What size tank for danios?

marinkafuschia said:
My betta is in a 5 gallon and I keep him at 80 degrees, they are much much much more active at warmer temp, I would definitely recommend getting a nano heater! you will be able to see much more personality, brighter colors and they wont clamp their fins like the ones in those sad and crule little bowls. I used to have some shrimp in my tank with him but he found out that he could flush them out of the foliage and they made a satisfiying crunch :(!! so like jpappy789 said: keep the tank densly planted!
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I actually have a nano heater in there now, but it doesn't keep the tank nearly warm enough. I keep my house at 58 at night and 64 during the day in the winter and the tank is around 66-68 degrees. I so wish my nano was enough. I am bummed that I wasted money on it.
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GFCI or GFI stands for Ground Fault Current Interrupter. Electrical codes for many years have required GFIs on any outdoor circuit and any circuit where water may be found.

Any touching of a tank should have the current OFF. I realize that this may be irritating but better that than dead from stray electricity. It really does not take a lot of power to kill someone: a very small amount of juice at the right place can stop a heart. Talk about irritation; sometimes stray voltage can trip a GFI and this short must be found before power is renewed but again better irritated than dead.

No one talks about the shock that killed them but most of us have had fairly severe shocks and we were lucky that the juice did not hit us the right or wrong way. Many times we do not notice shorts unless the fish are acting hinky or we have a small cut that tingles when we put our hand into the tank to fix something or to do the once a day (at least) temp check to make sure hat the thermometer and heater are working correctly.

We take electricity for granted and everything works on electrical current but it is potentially dangerous.
 
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Yikes! Where do you buy something like that??? I have never heard of such a thing. It isn't like a surge protector? I just did a google search and couldn't find a place to buy one.....

ETA: I found this online. My surge protector is plugged into one of these type of outlets, and the tank is plugged into the surge protector. Would that work?
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residual-current_device

All you really need in life is wiki.

I'm honestly considering getting betta(s) for my 10g. They're definitely better off in there than in a 1g. Or worse in one of those lamp type things I've seen in my pet store... I was saddened to hear bettas were popular when I saw things like that in the store. :silly:
 
GFCIs and surge protectors are not the same.

GFCIs can be either cricuit breakers or special outlets. Any store that sells electrical stuff is familiar with these.
 
I just realized that I forgot to attach the link in my last post. My surge protector is plugged into one of those type of outlets. Does the surge protector negate the effectiveness of the GFCI outlet? If so, how do you get around that? Would I need to purchase an additional GFCI device to plug into the GFCI outlet to have enough plug-ins? I will need one for my heater, one for the filter and one for the light at a minimum, and my outlet only has space for two plugs.

Sorry this thread about Danios took such a wild turn of topics, but I am grateful for the info.

Also, once again, where do you buy something like this? Do you have to go to an electrical store? Does such a thing exist?
 
Ok, after reading another thread on here about a new tank set up, I am hearing that a 10 gallon is just fine for a handful of Zebra Danios. I am wondering why the conflicting minimum tank size?

I could pretty easily move the 5 gallon tank elsewhere in the house and put a 10 gallon where the 5 is and let my son ogle the Glo-Fish that I really want to get for him, or even, now that I think about it... use the 5 as a quarantine tank for the 10.

Thoughts??
 
Anyone? The conflicting info is confusing. Can anyone explain what the actual minimum tank size really should be?
 
To be honest, I have had danios in a 10g before and they were "fine" but as of right now I have a school of them in my 29g and they are much more active and happy then ive ever seen the others that I had in the 10g. They just have more room to swim and play. :)
 
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