2 questions about zebra danios....

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1) I recently bought 3 for my 10g tank. However, it seems like 1 of they is really territorial. He just patrols around an ornament and anyone who goes near him gets chased away. The other 2 are cool and peaceful. Aren't danios supposed to be peaceful? How can I solve this problem?

2) What other fish can school peacefully with danios?
 
I have a school of neons that do well with the danios. Sometimes with danios the can be very active, but not really aggressive.

http://www.fishdeals.com/cyprinids/danios/

Zebra danios are quite a common fish which most fishkeepers will have kept at some time, they are still fun to breed and the new longfinned variety gives added interest to this little fish, recommended for community tanks,

I Recommend Danios, in a group of six or more. That should help keep the one guy from guarding his ornament.
 
I have 2 zebra danios (was 3, but one mysteriously disappeared from my son's tank, so I relocated the remaining 2 to my tank!!) I also had a school of 6 zebras when I first set up my tank 4 years ago (they were my cycle fish... I didn't know about fishless cycling, and forunately they all made it thru the cycle).

While it may look like the danios are chasing the others away, it's really all just in play... it's not aggression. My school of 6 always had one (don't know if it was the same one, they were pretty much identical!) that started the game of "case and tag" thru the tank.

As far as what can school with zebras, I think anything goes. In the sense that anything can go in the tank w/ them, but I don't think any fish will actually "school" with them. They tend to stay closer to the top of the tank (exception of when they are darting aroudn playing chase). I had a betta in the tank at one time, but had to remove him, as he didn't seem to appreciate the zebras butting in on his little area of the tank.

~Tara
 
alright..

Alright seems I got nohing to worry about...however, would Long finned and Short finned work well together? Because since I only got 3 danios in my 10g, i think I'd have room enough for 2-3 more danios, but I dunno if the long finned and short finned will school well together...

also, what about Pearl danios? I've seen em once, and was wondering if they get along well together?

thanks
 
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