Rasboras, danios, and barbs
Giant Danio
Devario aequipinnatus
Photo: Faucon · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature22–26 °C
- pH6–8
- Minimum tank200 l
- Adult size10 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 6 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Danionidae
- Origin
- India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Myanmar
- Size
- 10 cm
- Temperature
- 22 – 26°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 8.0
- GH
- 4 – 20 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- higher
- Behavior
- Peaceful (very fast; may intimidate shy fish)
- Minimum number of individuals
- 6
- Minimum aquarium size
- 200 L
- Diet
- omnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Steel blue with golden stripes. Its speed makes it a good “distraction fish” for medium-sized cichlids. It jumps a lot.
