Glowlight Danio

The Glowlight Danio is a beautifully colored, peaceful danios from Myanmar. Characteristic of this species and particularly beautiful to look at are the bright colors, which range from green, yellow and orange to purple and pink. In particular, the dark-colored, vertical stripes along the side of the body on a bright orange base color and a green-colored, horizontal stripe provide a very high-contrast look.

Care in the aquarium

In terms of care, the Glowlight Danio can be classified as easy. As a somewhat timid fish, it wants to be kept in a group of at least 10 animals and requires dense background and edge vegetation to feel comfortable and safe. However, care should be taken to ensure that the Glowlight Danio has enough swimming space. An edge length of 80 cm is therefore the minimum. In the community tank it can be kept very well together with peaceful fish of approximately the same size, such as dwarf cory catfish or dwarf gourami.

Feeding

As an omnivore, the Glowlight Danio does not pose too much of a challenge when it comes to feeding. Live and frozen food types such as artemia, daphnia or enchytraea are extremely popular, but fish food suitable for tetras is also readily accepted.

Sexual characteristics and breeding

Female Glowlight Danios are slightly fuller and a little paler than males. Soft, rather acidic water is ideal for breeding this beautiful danio. The willingness to spawn can be increased by giving more live food. Once a suitable spawning site has been found in the form of fine-feathered plants or moss cushions, the females lay the eggs between them, where they are fertilized by the male. As is typical for open spawners, no brood care is subsequently carried out. The fish larvae hatch from the up to 50 eggs after about 1-3 days, and swim freely after about 4 more days. The initially very small larvae can be fed with dust food and infusoria and a little later also with newly hatched Artemia nauplii. Since Glowlight Danios are spawning predators, it is best to separate the parents from the future offspring immediately after laying their eggs.