Bedotia Geayi

COMMON NAME: Madagascan Rainbow.

DIET: Most foods, particularly livefoods.

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Bedotia geayi.

BREEDING: B. geayi spawns among fine-leaved vegetation. The eggs take about take 10 days to hatch, though some temperature-dependent variation can occur.

DESIGNATION: Tropical

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar

<SIZE: Around 10 cm (4 in).

WATER PREFERENCES: Not critical, but hardish water is preferred. Temperature around 25 °C (77 °F)

DESCRIPTION: This species preferswater is preferred the upper layers of a tank and is seen to best advantage when kept in a shoal.