They get to about 12cm/5inches with the
dominant male having all the colours and the females are usually silver with
black bars.
The minimum tank for a "small" colony of females(3 to 5) and
one male of these should be
190litres/50gallons with high ph of around 7.5-8(this can be achieved using
crushed coral as a substrate) with a temperature of around 26-28c/78-82f.
They are maternal mouth brooders and being rare in the wild care should be taken not to cross breed them in captivity. The broods consist of 15-40 in numbers.
Insectivorous by nature, but will accept most types of food, flakes, worms
etc.
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