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Davies Creek Rainbow Fish

Scientific Name:Melanotaenia splendida splendida

Description:
The Davies Creek Rainbowfish is a colourful Australian native known for its beautiful blue-green, yellow and reddish tones. They are active, peaceful schooling fish and display their best colours when comfortable and kept in groups.

Origin:
Davies Creek, Atherton Tablelands, Far North Queensland, Australia.

pH:
Approximately6.5–8.0

Temperature:
Around22–28°C

Tank Mates:
Other peaceful rainbowfish, blue-eyes, gudgeons and similarly sized community fish. Avoid highly aggressive species or fish small enough to be eaten.

Food:
Omnivorous. Feed a varied diet of quality flakes or pellets supplemented with live or frozen foods such asbrine shrimp, daphnia and bloodworms.

Compatibility:

Rainbows are a peaceful, schooling fish that are easily compatible with other species of Rainbows, other smaller native species like Gudgeons, catfish, and most larger peaceful tropical fish. Rainbows are a very fast fish and so do not always work out with small or slow fish as they can be a bit too much for them and can make it hard to feed. Can also be a bit nippy if tank mates have long flowing fins.  

Habitat:

Is an energetic excitable fish that enjoys being in a school so will need a decent amount of free space for the entire school to be able to happily cruise around the tank.  Can be in a planted tank as long as the plants are not taking up too much space.