide security and reducing competitive dominance between males.
They naturally live in slow water ponds often with no water flow, as a result we suggest the use of a sponge filter as opposed to an internal or external filter.
Given the correct conditions they may successfully breed, they are egg-layers with no parental instinct and will readily consume eggs, if breeding is attempted it is best to separate 1 male and 3 females in a separate tank, remove once breeding has occurred.
Heavily planted - we recommend Hydrocharitaceae which includes such genera as Elodea, Egeria and Blyxa.
Slow water movement - we recommend sponge filters.
Dark substrate with a preference of sand and soil.
Minimum of 40L tank with a base size of 45 x 30cm’s
Minimum of 6 per group with a preference of 20+
Temperature: 20-26 Celsius
Hardness: 5 - 14 GDH
PH: 6.5 - 7.5 - wild caught species tested around 7.3
KH: 4 - 16 degrees
