Red Danios

[Rondory]

Hi,

I have a 46gallon and looking to add some Red Danios for color and top swimmers, only if I have the room.

I currently have
7 Cory Cats
7 Lemon Tetras
5 Glowlight Tetras
1 Oto cat (I don't want to add anymore of these because they just die)
and some Olive Nerites snails

How many Red Danios can I add? Do I have room to add 2 more Glowlights?

How close am I to already being overstocked? My water parameters have always been perfect with this setup.

My filter is the Rena2 and I do water changes every other week.

Will the Red Danios get along well with my other fish? I'm unable to find much info on this fish.

Thank you

 

[WaterPond]

you could probably go with 5 or so. Are red Danios dyed?

 

[Rondory]

I read somewhere that they weren't dyed, but genetically modified.

 

[triazole]

nope - not dyed.
and that's a very good example of stocking! the danios would be fine in the tank. i'd add 5+ as WP mentioned before.
since all the fish you have are low-waste producers, i'd say adding another school of small fishies would be fine after the danios. but, then again, understocking would definitely keep any potential problems at bay!

 

[Rondory]

understocking would definitely keep any potential problems at bay

I'm not going to have any problems.


Thank you both for the advise. I will wait for Tuesday where I can buy one get one free since they are 6.99 each.

 

[WaterPond]

holy moley! thats alot for a danio!

 

[Rondory]

holy moley! thats alot for a danio!

That would be a "Genetically altered" Danio. Gotta pay those scientists for their hard work!

Have you seen them at the LFS yet? I think they are a much needed addition in my otherwise bland tank.

Here is a good website which explains why they were created. It wasn't just to add something knew to the pet fish industry.

http://www.glofish.com/about.asp

 

[Musket]

I just for the first time saw them at the LFS. The owner told me they are bred with squid ink to get teh colors, he had 3 different colore, pink, red and orange I think. He said that they breed true, no new squid ink needed. Not dyed. Bred to be these colors. Sorry, I didn't catch the price of them.

 

[kostasonia]

I have 5 red danios and they are really funny!!

 

[kmgriff72]

I also would like these but will they go ok in a tank with clown loaches or will they get eaten?