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Posted by ReelMcKoi on March 3, 2009, 3:00 am
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> Hi all, I got 5 zebra danios to cycle my tank along with 3 neon
> tetras. The zebra danios have always been very active and it took the
> neons a few days to learn to deal with them. All have been in the
> tank for about 3 weeks now. However in the last 3 or 4 days the danios
> have become increasingly aggressive toward each other. I haven't seen
> any nipping but maybe that's going on. They're definitely chasing
> each other around for hours on end. All 5 seem to be involved in this
> and its definitely more noticible than it has been. The water quality
> is reasonably good and hasn't changed lately. Any thoughts on what's
> causing this behavior or if I should be concerned?
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How many gallons is your tank? I noticed danios do much better in larger
tanks like 30g longs and 55s.
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> tetras. The zebra danios have always been very active and it took the
> neons a few days to learn to deal with them. All have been in the
> tank for about 3 weeks now. However in the last 3 or 4 days the danios
> have become increasingly aggressive toward each other. I haven't seen
> any nipping but maybe that's going on. They're definitely chasing
> each other around for hours on end. All 5 seem to be involved in this
> and its definitely more noticible than it has been. The water quality
> is reasonably good and hasn't changed lately. Any thoughts on what's
> causing this behavior or if I should be concerned?