Rosy Red Minnow

Rosy Red Minnows are opportunistic omnivores that readily accept high-quality flake food, micro pellets, and sinking wafers. Supplement their diet with frozen or live foods such as daphnia, brine shrimp, and bloodworms to enhance coloration and condition. Feed small amounts two to three times daily, ensuring all food is consumed within a few minutes.

Rosy Red Minnows are active, social fish that feel most secure in groups of six or more, displaying natural schooling behavior throughout the middle water column. They are peaceful and rarely show aggression, making them excellent community tank inhabitants with similarly sized, cool-water species. Males may exhibit mild territorial behavior during breeding, but this is generally not disruptive to tankmates.

Rosy Red Minnows are relatively easy to breed in captivity, with males developing a distinctive breeding tubercle on their head and darkening in color when ready to spawn. The male will clean a flat surface or the underside of a cave or slate and guard the eggs after the female deposits them. Eggs hatch in approximately four to six days, and the male continues to fan and protect the fry until they are free-swimming.