Males grow larger and they are more colourful than females, also they possess more-extended fins.

Breeding of Sixbar panchax is relatively easy, and in a densely planted, mature aquarium some fry may begin to appear without further intervention. They will spawn even in a small aquarium with some fine leaved aquatic plant, or floating plants with long roots, or woollen spawning mops and a small air driven sponge filter. Most breeders use a pair or single male with two to three females. Adult will eat the eggs and the fry, so the eggs should be incubated and hatched in a different tank. The eggs hatch in 12-14 days, and the small larvae require microscopic foods such as rotifers during the first weeks.