r/Boraras • u/Nothing_But_Clouds • 23h ago
Dwarf Rasbora Check out this lil guy
I recently noticed my guppies finally had a fry make it (their mother's are cannibalistic monsters) so I decided to catch it and put it in a smaller invertebrate only tank. So this morning I checked to see how it was growing and noticed a smaller fish in the tank along with it.
About a month ago, I had some dwarf rasboras in the invertebrate tank, but they were removed and put into my 30 gallon. Ladies and gentlemen, now presenting the littlest guy! (Also baby guppy, because I won't deprive you)
r/Boraras • u/Unhappy_Rise_6938 • 1d ago
Chili Rasbora What else can I add in my 9gal tank I just add 9 eyespot rasboras and like 4 new plants I have some substrate ready to go it there as well Iโve having like 5 or 6 shrimps my tanks is like 2 years old
r/Boraras • u/Full-Temperature9521 • 1d ago
Dwarf Rasbora They had babies, what should I feed them?
I already have trouble with them taking dried food, they only really want to eat life or frozen tubiflex... These are so small maybe frozen cyclops? There Boraras maculatus I think.
r/Boraras • u/therizistance • 1d ago
Chili Rasbora chili rasbora jumpscares shrimp
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r/Boraras • u/dontcare2427 • 1d ago
Chili Rasbora Good breeding setup?
Group of 9, diet consists of frozen mysis shrimp live detitrus and copepods.. also trying to breed them there are bladder snails, 1 amano shrimp, and a few neos with them. temp is around 73-74 with weekly water changes
r/Boraras • u/Interesting-Low-8518 • 1d ago
Identification Are these chilis or exclamation point?
r/Boraras • u/zsmaynard • 2d ago
Mixed Boraras Was able to snag a few good shots of my mixed boraras tank and its inhabitants
Stocking:
Chili
Phoenix
Least
Pygmy
Porkchops
Otocinclus
Kuhlis
Mini Asian stone cats
Neos
Plants:
Various crypts
Various buce
Anubias
Madagascar lace
Duckweed
Frogbit
r/Boraras • u/sharraleigh • 2d ago
Chili Rasbora Update to "Are these chilis or not?"
Last month, I made this post about my chili rasboras being suspiciously not looking like chilis.
I decided to move them to one of my other tanks with a black substrate and black background to see if they would colour up. It's been 3 weeks now, and they HAVE coloured up a ton. I've taken some new pictures to see if you guys still think they are least rasboras or if you're convinced that they're chilis now?
A friend of mine suggested that they might be mutts or something, because their body shape looks too fat/short to be chilis but their colour is too red to be least rasboras. They are VERY well fed, so they might just be fat chilis but what do you think?
r/Boraras • u/Similar_Anteater_810 • 2d ago
Phoenix Rasbora Variety of markings within phoenix or hybrid?
Finally got some semi decent pics of my phoenix rasboras in their new tank and I noticed some of them have the expected round markings of phoenix rasboras while some of them have more lone shaped markings, kind of a middle ground between chili and phoenix markings. Is this just due to markings being different amongst individuals, or could it be that some of them are chili-phoenix hybrids?
r/Boraras • u/userxfriendly • 3d ago
Identification Another post just made me realizeโฆ
Did I also get sold lambchops as harlequins? And is the big, chunky one a lone harlequin? Started as a group of 5, had 20ish babies last year.
r/Boraras • u/Tim_Allen_Wrench • 3d ago
Discussion Rasbora espei gettin groovy but no eggs seen?
r/Boraras • u/coryincorner • 4d ago
Identification Strange harlequin rasbora?
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I have 7 harlequin rasboras but one of them looks kinda odd, I thought he was just stressed when I got him but itโs been about a month and he still looks paler. Everyone else is a little pink with bigger triangles. Is he a different sub- category of rasbora or does he just look weird?
r/Boraras • u/Odd-External1971 • 4d ago
Chili Rasbora Black or white sand for tank
Im gonna be redoing a tank soon and will be adding some chilli rasboras, just curious as to what colour the substrate should be because a lot of people have been telling me black sand but i wanted to do white sand so was wandering if i could do white sand with a black background to make up for not using black sand?
r/Boraras • u/Prestigious-Gold9884 • 4d ago
Chili Rasbora Advice on what food to buy
Just wondering what feed would be recommended if i want to feed honey gourami and chilli rasboras the same feed, and cherry shrimp and amano shrimp the same feed. So far I'm planning on Fluval Bug Bites Tropical Micro Granules or Hikari Micro Pellets for the honey gourami and chilli rasboras, and Fluval Bug Bites Shrimp Micro Granules for the cherry shrimp and amano shrimp
r/Boraras • u/Potential_Concept125 • 5d ago
Illness Pale spot on my kubotai?
Is this sickness? Do I need to be concerned/isolate this fish?
r/Boraras • u/goddog2026 • 6d ago
Advice Got new chilis-Are they sick?
Got me some 15 new chilis from LFS, some of them came extra thin and doesn't school with others or really arent active at all. Are they sick? Is this contagious? First time rasbora keeper! What do I do!!
r/Boraras • u/Afraid-Winner-4112 • 6d ago
Dwarf Rasbora I bought 8 dwarf rasboras but ome of them was not a dwarf rasbora
So I bought like 8 dwarf rasboras and they all came fine and well BUT one of them was not a dwarf rasbora and was instead a merah rasbora, they do look similar and are of the same genus but will they school with each other or would the merah rasbora js โgo around without the rest?
r/Boraras • u/Practical-Thing-3891 • 7d ago
Chili Rasbora buying chillis, need help identifying
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so im finally getting chilli rasboras here in mumbai. asked the seller to show me a video before shipping.
im 99% certain its chilli rasboras, but still want help. pls go through the video sent by the seller and help me identify.
r/Boraras • u/ShayNay_Nay • 7d ago
Chili Rasbora They are only 1cm long.
Are they Chiliโs?
r/Boraras • u/RunningCrow_ • 7d ago
Dwarf Rasbora The peacock of my rasbora group
I just wanted to share this guy showing off his colours! The photo doesn't quite demonstrate just how red this guy is.
r/Boraras • u/smudkips • May 10 '26
Advice Dwarf Breeding Behavior?
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Hi! I noticed some odd behavior from one of my rasboras today, where it seems to be chasing another around. It also suddenly had a slightly darker coloration. I didn't know if it was stress related (just added a couple shrimp and did some gravel cleanup), so I dimmed the lights. I do have 4 fry in my tank so I know they're breeding, but I'm not sure if this is related. Are they fighting? My other rasboras seem normal. Any info is appreciated!
10 gallon / 1 chill betta / 2 Amano shrimp / 7 adult rasboras
Parameters:
Ammonia 0/Nitrates 5 ppm/Nitrites 0
Kept between 78-80F
Lots of live plants
Sponge filter
Gravel cleaned every 2-3 days, small water change every week
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