Spawning Devario xyrops

In July of 2012, I came into possession of some very hard to get Blue Moon Danio (Devario xyrops).  My good fortune came about due to my friend Dr. Stephan Tanner of Swiss Tropicals. Stephan has some super contacts in the aquarium hobby and often comes into possession of fish that are nearly impossible to obtain.  As I understand it, these fish came into Aqua Global in Germany as a bycatch of the fish collectors.  In other words, when the collectors are out catching fish, they happen to net a few, often unidentified, fish in the process. Sometimes these fish go unnoticed when the exporters are shipping the main group. Continue reading Spawning Devario xyrops