Jaintia danio
Danio jaintianensis
Also known as Jaintia hills danio, Rose line danio
FreshwaterFish
Care at a glance
- Temperature
- 64–75°F
- 18–24°C
- pH
- 6.5–7.5
- Adult size
- 2 in
- 5 cm
- Minimum tank
- 20 gal
- 75 L
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Social behavior
- Schooling
- Swim level
- Middle
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Breeding
- No record
- Rarity
- Rare
- Family
- Danionidae
- Origin
- Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, India
Overview
The Jaintia danio is a small, active cool-water danio for a river-style tank. It asks a little more of its keeper than a beginner fish does.
Did you know
The Jaintia danio's home hills sit where monsoon clouds pile off the Bay of Bengal and unload. Meghalaya gets some of the heaviest rainfall ever recorded, so this danio lives in the runoff of one of the wettest places on Earth.
Caring for the Jaintia danio
Jaintia danios need a river-style tank of 20 gal (75 L) or larger, with steady flow and well-oxygenated water. Give them open swimming room with planting around the edges, a substrate of sand and gravel, and some wood or stone. They can jump, so fit a tight lid.
Keep the tank unheated to cool, at 64 to 75°F (18 to 24°C) and a pH of 6.5 to 7.5. They struggle if held warm for long, and summer heat indoors is their main enemy. Feed fine floating and sinking foods, including flake, micro pellets and frozen daphnia and bloodworm.
Keep a school of eight or more. They are peaceful and active, and they suit unheated communities with white clouds or hillstream loaches. Their breeding has not been recorded in the hobby.
Good to know
Danio jaintianensis is a slim hill danio in the danio family, Danionidae, with pearl-spotted, blue-gray flanks. Sen described it in 2007 and named it for the Jaintia Hills, where the first specimens were collected.
In the wild
The Jaintia danio lives in cool hill streams of the Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya, northeast India.
Weekly picks
Tank mates
The Jaintia danio is a peaceful, schooling species that keeps to the middle. These picks share a community profile with it, are safe together in both directions, and overlap on water type, temperature and pH.
Norman's lampeye
Poropanchax normani
Freshwater1.6 in (4 cm) · 20 gal (75 L)72–79°F (22–26°C)
Julii cory
Hoplisoma julii
Freshwater2.2 in (5.5 cm) · 20 gal (75 L)68–79°F (20–26°C)
Paraguay glass tetra
Prionobrama paraguayensis
Freshwater2.4 in (6 cm) · 20 gal (75 L)68–81°F (20–27°C)
Red-chinned panchax
Epiplatys dageti
Freshwater1.8 in (4.5 cm) · 20 gal (75 L)70–75°F (21–24°C)
Crevice catfish
Amblyceps mangois
Freshwater5.1 in (13 cm) · 20 gal (75 L)68–79°F (20–26°C)
Odessa barb
Pethia padamya
Freshwater1.8 in (4.5 cm) · 20 gal (75 L)61–77°F (16–25°C)
Common questions
What size tank does a Jaintia danio need?
A Jaintia danio needs at least 20 gal (75 L). It spends most of its time in the middle.
What temperature and pH does a Jaintia danio need?
A Jaintia danio is comfortable at 64–75°F (18–24°C) with a pH of 6.5–7.5.
What does a Jaintia danio eat?
A Jaintia danio eats fine floating and sinking foods, such as flake and micro pellets. Frozen daphnia and bloodworm suit it as well.
How big does a Jaintia danio get?
An adult Jaintia danio reaches about 2 in (5 cm).
Does a Jaintia danio need a group?
Yes. A Jaintia danio is a schooling species and should be kept in a group, not singly.
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