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White Cloud Mountain Minnow
Alternative Name(s):
Scientific Name(s): Tanichthys albonubes
Category: Coldwater
Difficulty:
Maximum Size: 5cms
Minimum Tank Volume: 60 litres
Minimum Tank Size: 2ft
Water Temperature Range: 15-22°C
Water pH Range: 6.5-8.0
Water Hardness Range: 3-17 dGH

General Information: These beautiful Minnows are a great addition to a coldwater or sub tropical aquarium. They take the middle of the tank and can be very greedy when it comes to food.
Tank Requirements: See Minimum Tank Volume and Minimum Tank Size above
Diet Requirements: Basic diet of flake food with peas and brine shrimp occasionally.
Compatibility: Short finned variety can be mixed with Zebra Danios for the top and Pepper Corys or Weather Loaches for the bottom if you have a tank more than 4ft at 21 or 22C.
Recommendations: Best kept with fish that can't fit them in their mouths.
Common Problems:
Similar Species: Vietnamese Minnows
Sexing: The males are more colourful and slimmer than the females.
Breeding: Use a marble substrate or a spawning mop, with the water fairly shallow. Then top up with chilled dechlorinated water to induce spawning.
Author(s): EagleC, violet, Fishlady | Photo: | Views: 50223
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gardo
Posted: 22/5/2011 14:52  Updated: 22/5/2011 14:52
Just popping in
Joined: 22/5/2011
From: London
Posts: 3
 Minnows discolouring ?
Hi all,
Just joined up on the site as we've started keeping fish for the first time since me or the girlfriend were young !!.
We have a 55 litre 'old fashioned fair ground' style bowl with one telephone box ornament and 6 different sorts of plants but slowly 2 have been fallen apart so we've removed them and all the loose bits.
Our fish collection consist of 2 fancy tailed goldfish, 1 bottom feeder and 8 minnows (2 lepoard, 2 zebras and 3 white cloud). We've lost 1 bottom feeeder and 1 lepoard recently and within a week of each other but as our water is good and everything looks healthy I guess this part and parcel of fishkeeping.
My only concern is that 1 of the white cloud's has started to lose or fade in colour especailly where he was once very red, any ideas from anyone why this is ?.
All commnets would be very useful especially as were looking to add a few more of each minnow to our collection soon.
Kind regards Rich (gardo)


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