Care guide at a glance
Myloplus schomburgkii
Description
A large, disc-shaped silver characin marked with a single bold black vertical bar. Peaceful for its size, and a genuinely big fish that is routinely sold far too small.
Feeding
Almost entirely herbivorous. Spirulina-based foods, algae wafers, blanched vegetables and leafy greens.
Compatibility
Peaceful and highly social. Keep in groups of five or more. Suitable only with large, calm tankmates. Will eat every live plant in the tank.
Behaviour and personality
Fast, powerful and easily startled. A settled shoal is calm; a nervous one will injure itself against the glass.
Before you buy
This is the critical point: sold at 5 cm and reaches over 30 cm. It needs a very large tank, a group, and a planted aquarium is impossible - they will strip it. Do not buy on impulse.
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