Red Line Rasbora

[BigIan]

any one kept these? if so how well do they fare? i`m looking at some for my planted tank

 

[Lateral Line]

Rasbora pauciperforata, they're great little things. A bit shy, but if they have a lot of plants where they dodge in if they feel threatened, they do fine. Totally peaceful, eat all the regular foods. When spawning, the male turns a very dark brown above, almost black with the red line shining, awesome sight.

Although the adults can tolerate a wide range of water conditions, the fry don't survive above pH 6. At about 15mm they can be weaned into whatever you are using in your display tanks.

 

[BigIan]

well a ph of 6 or below is what i`m looking at (still waiting for my ADA soil sibstrate to stablaise with the ph/kh)
so they sound excelent, they`l be kept with 2 large goramis and a large angel, the angel is very placid and shouldn`t go for them once he`s established his teritory.

I`m hoping that with the large fish in the tank it shoul make them school a little, there will be plenty of cover for them so they should feel safe

 

[Miss Wiggle]

they look lovely


instead of or as well as splash tetra's?

 

[Lateral Line]

I'd watch the Angel as it grows. The Rasboras don't go much over 50mm and are pretty slim, I'd expect then to be edible to a large Angel.

 

[BigIan]

the angel is pretty much fully grown, and leave baby otto`s, ammano shrimp, and neon tetras alone so i can`t see him going for these especialy as the ones i`ve seen in the LFS are already aprox 30mm

 

[Lateral Line]

Fair enough. Nice little fish.