Zebrafish facility report on implementation of artificial plants as structural enrichment
Aymene Youcef Krachni, Richard Busch, Indigo Brakus, Angelina Schumann, Jenny Wilzopolski, Nils Ohnesorge
Across six zebrafish lines over one year, artificial home-tank plants left sex ratio, fertility and microbial counts unchanged, while fish avoided plant areas.
PLoS ONE · May 19, 2026Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition✦ In-depth digest