Celebes Rainbowfish | Description and Profile |
Size | Up to 3 inches or 7.5 cm |
Origin | South East Asia, Indonesia |
Natural habitat | Streams |
Fish Hardiness | Relatively easy to keep |
Water Temperature | 70 - 84 ºF or 21 - 29 ºC |
Water pH | 7.0 – 8.0 pH |
Water Hardness | 10 - 20 dH |
Strata | All but mostly middle |
Peaceful or Aggressive | Peaceful |
Number of same species in one aquarium | Six or more, more is better |
Minimum tank size | 18 gallons or 70 liters for every pair of fish |
Community Fish | Yes |
Compatible with | Other Rainbowfish, Cory Cats, Plecos, Loaches, Tetras, Cyprinids, Livebearers except Guppies |
Sexes | Males have longer dorsal and anal fins and are more colorful than females |
Food | Omnivore - Flake food supplemented with live or frozen blood worms or brine shrimp and daphnia |
Breeding | Egglayers – Fairly easy to breed |
Breeding temperature | 70 - 75 °F or 21 - 24 °C |
Other names | Celebes Sailfish, Sailfin Silversides |
Scientific name | Marosatherina ladigesi |
Other Scientific names | Telmatherina ladigesi |
Lifespan | 5 years |
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