Posted on October 3, 2011
At one time, the Blue Danio was commonly found in the hobby, but in recent years the have become quite scarce. I acquired mine by accident when winning an AquaBid auction for what I believed to be Danio hikari. Well long story short, the Danio hikari turned out to be Danio kerri, and the “Other […]
Posted on March 27, 2011
Danio kyathit is yet another newcomer from the country of Myanmar. First described in 1998 by Fang, she called them kyathit as this is the Myanmar word for leopard in referance to the spotted variety of the fish. The Orange Finned Danio is the striped version of Danio kyathit, while the Ocelot Danio is the […]
Posted on September 12, 2009
Posted on September 3, 2009
This fish is a new addition to the aquarium hobby. First described in 1928 by the Indian ichthyologist, Sunder Lal Hora. He named the fish after the collector, Dr B. N. Chopra. The fish was rediscovered by Mr. U Tin Win of the Hein Aquarium in 2000. It was mainly through the efforts of Mr. […]
Posted on May 1, 2009
Oh how I love these little darlings. If fact, these little fish went a long way towards building my current fish room. Between 2008 and 2014 I raised and sold hundreds of these fish every year. It’s not often you get a first hand experience when new fish are introduced, but with these guys I […]