Rasboras, danios, and barbs
Garra rufa
Garra rufa
Photo: Dances · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature18–28 °C
- pH6.5–8
- Minimum tank150 l
- Adult size12 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 5 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Origin
- Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran
- Size
- 12 cm
- Temperature
- 18 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.5 – 8.0
- GH
- 5 – 20 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Water type
- subtropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- lower
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 5
- Minimum aquarium size
- 150 L
- Diet
- Omnivorous (biofilm, algae, bottom pellets)
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Known as the “doctor fish” in spas, a practice not recommended for health reasons. In the aquarium, it is a very curious stream-dwelling fish that constantly scrapes at rocks.
