Panda garra
Garra flavatra
FishFreshwater
- Care level
- Moderate
- Temperament
- Semi-aggressive
- Recommended tank
- 100 L
- Maximum size
- 7 cm
- Temperature
- 20–25 °C
- pH
- 6.5–7.5
- Group size
- ≥ 4
- Diet
- Omnivore
Care at a glance
The panda garra from the mountain streams of Myanmar's Rakhine State is banded in black and white with orange fin edges and has a sucker mouth with which it holds on in the current. It grazes biofilm and film algae off stones and wood all day.
It needs cooler, flowing and oxygen-rich water with smooth boulders; in a warm, still tank it wastes away. Among themselves they stake out territories and display vigorously, so keep a small group in a long tank with enough stones to divide the space.
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