the Astyanax bimaculatus lives in the middle water-regions of your aquarium. The basin-length of the aquarium should amount to at least 120 cm for these fish. A Rautensalmler is peaceful in the mormalfall. Males like females can gain a length of up to 15 cm.
Attitude: Optimal-proof prevail water-temperatures of 20 to 28 °C in the aquarium. The pH-area should lie between 5.5 and 7.5. The attitude of these fish in the aquarium is relatively unproblematic.
Differentiation of the sexes: Anus and tail fluke with full-grown males yellow-reddish
Natural spread: Eastern South America until Paraguay