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Peaceful; keep a group of 6 or more in a small planted tank.
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Peaceful; keep a group of 6 or more in a small planted tank.
Baby brine shrimp, daphnia, microworms and fine flake.
Tap a food to see what it is.
Males are much more colourful, slimmer, and have longer dorsal and anal fins. Females also show red-orange fin and body markings, only duller; in males the genital papilla is a short tube, in females it is two-lobed.
Common problems. Tap one to see the signs. This is a guide, not a diagnosis.
Egg-carrier (egg deposition on plants) · Easy
Egg layer: eggs are fertilised in one mass, hang from the female's vent for a while, then are wiped off singly or in small clumps on fine-leaved plants or spawning mops. Adults ignore eggs but eat free-swimming fry.
A group of 6 or more.
A 20 L planted tank with java moss or spawning mops.
Warm water and live food.
Batches of 10-20 eggs every few days, or daily in good condition; incubation typically 1-3 weeks depending on temperature.
Feed infusoria, then baby brine shrimp.
A tiny ricefish known from a single stream on Muna Island, Southeast Sulawesi, described in 2010. It caused a sensation (and high prices) when it first reached the trade. Easy to keep, but best with other very small fish.
Lynne Parenti and Renny Hadiaty described this ricefish in 2010 from Muna Island off south-east Sulawesi. Its blue body and red-orange fins quickly made it a favourite in the nano-aquarium hobby. It is now widely bred in captivity.
First described by Lynne R. Parenti & Renny K. Hadiaty in 2010. Named for Named after Indonesian biologist Daisy Wowor.
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Valid name, described 2010. Catalog of Fishes habitat: freshwater only (no brackish water needed). Seriously Fish calls it 'Daisy's ricefish' (after Daisy Wowor); 'orange-fin ricefish' is a trade name. Sulawesi Oryzias are often confused: Seriously Fish warns similar fish such as O. sp. 'Kendari' and O. wolasi should not be kept together or hybridised.
Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Oryzias woworae · FishBase: Oryzias woworae summaryLegacy had no family field. Legacy category 'Rainbowfish' is wrong: ricefishes are Beloniformes, not rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) or killifishes.
FishBase: Oryzias woworae summary · Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Oryzias woworaeBoth figures are SL (standard length). Seriously Fish 3.0 cm SL; FishBase 2.8 cm SL. Larger figure used.
Seriously Fish: Oryzias woworae (Daisy's Ricefish) · FishBase: Oryzias woworae summarySeriously Fish 23-27 °C; legacy 22-28 is 1 °C wider at each end.
Seriously Fish: Oryzias woworae (Daisy's Ricefish)Seriously Fish 6.0-7.5; FishBase (wild habitat) 6.0-7.0. Legacy 7-8 is too alkaline at the top end.
Seriously Fish: Oryzias woworae (Daisy's Ricefish) · FishBase: Oryzias woworae summaryLegacy had no hardness; value is new.
Seriously Fish: Oryzias woworae (Daisy's Ricefish)45 x 30 cm base x 30 cm height = 40,500 cm³ = ~41 L (Seriously Fish also states ~41 litres). Legacy 20 L is half the sourced minimum.
Seriously Fish: Oryzias woworae (Daisy's Ricefish)Seriously Fish suggests 8 or more; legacy 6 is a little low.
Seriously Fish: Oryzias woworae (Daisy's Ricefish)Only small sparring between courting males. Keep with tiny tankmates only; not with other Oryzias (hybrid risk).
Seriously Fish: Oryzias woworae (Daisy's Ricefish)Seriously Fish difficulty rating Easy.
Seriously Fish: Oryzias woworae (Daisy's Ricefish)Legacy had no range field (the 'about' text says Muna Island, which is right).
Seriously Fish: Oryzias woworae (Daisy's Ricefish) · Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Oryzias woworae · FishBase: Oryzias woworae summaryLonger fins in males agree. Legacy 'females plain with clear fins' is wrong: FishBase says the red pattern is present in both sexes; females are just less colourful.
Seriously Fish: Oryzias woworae (Daisy's Ricefish) · FishBase: Oryzias woworae summaryLegacy egg count is low and hatch time narrower than sourced.
Seriously Fish: Oryzias woworae (Daisy's Ricefish)Legacy claims agree. Worth adding it is IUCN Endangered in the wild.
Seriously Fish: Oryzias woworae (Daisy's Ricefish) · Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Oryzias woworae