Harlequin Rasbora Appreciation Thread

[jojouk]

Love them. Lovely schooling fish. Beautiful.

 

[twingogeekeo]

Cant agree more i have them in with my Betta and they look great!

 

[hensonc4098]

Great fish I lost one to a grumpy angelfish last week, my LFS have a deal on for if you buy 5, think it might happen

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Great fish I lost one to a grumpy angelfish last week, my LFS have a deal on for if you buy 5, think it might happen

Wow, swallowed whole or attacked repeatedly while it then died from?

What size were the Rasbora and cichlid respectively?

 

[hensonc4098]

Got a good bashing on the side - had a large open sore which seemed for a couple of days to be healing then went downhill, fish was gasping for couple of days but still eating etc. then died overnight.

Harlequins are large, robust adults. Angelfish is about 5/6cm diameter body, so only adolescent. Had just started challenging other large angelfish for dominance and then started taking hissy fits at the other fish too.

It's now in the tank with silver dollars. That'll teach the wee @rse.

 

[jojouk]

I have 20 in my new tank, and they stick together like glue, brilliant purchase!

 

[Salam]

I have 20 too and they are great to watch. Either all sticking together in one corner or zooming from one side to the other of the tank for ages.

 

[Lateral Line]

They are great fish. Sadly, I've seen man made "improvements" like all black jobbies. What a waste of effort.

 

[jojouk]

They are great fish. Sadly, I've seen man made "improvements" like all black jobbies. What a waste of effort.

Yeah indeed, although the copper ones are quite pretty Black ones are a waste of time.

 

[crazyforcordoras]

I love my 4, ive got to get more though.nfast, active, and prretty

 

[Man of fish]

I love my 20 espeis rasboras which I'm pretty sure are a close relative they act the same though. They play "follow the leader" lol

 

[crazyforcordoras]

They look the alike, but they are not harlequins.

 

[Lateral Line]

>>> I'm pretty sure are a close relative

Indeed, espei and heteromorpha, along with hengeli and somphongsi are now reclassified in a seperate genus, Trigonostigma. All highly desirable species.