Technical Info

Temperature: 25 - 27 ℃

pH: 6.9 - 7.4

GH: 6 - 10

Max size: 36 cm

Min Tank size: 500 Ltr

Position in Aqua: No special swimming level

 

Description

Peaceful schooling fish that can be kept together with smaller fishes. He needs a lot of free swimming space. The aquarium should be set up with plants on the sides and background, roots and driftwood. They should not be kept unless you have a very large aquarium They spend a lot of its time searching for food in the bottom substrate and a fine grained sandy bottom substrate is therefore to be preferred.

 

Food

He is omnivorous. You should give them a great variety of live, frozen and dry food.

 

Breeding

Not in captivity

 

Compatible with

Barbs, Danios, Gouramis, Rainbowfish, Loaches, Plecos, one Rainbow Shark, one Red Tailed Shark

 

Note

Aquarium keeping: in groups of 5 or more individuals