Glowlight danio

Rubinbärbling (Danio choprae )

The Rubinbärbling (Danio choprae, invalid synonyms: Brachydanio choprai and Danio choprai ) or Glühlichtbärbling, or Schlangenhautbärbling, belongs to the carp family (Cyprinidae ), which counts with more than 1400 species to species-rich family of fish. It inhabits the rivers in the upper Myanmar, formerly Burma in Southeast Asia, Myitkyina District in Namma and Kamaing and in the Irrawaddy river.

Features

Danio choprae is, like all members of his immediate and extended family no schooling fish, in which collecting individuals form a " higher organism ". Danios live in close social associations and have a complex social structure, in marked contrast to schooling fish such as herring, individual actions allow. The females are slightly plumper than the males. Because of its bright colors it is offered commercially and often as Glühlichtbärbling (English " GlowLight Danio "). All too often, however, the Rubinbärbling is easy with devario maetangensis (Fang, 1997) confused the he looks like. But distinct characteristic is the brighter color of Danio choprae which is more brown in D. maetangensis, as well as the much more pronounced horizontal stripes in D. maetangensis. In addition, the Rubinbärbling reaches a maximum size of about 3 cm to 5 cm D. maetangensis. The body of Danio choprae is penetrated.

Care in the aquarium

The Rubinbärbling is to be kept in soft, acidic to moderately hard, slightly alkaline water well and also to breed. Within a flock, the dominant male is much more colorful than the other males. The male chooses the spawning ground in delicate plants and tries to attract the females by showing the flanks to the spawning ground. If the act of mating was successful, slip out of the little clutches ( about 50 eggs) the larvae after 3 days and swim freely after a further 4 days. From that date the parent animals should be removed so that the offspring does not end as live food. The preferred temperature is 22 ° - 24 ° degrees ° C, but can Danio choprae well tolerated higher temperatures. If the animals are well fed they spawn regularly every 10 days.

  • KH value 2 to 8 °
  • GH value from 5 to 12 ° d
  • Temperature 22 ° to 26 ° C

Swell

  • Hans A. Baensch, Hans -Georg Evers: Aquarium Atlas ( Volume 6 ). Mergus Verlag. , Melle, ISBN 978-3-88244-068-3.
  • Helmut hostler: barbs and danios. Tetra Verlag. , Melle, ISBN 3-89356-179 -X.
  • Christian Peter Steinle: barbs and danios. Ulmer Verlag. , Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-8001-7433-2.
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