Rasboras, danios, and barbs
Shiny Rasbora
Rasbora einthovenii
Photo: Lerdsuwa · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature23–28 °C
- pH5.5–7
- Minimum tank100 l
- Adult size8 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 8 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Danionidae
- Origin
- Malaysian Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo
- Size
- 8 cm
- Temperature
- 23 – 28°C
- pH
- 5.5 – 7.0
- GH
- 2 – 10 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- middle
- Behavior
- peaceful
- Minimum number of individuals
- 8
- Minimum aquarium size
- 100 L
- Diet
- omnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Silver with a black line running from the snout to the tail, set against a golden sheen. Calm and elegant in large groups.
