This is a minnow of interest to me for maintaining a clear pond but is an algae eaters that won't roil the water. Whether it can survive with bass & bluegill predators is questionable.
The Northern Redbelly Dace feeds mainly on filamentous algae and diatoms, but also zooplankton and aquatic insect larvae. Their predators consist of other fish, kingfishers and water fowl especially mergansers.[5] In small lakes where no piscivores live the Northern Redbelly Dace fills the niche of a planktivore. However in larger lakes, it is restricted to the vegetation mats by shore where it must compete with other minnows for food.
