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Pearl Danio
Danio albolineatus
Family: Cyprinidae
📍 Myanmar & Northeast India
Pearl danios have an iridescent, pearlescent sheen with subtle pink-orange highlights along the flanks. They are extremely hardy, cold-tolerant, and make excellent dither fish for livebearers and other community species. Fast and peaceful.
Keeping this species
- diet
- Omnivore – flake, micro pellets, daphnia, brine shrimp
- lifespan
- 3–5 years
- max size
- 6 cm (2.4 in)
- tank size
- 15 gallons minimum
- school size
- 6+
- temperament
- Peaceful, schooling
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Water it likes
- ph
- 6.5–7.5
- ammonia
- 0 ppm
- nitrate
- <20 ppm
- hardness
- 5–19 dGH
- temperature
- 64–77°F (18–25°C)
Natural Habitat Temperature
64°F — 84°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Jun high)