Rasboras, danios, and barbs
White Cloud Mountain Minnow
Tanichthys albonubes
Photo: Autor desconocido · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature14–24 °C
- pH6.5–8
- Minimum tank50 l
- Adult size4 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 8 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Origin
- Baiyun Mountains, near Guangzhou (China)
- Size
- 4 cm
- Temperature
- 14 – 24°C
- pH
- 6.5 – 8.0
- GH
- 4 – 20 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Water type
- temperate freshwater
- Swimming level
- middle – top
- Behavior
- peaceful
- Minimum number of individuals
- 8
- Minimum aquarium size
- 50 L
- Diet
- omnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous; does not usually eat its young
Notes: Ideal for aquariums without a heater. Golden stripe and fins with red edges. Nearly extinct in the wild, it survives thanks to the aquarium hobby. Continuous heat above 25 °C shortens its lifespan.
