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Celestial Pearl Danio
Danio margaritatus
Family: Cyprinidae
📍 Small ponds, Shan plateau, Myanmar
Discovered in Myanmar in 2006, the celestial pearl danio features a dark body scattered with gold spots and vivid red-orange fins. It prefers densely planted tanks with subdued lighting and thrives in groups where males display to one another.
Keeping this species
- diet
- Omnivore – micro pellets, daphnia, baby brine shrimp, micro worms
- lifespan
- 3–5 years
- max size
- 2.5 cm (1 in)
- tank size
- 10 gallons minimum
- school size
- 8+
- temperament
- Peaceful; males may spar
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Tanks keeping this 🐟
Kept by 1 hobbyistCommunity tanks featuring Celestial Pearl Danio.
Water it likes
- ph
- 6.5–7.5
- ammonia
- 0 ppm
- nitrate
- <20 ppm
- hardness
- 2–10 dGH
- temperature
- 72–79°F (22–26°C)
Natural Habitat Temperature
61°F — 79°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Jun high)