Not thought to have been bred in the hobby. Fish in the trade are wild-caught or farm-produced; farms in the Far East also produce red-tail x shovelnose hybrids for food.
Adults need huge ponds. Farms use big groups and hormones.
Large outdoor ponds of thousands of litres. Not suited to a home tank.
Hormone injection on farms; natural spawning with the wet season in the wild.
Very many eggs per spawn on farms. Hatch in about 2-3 days.
Larvae eat live food at first, then chopped fish and pellets. Fry can be cannibalistic.