I think the white cloud mountain minnows are an underappreciated fish. They are quite lovely, they are extremely hardy and they do not need a heater in the tank. These minnows are mild mannered, and are a great part of a community tank.
That's not that weird. For a lot of stores labels them as being tropical fish. This goes for more fish species by the way which are actually subtropical or even coldwater fish. And what's also sad is that there are lots of commercial aquarium books that label such fish incorrectly as being tropical.They're a really pretty one! Shame most of the time people get them and put them in tropical tanks though.
Completely true. That's why I repeatedly write that one should not look at the tropical country itself but at the location within that country where those fish occur.Part of it is our not thinking through what tropical means. Up high on a mountain slope, or under a thick, sun blocking rainforest canopy is going to be a lot cooler than a wide, sun absorbing river