Forktail rainbowfish
Pseudomugil furcatus
Also called forktail blue eye, furcatus.
Hard water and a lid. A blue eye is a small jumper, not a small rainbow.
What it needs
- Grows to
- 5 cm
- Smallest sensible tank
- 60 L, at least 60 cm long
- Temperature
- 24 to 28 °C
- pH
- 7 to 8
- Hardness
- 8 to 20 dGH
- Kept in
- groups of 6 or more
- Temperament
- peaceful
- Eats
- omnivore
- Swims
- near the surface
- How hard
- moderate
- Lives
- about 3 years
These are the figures the stocking advice is built on. Make a room and it will tell you whether a forktail rainbowfish fits the tank you have.