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Kakhien Danio

Devario kakhienensis

Also known as kakhien danio, kachin danio, danio kakhienensis, burmese devario, ladder danio

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A lively, slender danio with a silvery body crossed by short bluish vertical bars and a horizontal stripe towards the tail, often with yellowish tones in the fins. It comes from cool, fast-flowing hill streams and is kept for its constant activity and hardiness in well-oxygenated, unheated or lightly heated tanks.

Care at a glance

Care level

Easy

Temperament

Peaceful

Adult size

8 cm

Temperature

18 to 25 °C

pH

6.5 to 7.8

Smallest tank

120 litres

Keep as

Shoal of 8 or more

Diet

Omnivore: quality flakes and small pellets, plus live or frozen bloodworm, daphnia and brine shrimp

Swims

Middle of the tank

Lifespan

3 to 5 years

Water

Freshwater

Wild range

Upper Irrawaddy basin, northern Myanmar and Yunnan, China

Breeding

An egg-scattering species that spawns over gravel or fine-leaved plants and gives no parental care, readily eating its own eggs. Breeding is fairly easy in a separate tank with a mesh or marble base and well-conditioned adults.

Good to know

A fast, strong swimmer that needs a long tank with good current, high oxygen and a tight lid as it can jump. It may nip at slow, long-finned tankmates and is sometimes confused with similar barred Devario species in the trade.