Danio's in quarantine !

[scotchbonneteater]

Hi again,

I have 10 leopard danio's in my quarantine tank acting strange, they keep dive bombing the sand substrate! Is this normal behavior for these guys ? the tank has been cycled, has a filter and the water is : Temp 23C, ph 7, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 10, ammonia 0, I have 2 plants in there too,

Thanks

[pjaldave]

When did you add them? It maybe normal if you just put them in recently.

[imma24]

I have 4 platys in my quarantine tank - they are either hiding under my box filter or acting "freaked out" - if you just put the danios in there, that's possible - they are very fast swimmers and need to learn the tank boundaries - JMO.

[scotchbonneteater]

They have been in the tank for 6 days, it's a 17 gallon tank, maybe they are getting restless, just worried about adding them to my community tank if there was something wrong with them and wanted another opinion.

Many Thanks.

[ameliaaahx]

Danios are very active fish, I would that when I had them in my 30g they NEVER settled down, they were always burning around the tank chasing each other.

Just to be sure, are you getting dive-bombing confused with flashing?

[Trillianne]

Are they rubbing on the substrate? or just having zippy moments and then settling down?

If they are rubbing, that's generally a sign of itching that is external parasite related.

If its just that they are having zippy moments like they are startled then its probably normal since 6 days in QT is not the most settling environs.

-- As a side note FYI, Leopard Danios are just a color variant of Zebra Danios

[Goes to 11!]

+1 to Trill, Give them some time.

Just curious: What is the rationale behind having substrate in your QT tank?

[scotchbonneteater]

You have a point about the substrate, I put some sand in which I now realise is daft, thanks for waking me up 850R. They do it for a little while then stop.