Giant Danio

Giant Danio	Tropical Fish Guide
Size	Up to 5 inches or 13 cm
Fish Hardiness	Easy to keep
Water Temperature	69.8 to 78.8°F or 21 to 26°C
Water Ph	6.0 to 8.0 pH
Water Hardness	5 to 20 dH
Peaceful or Aggressive	Peaceful shoaling fish
Number of same species in tank	Four or more, more is better
Community Fish	Yes
Sexes	Males are slimmer and more colorful than the larger more rounded and paler females
Strata	Mostly middle but they will occasionally go lower
Food	Flake food, blood worms and brine shrimp
Breeding	Easy to breed
Breeding temperature	77 to 78.8°F or 25 to 26°C
Scientific name	Devario aequipinnatus
Lifespan	5 years

Aquarium Care

Appearance This is another species of colorful tropical freshwater fish. They have a bright silver blue body color with broken yellow lines running horizontally on the side of the body. They are related to the smaller Zebra Danio and although a hardy fish they are not as hardy as the Zebra Danio.

Peaceful, Community Fish They are active peaceful fish that you can add to a community aquarium.

Strata They stay in the top to middle layers of the aquarium but mostly near the top.

Because of their large adult size and the fact that they are active shoal fish you need a large enough tank for them. They can grow up to 5 inches or 13 cm in length, so take this into consideration as well as how many other fish of what size you have in your aquarium.

Giant Danio

Photo by Larry

giant danio

Photo by Amy R. Nero

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