Glo Fish - Zebra Danio School

Question

Since i only have 3 glo-fish and i want them to not get stressed for schooling reasons, and money is kind of an issue for me now, glo-fish run at $7 each at the closest place to sell them. could i just get zebra danios, would they school? seeing as they are the same species, just not genetically changed.

Answer 1

The whole purpose of a school is for a bunch of similar looking fish to swim together in order to appear as a larger animal.  For this reason, fish will rarely school with fish that look different than them.  If money is such an issue, I would recommend returning the Glofish.