{"id":42588,"date":"2026-06-25T00:23:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T22:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/shop\/panda-garra-ruffa-2\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T01:42:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T22:42:28","slug":"panda-garra-ruffa","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/shop\/panda-garra-ruffa\/","title":{"rendered":"Panda Garra Ruffa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mts-care-guide\">\n<h3>Panda Garra Ruffa \u2013 Care Guide<\/h3>\n<p>Garra Ruffa (the famous &#8220;Doctor Fish&#8221;) is a small, peaceful bottom-dweller from Turkey and the Middle East. The Panda variant features striking black-and-white patterning. These active, sociable fish are excellent algae grazers and a fascinating addition to community tanks. Best kept in groups.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<th>Temperature<\/th>\n<td>18\u201328 \u00b0C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>pH<\/th>\n<td>7.0\u20138.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Hardness<\/th>\n<td>8\u201320 dGH (harder water preferred)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Min. Tank Size<\/th>\n<td>80 L for a group of 4+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Care Level<\/th>\n<td>Beginner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Temperament<\/th>\n<td>Peaceful \/ Active<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Diet<\/th>\n<td>Omnivore \u2014 algae wafers, sinking pellets, blanched vegetables, biofilm, occasional bloodworms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Compatibility<\/th>\n<td>Most peaceful community fish \u2014 Tetras, Rasboras, Corydoras, livebearers. Keep in groups of 4+.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Well-oxygenated tank with gentle current preferred. Provide smooth rocks and driftwood for grazing. Weekly 25% water changes. Hardy and adaptable once established. Social in groups \u2014 display more natural behaviour in numbers of 4+.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Panda Garra Ruffa \u2013 Care Guide Garra Ruffa (the famous &#8220;Doctor Fish&#8221;) is a small, peaceful bottom-dweller from Turkey and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":42438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[319,303],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-42588","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-freshwater-aquariums","product_cat-live-fishes","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/42588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/42588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=42588"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=42588"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=42588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}