Copper Harlequin Rasboras?

[minnnt]

Seen these in a lfs today and wondered if anyone had them? If so are they easy to look after? Thinking of adding them in with my juvenile angels. Do they need any special care or conditions? Ph etc? Cheers

 

[keimak]

Well the batch of 8 I had is quite hardy, the school fine.
Pretty active and fun to watch. No extra care for that tank, guess to keep tropical fish you need to live in the tropics for the easy way

 

[StandbySetting]

All species from the Trigonostigma genus are pretty hardy, no harder to care for than your standard Harlequin Rasbora.

 

[minnnt]

Thanks, would they be ok with a ph of 7.2?

 

[StandbySetting]

That'd be fine.

 

[minnnt]

Cheers mate, will have a look and see if i can find some i like.

 

[hensonc4098]

They also grow big enough that they won't be dinner for the angels, even when they're adult

 

[MBOU]

Definately look far better in a shoal of at least 10-12 forthem to colour up nicely

Stunning fish!!

Depends which specis though, H.Espei is more commonly known as Copper Harlequin and IMO is the nicer of the two but have seen shops selling H.henglii (sp) as Coppers and their pinky gold isnt as clearly defined or bright as the H.Espei.

Lovely fish, mid level swimmers, tight shoalers, tolerant of ph and temperatures to a good extent and easy as anything to keep.