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White Cloud Mountain Minnow
Tanichthys albonubes
Family: Cyprinidae
📍 White Cloud Mountain, Guangzhou, China
Once thought to be extinct in the wild, the white cloud mountain minnow is a cold-tolerant fish that thrives at room temperature without a heater. It has a subtle but attractive iridescent stripe and pairs well with pond-style or unheated aquariums.
Keeping this species
- diet
- Omnivore – flake, micro pellets, daphnia, bloodworms
- lifespan
- 5–7 years
- max size
- 4 cm (1.6 in)
- tank size
- 10 gallons minimum
- school size
- 6+
- temperament
- Peaceful, schooling
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Water it likes
- ph
- 6.0–8.0
- ammonia
- 0 ppm
- nitrate
- <20 ppm
- hardness
- 5–19 dGH
- temperature
- 59–72°F (15–22°C)
Natural Habitat Temperature
50°F — 81°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Jul high)