Blue panchax

A slender silver-blue fish with a small rear dorsal.

The male is pale silver-olive with blue reflections, a rounded finely spotted tail with a pale-blue submarginal band and yellow-orange lower anal edge.

Adult length

Up to 2.8 cm (standard length, without the tail fin)

Water temperature

20–25 °C

pH

6–8

Hardness

5–12 dGH

Natural habitat

Occupies lowland wetlands, ponds, ditches, estuaries and mangrove creeks, often among dense submerged or floating plants.

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