Zebra Danios

A little bit of general info:

Common name: Zebra Danio

Scientific name: Brachydanio rerio

Place of origin: India

Maximum adult length: 1 to 2 inches

Color: white/silver with horizontal bluish black stripes across the sides (between these stripes, males are gold and females are silver)

Appropriate temperature: 65 to 75 degrees Farenheit, can withstand 50 to 100 degrees F

Appropriate pH: 7

Appropriate salinity: 1 Tablespoon per 10-30 gallons

Life span: most often at least 2 years; can be significantly longer (depending of course on environment, sex, and health of fish), life span of 10 years has been recorded

Now on to how this relates to our classroom

Way, way back in the back of a fairly large classroom in the Vocational Technology building at South Carroll High School is a much smaller room. The room is painted black - it used to be a bathroom but was then turned into a darkroom. In this little room is a 10-gallon aquarium, filled to the brim with 70 degree water and layered on the bottom with marbles. Along with the water and marbles and necessary filtering devices, are 14 little zebra danios. Our Science Research classes are taking part in breeding the fish. "Yay", you may retort sarcastically. This science actually helps to further our students' knowledge in such areas as reproduction, deformities, and the like. Since zebra danio embryos are clear, it is quite possible to see through them to the fish forming inside. And heck, we've got so many other fish in the room, we may as well add some more!

Pictures

our zebra danio tank system
zebra fish in our room
more zebra fish in our room
cleaning out the tank at the end of the year in order to move the zebra fish from the classroom to their new home at captain foor-hoguey's house

For more information about zebra danios and their care, please visit our links page.

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