Killifish, Rainbowfish, and Medaka
Ornate Rainbow
Rhadinocentrus ornatus
Photo: Dirk Godlinski · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature18–26 °C
- pH5–7
- Minimum tank60 l
- Adult size6 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 8 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Melanotaeniidae
- Origin
- Eastern Australia
- Size
- 6 cm
- Temperature
- 18 – 26°C
- pH
- 5.0 – 7.0
- GH
- 1 – 8 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- subtropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- middle – top
- Behavior
- peaceful
- Minimum number of individuals
- 8
- Minimum aquarium size
- 60 L
- Diet
- omnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: A small rainbowfish with iridescent scales and red or blue fins, depending on the location. Soft water.
