Description
Common name: Boeseman’s Rainbowfish
Latin name: Melanotaenia boesemani
Maximum size: 12cm
Water chemistry: pH: 6.5-8.0; Hardness: soft to slightly hard (dH: 9-20); Temperature: 22-30 C
Origin: Western New Guinea; distribution across Ayamaru Lakes region.
Diet: Takes all types of small life & frozen food, will thrive on any good quality pellet and flake food such as Hikari Micro Pellets or New Life Spectrum Grow Pellets.
Boeseman’s Rainbowfish is a popular aquarium fish even outside Australia. It has a very beautiful colouration, especially when kept in a well planted aquarium and given plenty of live food. They inhabit slow to faster flowing streams and other water bodies. Keep open spaces between areas of plantings to allow swimming space and areas for males to display each another.
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