Guidance on the housing and care of zebrafish Danio rerio.

Abstract

While the document recommends a very specific temperature of 28.5o C as the optimum for breeding zebrafish, it provides a number of references with a range of 25-29o C and acknowledges that more research is needed to determine temperature preference and implication of maintaining fish at warmer temperatures for an extended period of time. Performance standards should be applied with consideration of health, welfare and species-typical behavior.