Golden Panchax
Pachypanchax playfairii
The Golden Panchax (Pachypanchax playfairii) is a tropical freshwater fish of the family Aplocheilidae. It lives on the bottom. It grows to 10 cm (standard length, tail fin excluded). In the aquarium it is kept at 18–24 °C.
- Size
- 10 cmstandard length, tail fin excluded
- Temperature
- 18–24 °C
- pH
- 6.0–8.0
- Climate zone
- Tropical
In the aquarium
Temperature18–24 °C
pH6.0–8.0
Hardness5–15 °dGH
In the wild
- Water type
- Freshwater
- Climate zone
- Tropical
- Habitat
- On the bottom
- Aquarium trade
- Traded commercially
Classification
- OrderCyprinodontiformes
- FamilyAplocheilidae
- GenusPachypanchax
- SpeciesPachypanchax playfairii
Quick answers
- Golden Panchax size: how big does it get?
- It grows to 10 cm (standard length, tail fin excluded).
- Golden Panchax water parameters: what does it need?
- Temperature 18–24 °C, pH 6.0–8.0, hardness 5–15 °dGH.
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Sources
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