Family: Cyprinidae
Distribution: Danio kerri, better known as the Blue Danio, is a freshwater species distributed in clear streams on the Malay Peninsula, Asia. It can be found in open waters areas but also in heavily vegetated environments
PH: 6.5 – 7.0
Temperature: 23°C – 25°C (73 – 77F)
Hardness: 5 – 12 dH
Description: Danio kerri is a small species that will reach a maximum length of 5 cm. It has a torpedo-like shape and gold horizontal stripes that go from the caudal fin to the gills. Males are smaller and slimmer than females, who are visibly fatter.
Diet: The Blue Danio will accept most foods: live, frozen and flake. You can offer it high quality flake as a staple diet, but it is a good idea to add live foods – mosquito larvae, brine shrimp, and Daphnia – and vegetables to maintain its good health.
Breeding: Blue Danio, much like the Pearl Danio, will spawn in a school or in pairs, depending on your tank setup – and can even spawn in a community aquarium. Condition the adults with a varied diet before attempting the spawning process. You should remove the adults straight after spawning – they exercise no form of parental care. The fry will begin free swimming after about seven days and should be fed very small food until they grow bigger.
Comments: This species will require well-oxygenated water, good filtration, and a great deal of swimming space. This species doesn’t require an intricate tank setup. You should make sure you cover your tank it with a lid to prevent the Blue Danio from jumping out. A 15 gallon tank should hold several adults. This is a very easy species to look after.
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Recommended Compatible Species: Danio kerri work well in a community tank, particularly with other small, active tank mates. They will live happily with most Tetra species (particularly the Neon Tetra and Black Tetra). They are also great tank mates with Discus, Apistogramma‘s like Apistogramma Cacatouides and Apistogramma Borelli, Corydoras Catfish (particularly Corydoras Sterbai and Corydoras aeneus) Angelfish, Clown loach, the common Guppy and Platy and most Gourami (such as the Blue Gourami and Dwarf Gourami like the Honey Gourami) Also can live happily with most Danio (particularly the Zebra Danio and Pearl Danio) and also many Killifish make great tank mates.
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