Why do people like danios ?

[Kevinthebreeder]

Not trying to be disrespectful but I'm just curious.

 

[jkkgron2]

I like my orange hatchet danios, but I don’t really like the looks of zebra danios, they just look weird to me.

 

[RelaxingBettas]

Not trying to be disrespectful but I'm just curious.

I was never attracted by my friends' zebra danios as a child, they're too- *zesty* in their activities, even then I had my preferences (I still have my guppies, neons, and corys, I will always love keeping them). I have looked into the cpds, because nano everything, but that's as far as I got.

 

[A201]

Danios, in general, have traditionally been a durable, inexpensive, introductory schooling fish.
Maybe not quite as durable as the species once was thirty years ago.

 

[APColorado]

I personally do not like them in my community tank, but they are very active fish always chasing each other

 

[RayClem]

There are lots of different people and lots of different fish. Everyone has their preferences. For those who cannot have a tank large enough to house larger fish, danios can be a good choice.

When danios are mentioned, most people immediately think of the common zebra danio. However, there are a number of species found in the hobby. The dwarf danio is even smaller than the zebra and is ideal for smaller aquariums as it only gets about 1 1/2" long. The giant danio can get up to 4", so it is better suited for larger tanks. Celestial pearl danios are an exceptionally colorful fish.

Danios are very active fish, so they do need open space to swim. They are schooling fish, so you want to get a group of at least five or six, but anything other than the dwarf danios would appreciate a tank larger than 10 gallons as they are fast swimmers. A school of a dozen or more danios in a larger tank would be idea. They would add a lot of movement and visual interest to the tank.

If danios are not your thing, there are lots of other choices. It has been years since I kept danios, but I might take another look at them.

 

[Dedife]

I originally got them as one of my first fish because I wanted a shoaling group, they were recommended at beginner fish, and they were fun to watch. Then I got attached!

 

[Kaity]

In defense of the danio.. I love them. All of them even the plain old zebras but I love love some of the other varieties now available even more. They are busy and interesting and far better in a large group than a small one. Whenever someone tells me they don't like them I think in my head of course that said person didn't have enough of them. Lol to each there own but some of us find that busy body constant movement thing mesmerizing. Plus viewed from the top the longer finned leopards look like tiny crocodiles.


In my most recent tank I added them first because I was worried about temperature. they will live in such a diverse range and not show cold shock as easily as some species. Plus they tolerate flow. For coldish water community tanks they are perfect.

But in too small groups in warm water tanks where they are commonly found with slow moving fish and decorative fins I agree with you they don't tend to be ideal.

 

[Kribensis27]

I adore danios. I currently have tinwini and pearls (not celestial). Can’t recommend them enough! Tinwini with their wonderful patterning, and pearls with their fantastic, flashing, iridescent purple and orange scales. I’ve also kept a few other types, but these are my current ones. There are also so many types! You can find a danio suited to almost any tank as long as it has enough space.

 

[RelaxingBettas]

In defense of the danio.. I love them. All of them even the plain old zebras but I love love some of the other varieties now available even more. They are busy and interesting and far better in a large group than a small one. Whenever someone tells me they don't like them I think in my head of course that said person didn't have enough of them. Lol to each there own but some of us find that busy body constant movement thing mesmerizing. Plus viewed from the top the longer finned leopards look like tiny crocodiles.


In my most recent tank I added them first because I was worried about temperature. they will live in such a diverse range and not show cold shock as easily as some species. Plus they tolerate flow. For coldish water community tanks they are perfect.

But in too small groups in warm water tanks where they are commonly found with slow moving fish and decorative fins I agree with you they don't tend to be ideal.

I saw the long finned ones today and coveted, I am starting to get it lol

 

[Matt11711]

Danios aren't what I want in my current tank but, assuming you are talking about the common zebra danios, I think they are wonderful fish! As others have said, they are highly active and they will chase each other all around your tank which can be very entertaining. I think that's the main draw to them for most, but I also do like the look of them even if they aren't super colorful.

 

[Demeter]

I have big, robust and surprisingly aggressive (among themselves) fireline danios and little zebra danios sized choprae danios. They zip around the tank almost constantly and add a splash of orange to the green plants. They aren't shy like many species of rasboras and tetras can be and so far have proven rather disease resistant. Plus many resemble mini trout!

Let me ask you this, why do people like tetras? They bore me like no other.

 

[Kaity]

I saw the long finned ones today and coveted, I am starting to get it lol

The tinwini or leopard are my favorite but I have a mix right now.

 

[Basil]

I like my orange hatchet danios, but I don’t really like the looks of zebra danios, they just look weird to me.

Do you mean Laubuka dadiburjori? I’ve seen them called orange hatchet fish. I have a group of 9 of them. They are cool little fish!
I always check out the long finned blue danios when I’m at my northern LFS. They would look awesome in a large school in a planted tank.

 

[jkkgron2]

Do you mean Laubuka dadiburjori? I’ve seen them called orange hatchet fish. I have a group of 9 of them. They are cool little fish!
I always check out the long finned blue danios when I’m at my northern LFS. They would look awesome in a large school in a planted tank.

Yup! My LFS labeled them as orange hatchet danios, but they’re definitely Laubuka dadiburjori!

 

[Basil]

Yup! My LFS labeled them as orange hatchet danios, but they’re definitely Laubuka dadiburjori!

Mine had them labeled as “Dadios”

 

[RelaxingBettas]

I have big, robust and surprisingly aggressive (among themselves) fireline danios and little zebra danios sized choprae danios. They zip around the tank almost constantly and add a splash of orange to the green plants. They aren't shy like many species of rasboras and tetras can be and so far have proven rather disease resistant. Plus many resemble mini trout!

Let me ask you this, why do people like tetras? They bore me like no other.

I think so much is context, the right fish in the right tank is everything. I was waking up this morning and thought to myself 'there are no common fish, only common fishkeepers' (my 'cheap' new white betta that just won my heart l with his face looks about eight thousand times better owning every inch of my fifteen gallon hex, and the hints of salmon in his veils that looked so meh in the store cup are offset so subtly and perfectly by the small flock of ember tetras he will never catch, but have great exercise trying (and can distract him from the only other inhabitants, a couple amano shrimp, which are not so quick). Until I saw them in the right environment, I was unimpressed, too, but the whole tank is being used, and when I put some BBS in last night, they were entertaining, gleeful little savages hunting with the brio of my Dario darios.
I think when I formed my early opinions on danios they were ill used, too big, too few, in two small of tanks, and a remember a friends' tank as a child and their frantic energy.
I'll bet twenty of them in a 75 gallon would be majestic.