Galaxy Rasbora - Celestial Pearl Danio - Celestichthys margaritatus
The Celestial Pearl Danio is one of the most sought after fish within the hobby, it’s striking natural colourations and small stature bought the fish close to extinction within 4 months of being discovered in the foothills of a mountain in Myanmar. A small, often timid fish that requires a densely planted, slow moving tank to thrive, best kept in groups of 20+ with a minimum of 6 per tank. They benefit best from tanks with a dark substrate, a base size no smaller than 45 × 30CM’s with areas of dense live plants to provide security and reducing competitive dominance between males.
They naturally live in slow water ponds often with no water flow, as a result we suggest the use of a sponge filter as opposed to an internal or external filter.
Given the correct conditions they may successfully breed, they are egg-layers with no parental instinct and will readily consume eggs, if breeding is attempted it is best to separate 1 male and 3 females in a separate tank, remove once breeding has occurred.
Tank requirements:
Heavily planted - we recommend Hydrocharitaceae which includes such genera as Elodea, Egeria and Blyxa.
Slow water movement - we recommend sponge filters.
Dark substrate with a preference of sand and soil.
Minimum of 40L tank with a base size of 45 x 30cm’s
Minimum of 6 per group with a preference of 20+
Water parameters:
Temperature: 20-26 Celsius
Hardness: 5 - 14 GDH
PH: 6.5 - 7.5 - wild caught species tested around 7.3
KH: 4 - 16 degrees
The Celestial Pearl Danio is one of the most sought after fish within the hobby, it’s striking natural colourations and small stature bought the fish close to extinction within 4 months of being discovered in the foothills of a mountain in Myanmar. A small, often timid fish that requires a densely planted, slow moving tank to thrive, best kept in groups of 20+ with a minimum of 6 per tank. They benefit best from tanks with a dark substrate, a base size no smaller than 45 × 30CM’s with areas of dense live plants to provide security and reducing competitive dominance between males.
They naturally live in slow water ponds often with no water flow, as a result we suggest the use of a sponge filter as opposed to an internal or external filter.
Given the correct conditions they may successfully breed, they are egg-layers with no parental instinct and will readily consume eggs, if breeding is attempted it is best to separate 1 male and 3 females in a separate tank, remove once breeding has occurred.
Tank requirements:
Heavily planted - we recommend Hydrocharitaceae which includes such genera as Elodea, Egeria and Blyxa.
Slow water movement - we recommend sponge filters.
Dark substrate with a preference of sand and soil.
Minimum of 40L tank with a base size of 45 x 30cm’s
Minimum of 6 per group with a preference of 20+
Water parameters:
Temperature: 20-26 Celsius
Hardness: 5 - 14 GDH
PH: 6.5 - 7.5 - wild caught species tested around 7.3
KH: 4 - 16 degrees
The Celestial Pearl Danio is one of the most sought after fish within the hobby, it’s striking natural colourations and small stature bought the fish close to extinction within 4 months of being discovered in the foothills of a mountain in Myanmar. A small, often timid fish that requires a densely planted, slow moving tank to thrive, best kept in groups of 20+ with a minimum of 6 per tank. They benefit best from tanks with a dark substrate, a base size no smaller than 45 × 30CM’s with areas of dense live plants to provide security and reducing competitive dominance between males.
They naturally live in slow water ponds often with no water flow, as a result we suggest the use of a sponge filter as opposed to an internal or external filter.
Given the correct conditions they may successfully breed, they are egg-layers with no parental instinct and will readily consume eggs, if breeding is attempted it is best to separate 1 male and 3 females in a separate tank, remove once breeding has occurred.
Tank requirements:
Heavily planted - we recommend Hydrocharitaceae which includes such genera as Elodea, Egeria and Blyxa.
Slow water movement - we recommend sponge filters.
Dark substrate with a preference of sand and soil.
Minimum of 40L tank with a base size of 45 x 30cm’s
Minimum of 6 per group with a preference of 20+
Water parameters:
Temperature: 20-26 Celsius
Hardness: 5 - 14 GDH
PH: 6.5 - 7.5 - wild caught species tested around 7.3
KH: 4 - 16 degrees
