Scientific name:
Rasbora elegans elegans

Natural spread:
southeast-Asia: West-Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra and Bo

the Rasbora elegans elegans lives in the middle water-regions of your aquarium. The basin-length of the aquarium should amount to at least 100 cm for these fish. A Schmuckbarbel is peaceful in the mormalfall. Males like females can gain a length of up to 20 cm.

Attitude: Optimal-proof prevail water-temperatures of 22 to 25 °C in the aquarium. The pH-area should lie between 6.0 and 6.5. The attitude of these fish in the aquarium is relatively unproblematic.

Differentiation of the sexes: Females usually bigger, colored not so powerfully and during the spawn-time clumsy

Natural spread: Southeast-Asia: West-Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra and Borneo in sthenden and flowing waters