Rasboras, danios, and barbs
Minnow
Phoxinus phoxinus
Photo: Adrien Pinot · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature4–20 °C
- pH6.5–8
- Minimum tank150 l
- Adult size10 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 8 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Leuciscidae
- Origin
- Europe and Northern Asia
- Size
- 10 cm
- Temperature
- 4 – 20°C
- pH
- 6.5 – 8.0
- GH
- 5 – 20 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Water type
- freshwater, temperate
- Swimming level
- medium
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 8
- Minimum aquarium size
- 150 L
- Diet
- omnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous; spawns on gravel in a stream
Notes: A fish found in highly oxygenated mountain streams. Males in breeding season develop a red coloration on their bellies. Requires cold, clean water with a current.
