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They do best in species tanks or with tiny fishes like Boraras maculatus, which are found together with them in the wild. Live food is best, although they should find enough microflora in a well-planted tank.

This site and this have a good pictorial overview of the genus.

 

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Chocs are ideal tankmates (and they are found together in nature as well!).... choc are more open water fishes, while the paros are benthic and cryptic, so they rarely clash and besides, have no reason to.... pgymy gouramis (T. pumilus) are also good tankmates (and natural cohabitaters).