Giant Danios: Number, Tank Size

[Michael Wilcox]

I'm looking at a new setup and I want to do giant danios. My questions:

1. Is a 29 gallon tank big enough for 6 giant danios? Will they outgrow
it? Is this too much of a bioload? Will I have room to expand my stock?

2. Can I use just two giant danios to start the tank's cycle even though
they are a schooling fish? Would starting with 6 produce too much ammonia?

3. Any other experience with giant danios? I know they might jump out if
given the opportunity.
--
Michael Wilcox, http://dataportalen.com/mike/

[Limnophile]

"Michael Wilcox" > wrote in message
...
> I'm looking at a new setup and I want to do giant danios. My questions:
>
> 1. Is a 29 gallon tank big enough for 6 giant danios? Will they outgrow
> it? Is this too much of a bioload? Will I have room to expand my stock?
>
> 2. Can I use just two giant danios to start the tank's cycle even though
> they are a schooling fish? Would starting with 6 produce too much ammonia?
>
> 3. Any other experience with giant danios? I know they might jump out if
> given the opportunity.
> --
> Michael Wilcox, http://dataportalen.com/mike/

I have 7 giant danios , a young bristlenose, an adult angelfish, and a
colony of kribensis (not sure how many - 11?12?13?) all in the 29 gallon
tank next to my desk.

6 giant danios wouldn't be even near then max. a 30-ish gallon tank could
hold. If you get young ones and let them grow, ammonia shouldn't be as much
of a problem during cycling.

In my experience at least, danios are much happier in groups of at least 5.
They seem less likely to jump if you have them in a large group.

Of course, your mileage may vary...
Limnophile

[Brian S.]

Thought I would do a quick adlib here.

I have four danios in my tank...I had five but one got sucked into a
canister intake and killed it.

But anyways, the danios are very active and I was feeding the fish in the
tank one morning, and one jumped out of the tank and flopped on the floor
for about 30 seconds before I could finally get em back in the tank.

I had a 29 gallon, and here is what I had in it:
5 Giant Danios
5 Black Tetras
3 Eye and Tail Tetras
2 Rosy Reds
1 common Minnow
1 common goldfish

So, as you can see, you still have a ways to go for that tank. Heck, the
giant danios **maybe** will get up to three inches in length. This would
yield a total of around 9.6 danios in the tank.

Brian S.

"Limnophile" > wrote in message
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>
>
> "Michael Wilcox" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I'm looking at a new setup and I want to do giant danios. My questions:
> >
> > 1. Is a 29 gallon tank big enough for 6 giant danios? Will they outgrow
> > it? Is this too much of a bioload? Will I have room to expand my stock?
> >
> > 2. Can I use just two giant danios to start the tank's cycle even though
> > they are a schooling fish? Would starting with 6 produce too much
ammonia?
> >
> > 3. Any other experience with giant danios? I know they might jump out if
> > given the opportunity.
> > --
> > Michael Wilcox, http://dataportalen.com/mike/
>
> I have 7 giant danios , a young bristlenose, an adult angelfish, and a
> colony of kribensis (not sure how many - 11?12?13?) all in the 29 gallon
> tank next to my desk.
>
> 6 giant danios wouldn't be even near then max. a 30-ish gallon tank could
> hold. If you get young ones and let them grow, ammonia shouldn't be as
much
> of a problem during cycling.
>
> In my experience at least, danios are much happier in groups of at least
5.
> They seem less likely to jump if you have them in a large group.
>
> Of course, your mileage may vary...
> Limnophile
>
>