Danio Retirement Home

My goal is to have a Danio school of 12+. I am looking for mix of different varieties of Danio rerio, so that they will all school together. I don't want anymore shortfin zebras.

I started out w/ 3 adopted Shortfin Zebras who are getting kind of old.
I then adopted "Ethel", the longfin Blue.
I am awaiting the arrival of 3 more older ones. 2 more zebras...one of which is war-hardened from a battle w/ a crayfish. And a glowlight.

I need to increase the school soon, to cut down the agression of the danios. I am willing to take any blues, golds, leopards, longfins, etc....just not standard zebras (I will have 5 of those, that's 1/2 the school!). I went to my LFS yesterday....no luck. And they don't know what they'll be getting in and when. Ordering from an online store is out of the question...shipping is like $34. The fish only cost $1.49....that's silly. I tried Aquabid, without any luck. So, I have e-mailed another store in the area. And I will start calling the others (no websites) as soon as I have time. Hopefully, I can get 5 more by the weekend.

Updated stocking

Here's the current stocking plan....suggestions are welcome!

72g:
12 Danios
12 Longfin Blackskirts
1 Pair of Bolivian Rams
10 Pygmy Cories
Endlers*
Platies*
10 Otos

* Numbers will vary as they are livebearers, the population will remain low by giving away or selling fry

20g:
12 Pristellas
8 Kuhli Loaches
1 Pair of Honey Gouramis

10g:
Invert. Tank!
Snails & Shrimp...and the overflow from the livebearers

Future Stocking Plans

Here's the current stocking plan....suggestions are welcome!

72g:
12 Danios
12 Longfin Blackskirts
1 Pair of Blue Rams
8 Cories
Endlers*
Platy*
5 Otos

* Numbers will vary as they are livebearers, the population will remain low by giving away or selling fry

20g:
12 Pristellas
8 Kuhli Loaches
1 Pair of Honey Gouramis

10g:
Invert. Tank!
Snails & Shrimp...and the overflow from the livebearers

Today's Additions

Here's a side view of the tank- as you can see I have added a lot more plants. This area will probably get changed soon since I have driftwood that will possibly be going here. Additionally, as the plants grow I may move some depending on how fast they grow and what height they get to. The endler and platy fry love this area. The orange spot in the center-bottom of picture is a platy. So cute!



Here's the blue snail...enjoying some of my homemade snail food. Yum! The snails just moved in today, but they have already made themselves at home.


The other favored spot of the fry...a floating plant.








I have 3 larger piece of driftwood I plan on adding as soon as they are done soaking.

Update on Blog Options

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Progress on the 72g.....

Here's all the photos I have of the 72g thus far....






















I've been working on it all day. Lots more plants added. I'll take some more pics after I have cleaned up some of the debris and have done a water change (it's still a bit cloudy from the substrate).

New Blog!

I want to share photos of my tanks with everyone....but don't feel like uploading the pics 5 or 6 times to various places. So, I am going to post everything here and just pass the link on to interested parties. :)

I named this blog after my crazy snail, Bubbles....I'll explain more later.