Black Mountain Minnows

Black and White cloud minnows: The  Mountain Minnow is also referred to as “the working man’s neon,” “white clouds,” “Cantonal danio,” “White Cloud Mountain,” and “Chinese danio.” A freshwater cyprinid fish called the “white cloud” is a favourite among novices. You may call them by the pet names of your choice if you had them as a pet.

Tanichthys albonubes were first discovered on White Cloud Mountain in southern China, hence its common name.

This 4-centimeter (1.5-inch) minnow has crimson fins and a darker body with a white horizontal stripe. In the wild, it consumes plankton and insect larvae in slowly moving streams that are overgrown with aquatic vegetation.

The white clouds available in stores are all produced in captivity because the species is endangered in the wild.

I. Size

• Average Adult Size: 1 inch
• Maximum Adult Size:  1.5 inches
• Swimming Level: swims around happily

You would love the fish because…

The white cloud mountains have crimson fin patches and a silvery belly. The species is also known to exist in golden or other hues.

These fish also frequently breed with one another. Their most vivid hues are visible on their fins. Their almost triangular dorsal and ventral fins point backward.

Some males even have a sizable part of one of their fins chewed off. Fighting that takes place in the water body may be the cause of this.

Their eyes range in hue from green to olive-brown, and they are roughly 1-1.5 inches long.

III. Is this fish species peaceful or hostile?

• Recommended: group
• Overall hostility: Peaceful
• Hostility towards own species: Peaceful
• Hostility towards other Species: Peaceful

IV. Species compatibility

• Gold Barbs
• Weather Loaches
• Rosy Barbs
• Cherry Barbs
• Gold Barb
• Dojo
• Horseface Loaches
• Paradise Fish
• The Dwarf Gourami
• Zebra Danios
• Corydoras Catfish
• school of Harlequin Rasboras.

V. How to feed this species?

Any fish meal that is small enough to fit in their mouths will make them happy. They receive flakes, nanoparticles, Easy Fry, and Small Fish Food as food. Additionally, they like tiny frozen foods like daphnia, cyclops, and baby brine shrimp. If you truly want to treat them, live micro worms and newborn brine shrimp should be given to them. The most important thing is to provide a range of foods so that they receive all the necessary nutrients for long, healthy lives.

Recommended food

• Tetra Micro Pellets
• Taiyo Grow Fish Food

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Driftwood

Rocks

Live, frozen food

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