Killifish, Rainbowfish, and Medaka
Macculloch's Rainbowfish
Melanotaenia maccullochi
Photo: Klaus Rudloff · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature20–28 °C
- pH6–8
- Minimum tank80 l
- Adult size7 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 6 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Melanotaeniidae
- Origin
- Northern Australia and southern New Guinea
- Size
- 7 cm
- Temperature
- 20 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 8.0
- GH
- 4 – 18 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- medium – high
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 6
- Minimum aquarium size
- 80 L
- Diet
- omnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Dwarf rainbowfish with dark horizontal stripes and red fins. Hardy and suitable for medium-sized aquariums.
