Killifish, Rainbowfish, and Medaka
Lake Rainbowfish
Melanotaenia lacustris
Photo: Thomnight ( Thomnight ) · CC BY-SA 2.0 de · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature22–26 °C
- pH7–8.5
- Minimum tank200 l
- Adult size12 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 6 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Melanotaeniidae
- Origin
- Lake Kutubu (Papua New Guinea)
- Size
- 12 cm
- Temperature
- 22 – 26°C
- pH
- 7.0 – 8.5
- GH
- 8 – 20 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- medium – high
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 6
- Minimum aquarium size
- 200 L
- Diet
- omnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Deep turquoise blue. Requires space to swim in a group and somewhat hard water.
