Rasboras, danios, and barbs
Rainbow Shiner
Notropis chrosomus
Photo: H. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature10–24 °C
- pH6.5–8
- Minimum tank100 l
- Adult size7 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 8 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Leuciscidae
- Origin
- Southeastern United States
- Size
- 7 cm
- Temperature
- 10 – 24°C
- pH
- 6.5 – 8.0
- GH
- 5 – 18 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Water type
- freshwater, temperate
- Swimming level
- medium
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 8
- Minimum aquarium size
- 100 L
- Diet
- omnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Known as the “rainbow shiner”: males in breeding season display pink, blue, and violet colors. A cold-water, fast-flowing stream fish.
