I have to say I will never look at Giant Danios the same way ever again. I have seen them in stores for the past howevermanyyears, I have seen 1 or 2 in a few tanks at other people's houses, and so on...
Well, I was at the pet store yesterday to browse their fish selection, looking for some kind of dither or just some rare fish, when I came across the danio/tinfoil barb tank. It was nothing special, just danios and small tinfoil barbs. I walked around the store looking at all their other fish for awhile, and then decided to go back to danio tank. I put my finger on the tank's glass, and started moving it up and down and around. To my amazement, all of the danios clumped together in a big mass, and followed my finger wherever it went. I though this was just AWESOME.
I decided to pick up 5 of the Giant Danios.
I brought them back to the house, acclimated them, and in they went. Right away they started schooling. In a few minutes they were grazing the surface of the tank back and forth like a pack of wolves. I thought this was pretty neat. After about 10 minutes I dropped in some freeze-dried bloodworms --- HOLY (insert word here)!!!
They made exodons look bad. These fish were boiling. I couldn't believe how quick, percise, and rapid these fish were moving. I watched in amazement, and wondered why I had never new Giant Danios were such ferocious eaters. They really add some excitement to the tank, while still keeping it pretty tranquil when they are not eating. They're pronounced underbite makes them all the more cool to watch.
So, I just thought I'd post a thread telling everyone how cool this fish can actually be. I never would have guessed I would like them this much, they were just dithers for my severum/bgk tank. Now they are the fish that make the tank complete.
I can't believe I just typed all of this about Danios.
