Sold at 5 cm, but it grows to 25 cm and lives 20 years. It must be kept in a group of five or more, and at that size even 250L is cramped. Unusually prone to ich and sensitive to copper medication.
The largest group where none died in 90 days. Tap water · black sand · bacteria starter on day 1 · fish added on day 10 · 25% weekly water changes.
With plain tap water it didn’t make it to 90 days in any tank. This species needs its water adjusted specially.
Design a tank with this fish →The same rules the engine uses for tankmates.
No eating or bullying either way, with plenty of overlap in temperature and pH. Fish that swim at a different level come first.
The numbers on this page come from the Water Kiwoogi simulator model; real tanks can differ.