Neon dwarf rainbowfish
Melanotaenia praecox
A small but deep-bodied sprinter, arrowing between clumps of plants.
3D model coming soon
Stats
- Size
- 6.5 cm
- Smallest tank
- 75 cm
- Temperature
- 23–28 °C
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Busy
- Water layer
- Mid water
- Care
- Easy
- Group
- Happiest in a group of 6 or more
- Coral
- Reef safe
These numbers are LumaReef simulation data, not a real aquarium care guide.
Which tank it fits
- Nano60 cm · 65 litresToo small
- Standard90 cm · 180 litres36 of them
- Wide120 cm · 300 litres60 of them
- Living room180 cm · 650 litres130 of them
- Showcase250 cm · 1,200 litres240 of them
Who it lives with
Gets along
- Guppy
- Bronze corydoras
- Black skirt tetra
- Diamond tetra
- Silver hatchetfish
- Pearl danio
- Celebes rainbowfish
- Sterbai corydoras
- Checkerboard cichlid
- Julii corydoras
- Dwarf gourami
- Cockatoo cichlid
- Emperor tetra
- Zebra danio
- Cherry barb
- Platy
- Molly
- Threadfin rainbowfish
- Forktail blue-eye
- Bolivian ram
- Cardinal tetra
- Lemon tetra
- Penguin tetra
- Harlequin rasbora
- and 43 more species
Caution
- Neon tetraCrowding the same layer
- DiscusNarrow shared temperature range
- Tiger barbCrowding the same layer
- Hillstream loachNarrow shared temperature range
- Gold barbNarrow shared temperature range
- Dwarf chain loachCrowding the same layer
- Rummynose tetraCrowding the same layer
- Rosy barbNarrow shared temperature range
- Panda corydorasNarrow shared temperature range
- Chocolate gouramiNarrow shared temperature range
- German blue ramNarrow shared temperature range
- Odessa barbNarrow shared temperature range
- Congo tetraCrowding the same layer
- Serpae tetraCrowding the same layer
- Glowlight danioCrowding the same layer
- Green neon tetraCrowding the same layer
- Boesemani rainbowfishCrowding the same layer
- Turquoise rainbowfishCrowding the same layer
- Green kubotai rasboraCrowding the same layer
- Denison barbNarrow shared temperature range
- Red rainbowfishCrowding the same layer
- Bala sharkCrowding the same layer
- KoiNarrow shared temperature range
Not together
- Betta (Siamese fighting fish)Aggressive with peaceful
- Paradise fishAggressive with peaceful
- Demasoni cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- White cloud mountain minnowWater temperatures do not overlap
- Red zebra cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Convict cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Red tail sharkAggressive with peaceful
- Fancy goldfishWater temperatures do not overlap
- Jack DempseyAggressive with peaceful