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This species does not need a heater in a normal room and can spend summer outdoors in a pond. They are egg scatterers that spawn readily among fine plants or moss, with fry often surviving in a well-planted tank. Females are rounder; males slimmer with stronger colour. Wild populations are endangered; all stock is captive bred. 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