smashing Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 What size do zebra danios need to be before breeding can take place? Although im not sure that they're zebras i hear that zebra and leopard danios are allmost the same thing or is it that mine are too young to tell? cheers, andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 I think your confused, Dont you mean leapord danios, I have never heard of tiger danios. And it is very easy to tell the difference between leapords and zebras. The zebras have strippes and the leapoards have small spots. Shae 250 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 Or do you mean Zebra danios with stripes instead of spots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 Zebra danios do not have spots, only leapard danios have the spots. Shae 250 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 That's why I said, Zebra danios with stripes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashing Posted January 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 sorry i wrote tiger instead of zebra my mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 as said above the difference is very easy to tell, what age and size are your danios? at about three cm is when they really start to scatter lots of eggs. Shae 250 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 Spotted Danios have spots, and they are'nt called Leopard Danios either! ! Check before you try telling me I'm wrong too ! Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 Ok, then what markings do leopard danios have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashing Posted January 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 think about that. do leopards have spots? :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 Told ya to check didn't I?? Brachydanio have four species that we have bred in NZ. The favourite and best known would be B. rerio, Zebra Danio. Next would be the Leopard Danio, B. frankei. Followed in availability would be the Pearl Danio, B. albolineatus. Now comes the least known here, and the least bred, but in my opinion, the best of the four. B. nigrofasciatus the Spotted Danio. See if you can find some, and I'm sure that you'll agree with me. A really worth while addition to a quiet community tank. Easy to breed too. Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 think about that. do leopards have spots? :roll: Yes i am thinking about it and.. um.... hm.... lets think.......ooh yes they DO have a spotted pattern!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashing Posted January 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 exactly livebearer hits the nail on the head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted January 3, 2005 Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 Spotted Danios have spots, and they are'nt called Leopard Danios either! ! Check before you try telling me I'm wrong too ! Alan 104 And how do you know they are not leapards Alan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted January 3, 2005 Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 Now for your home-work boys. Go and do some research and compare the different fish. The Spotted Danio have spots and stripes, the Leopard Danio have dots, very fine ones in comparison. Check them out. Use the Taxanomical names tho. Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted January 3, 2005 Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 and again i say how do you know he does not have the leapard danio? Its far more common than the "spotted danio". We would need pictures of his to know exactly what type he has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted January 3, 2005 Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 Whether the fish are leopard or spotted danios is beside the point. Alan was merely educating you youn'uns on the differences in the 4 species available. Perhaps smashing can now have another look at his danios and tell us more accurately which species he has Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashing Posted January 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 im pretty well sure they're leopard danios spotted danios have a stripe from head to tail and there are black spots underneath but leopard danios have blue spots all over them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted January 3, 2005 Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 You are correct then. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashing Posted January 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 thank you, now can you tell me how long it take for a leopard danio to mature to breeding age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 What size are they at the momment? not including tail. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 Just found a pic of a Spotted Danio , thought it might help here.... http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/IB/faculty ... potted.htm BTW , very nice looking fish :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashing Posted January 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 my biggest are about 1" or 2.5cm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 I dont think there is any specific age or size at which danios are ready to breed, but i suggest you do is get the fattest females and a couple of males put them in a tank with marbles in the bottom, (put them in at night) then in the morning as soon as the sun hits they will go into spawning mode and you could get hundreds of eggs, leave them in there for only an hour or so at the most, because eventually they lose interest and will try to eat the eggs through the marbles. put them back into the tank feed them up and let them rest a bit, wait between 1-3 days and whala! hundreds of fry! Now feed them with green water and once big enough microworms or BBS. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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