Care guide at a glance
Sawbwa resplendens
Description
An unusual scaleless minnow with a silver body, a red-tipped snout and red tail lobes on the males. Distinctive, uncommon, and better suited to cooler harder water than most of its relatives.
Feeding
Small flake, micro-pellets and frozen cyclops, daphnia and baby brine shrimp.
Compatibility
Peaceful but easily outcompeted. Best in a species tank or with other calm species that share its preference for cooler, harder water. Keep in groups of ten or more.
Behaviour and personality
Active, loosely shoaling, with males displaying to one another in open water.
Before you buy
Unusually for a small tropical fish, this species wants cool, hard, alkaline water. Kept warm in soft water it does poorly, which is the most common reason people fail with it.
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