Best kept in groups. May be kept in a community tank with other active fishes. Should not be kept with calmer species. Live, frozen and dried foods. Vegetable matter should be included in the diet.
Females are plumper with duller, more golden coloring.
A small, shallow breeding tank with thickly planted bottom or mesh divider which will allow the eggs to fall through away from the parents should be set up. Parent fish will eat the eggs and should be removed immediately after spawning. A single male should be placed in with 2 Females. Several hundred eggs are laid. Fry hatch within 30 hours.