Description

Fish Name: Bleak

Latin Name: Alburnus alburnus

Maximum Size: 15cm

Preferred Water Conditions: Will acclimatize to a wide range of conditions. pH: 6.5-8.0

Temperature: Cold water-temperate between 2-20 deg C (34-72 deg F)

Care: A surface dwelling fish often found in very large shoals in rivers across Europe, these should not be kept in groups of less than five fish.

Bleak feed mainly on insect larvae and invertebrate life. As they are a river fish high oxygen levels and water quality is essential for there survival.