powder-blue panchax
Pachypanchax omalonotus
The powder-blue panchax (Pachypanchax omalonotus) is a tropical freshwater fish of the family Aplocheilidae. It swims in midwater, close to the bottom. It grows to 9.5 cm (total length). The IUCN Red List rates it Endangered. In the aquarium it is kept at 20–28 °C.
- Size
- 9.5 cmtotal length
- Temperature
- 20–28 °C
- pH
- 6.0–7.5
- Tank footprint
- 90 × 30 cm
In the aquarium
Temperature20–28 °C
pH6.0–7.5
Hardness2–15 °dGH
In the wild
- Water type
- Freshwater
- Climate zone
- Tropical
- Habitat
- Midwater, close to the bottom
- Aquarium trade
- Traded commercially
Conservation status
Classification
- OrderCyprinodontiformes
- FamilyAplocheilidae
- GenusPachypanchax
- SpeciesPachypanchax omalonotus
Quick answers
- powder-blue panchax size: how big does it get?
- It grows to 9.5 cm (total length).
- powder-blue panchax tank size: what is the minimum?
- A tank with a footprint of at least 90 × 30 cm.
- powder-blue panchax water parameters: what does it need?
- Temperature 20–28 °C, pH 6.0–7.5, hardness 2–15 °dGH.
- powder-blue panchax: is it endangered?
- The IUCN Red List rates it Endangered.
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Sources
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