New Boraras

[Bk718]

Keep us updated with pics once they're established. I'm anxious to see how they color up. I've been thinking about picking up some of the brigittae the next time I'm in Seattle.

sure will. Im anxious myself to see them color up like they are on franksaquarium site. I guess if the lighting/tank conditions are right they should be that deep red in no time.

longer fish than in the photo on franks site...

Im guessing its because his photos are of adults and these are juvies which always look half retarded lol

awesome!

Thanks jm

How they looking now Yuriy? Some of mine are that bright red color now, while others are still that orange color. Maybe something to do with sex? I noticed that some of mine have complete stripes, while others don't. Seeing the same thing in your pics... It'd be cool to have some as yet undiscovered/ new to the hobby fish mixed in with our boraras schools no?

At the moment they are still as is, the chili rasboras are abit more orange now but still not as deep of a red as on franks site. I tried added some frogbit to block out the light for them and i guess they are liking that.
About color and sex, from what ive read is that males have the deeper color than female. But im thinking its 2 early to tell since they are only juvies. Which makes me wonder about whether they are like other fish that only start to show good deep color once they reach their adulthood. Ill try and take some photos tomorrow for comparison.
Those with the not complete bar looks like Boraras merah. But still who knows, maybe they will get the full bars as they grow.

I cant wait till they grow up more and are ready to spawn, ive read plenty of people having luck with getting some fry out of them.

 

[Inka4040]

Some of mine are already red like the pics, so I think it may be a comfort issue more than anything else. Are they still in the fry trap?

 

[Bk718]

Yup still in the breeder box. I will probably transfer them over to the 10g this weekend. Will see what happens then. Im thinking the light is whats making them be the color they are + probably the fry box. I remember a while back when i had bad lighting + plenty of tannins from mopani wood, with that and dark substrate my bolivian rams/cherry barbs and even mollies displayed a darker color. So maybe thats why yours are already ahead with the color.

On another note the amanos are flipping awesome!! Im glad that they are the size they are, since if they were smaller i dont know how the dwarf crays would react to them. I would definitely look into a few more for my other tank in the near future.
Also is it normal for them to be somewhat aggressive towards each other? operantly they couldnt share the space on the big twig so they somewhat went at each other "fighting"
Heres a random shot of them grazing on the dead parts of Christmas moss

 

[Inka4040]

Lol. I bet the boraras make the amanos look HUGE! Man, those maculatus are growing on me...

 

[Bk718]

lol boraras make anything look big. lol im sure you will get more of them dwarf rasboras soon
Im going to email frank later and find out what other nano fish he has available and for how much.

 

[Mgamer20o0]

hum maybe my next group order

 

[Rbishop]

Interesting fish.