Makemake nui ʻia kēia ʻano iʻa i kēia manawa e loaʻa i kahi aquarium. ʻO ka bicolor labeo pili ana i ka ʻO ʻohana Cyprinidae Loaʻa kona kumu i nā kai o Asia Hikina. ʻO ia kahi iʻa maʻalahi e ʻike ʻia ma muli o ka hōʻike o kona inoa he ʻelua kala o kona kino, he ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula kāna huelo huelo ʻoiai ʻeleʻele ke koena o ke kino. Ma ke ala like, hiki ke loaʻa nā ʻano i loaʻa i kahi kino ʻeleʻele a me nā peʻa ʻulaʻula.
Kuhi ʻia kēia ʻano iʻa e ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi fin dorsal e like loa me ka mano, ʻo ia ke kumu i ʻike ʻia ai lākou e ka inoa o manō huelo ʻula a iʻa manō ʻeleʻele.
Inā ʻoe e noʻonoʻo i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi iʻa labic bicolor i kāu aquarium, he mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo ʻoe hiki i kēia iʻa ke noho pū me nā iʻa ʻē aʻe o nā ʻano ʻē aʻe ke like ka nui o lākou. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole ia e koi ʻia e noho lākou me nā iʻa o ka ʻano like, ʻoiai hiki i kāu aquarium ke lilo i kaua kūʻē ma muli o ke ʻano kūpikipiki o lākou me ko lākou ʻohana ponoʻī.
Ma ke ala like, no ka aquarium i ke ʻano o ka nohona maikaʻi a me nā ʻano like me nā kūlohelohe, pono e waiho ka wai ma waena o 23 a me 27 kekelē o ka mahana. Pono mākou e nānā pono e hōʻoki i nā ʻano mea kanu like ʻole i mea e peʻe ai nā holoholona, pāʻani a ʻai pū ai, a me ka pōhaku, nā aʻa a me nā ʻākoʻakoʻa inā hiki.
Eia nō naʻe, pono mākou e noʻonoʻo i ka aquarium e pono ai kēia iʻa i kahi aquarium nui o ka ʻoi aku o 150 liters, ʻaʻole ma muli wale nō o ke ʻano teritori o kēia mau holoholona, akā no ka mea pono lākou i kahi nui e ʻauʻau ai.