Rasboras, danios, and barbs
Golden Ide
Leuciscus idus
Photo: Viridiflavus · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature4–24 °C
- pH7–8.5
- Minimum tank5000 l
- Adult size60 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 5 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Leuciscidae
- Origin
- Europe and Western Asia
- Size
- 60 cm
- Temperature
- 4 – 24°C
- pH
- 7.0 – 8.5
- GH
- 8 – 25 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Water type
- freshwater, temperate
- Swimming level
- higher
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 5
- Minimum aquarium size
- 5,000-liter pond
- Diet
- Omnivorous (surface-dwelling insects)
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Known as the golden orfe. An orange pond fish that swims in fast-moving schools near the surface. It requires plenty of oxygen, especially in the summer.
