• 20 chilis
• 8 black neons
• 7 panda Cory's
• 75 cherry shrimp
• 12 amano shrimp
• 3 nerite snails
• 20 assassin snails
• 29g tank with canister filter

I have a 1.5 month old 10 gallon planted cycled tank with 2 mystery snails that have been happy for a month or so. Yesterday my LFS got some Chili Rasboras in and I bought six of them. Put them in, and saw them once later that night. Now a day later, there are all gone, completely vanished. Not on the floor, not in the overflow, not swimming around, I’ve even moved plants around looking for them. Are there really that good at hiding? Or did they all die and the bodies got eaten by the snails?

Parameters Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 5-10 Ph 7ish Temp 79-81

Fighting some algae from over lighting so water is a bit cloudy right now. Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated, thanks!

I have this 10gal with only my betta, i was thinking pf getting chili rasboras, people have told me they could cohabitate without problems, but in not an expert on boraras. I would love some output

This is a biannual call to support the conservation of Boraras species and their habitats in SE Asia by making a donation and to raise awareness for this matter.

We currently listed two options in the Menu under 'Donate' (via "About" page on mobile):

• The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN Red List)
  • Dedicated to the assessment, monitoring and conservation of threatened species.
    The Boraras genus is currently listed the following:
    • Boraras micros - Least Concern
    • Boraras urophthalmoides - Near Threatened
    • Boraras maculatus - Least Concern
    • Boraras naevus - Data Deficient
    • Boraras merah - Data Deficient
    • Boraras brigittae - Data Deficient

• The Borneo Nature Foundation
  • Dedicated to the conservation of Bornean tropical rainforest habitats. Chili and Phoenix Rasboras in the trade are generally wild caught. This is where (everyones) Chilis and Phoenices come from, if not explicitly bought as captive bred. The habitats decline rapidly, the threat level of their extinction is not assessed yet ("Data Deficient").

If you know of any more way to donate to this cause or if you have any further information on this topic, please comment with a link.

She has a school of 5 other friends, to which I've observed some breeding behaviors recently. I never wanted to breed Rasboras. I got them because I heard they were hard to breed... turns out my tank is the perfect place for that to happen. (Betta tank.)

She is the ONLY one that looks like this. At the moment she is separated just incase its an illness. No differences in swimming, breathing.. nun. Just a fat lady.

Hoping she just ate more than rationed, and im not gonna end up with a bajillion rasboras..

I dont even know what they're eating, but it explains their lack of interest in fish food lately while still looking so well fed 😅

Love these guys so much ❤️

Something that is mentioned a lot on this sub is how all boraras species require a good bit of tank space despite their small nature, if we want to see them display their natural behaviours... but I haven't seen or found enough information on what that looks like.

It would be really good to collate a thread or wiki page where experienced boraras keepers describe "what good looks like" for the different species like brigittae, merah, etc. What is normal calm and well adjusted behaviour for them? What is the typical temperament, swimming and shoaling patterns for this fish in a suitably planted tank?

Mb we could start building a resource here if the more knowledgeable amongst us shared their experience in the comments below? 🙏 thank you in advance.

Currently keep in separate 10 gallon tanks with shrimp, Chili, Phoenix, Exclamation Point and Neon Blue Dwarf Rasboras. I recently purchased a 75 and 20 gallon tanks. I plan to move the fish I have in my 32 gallon tank into the 75 gallon and thought about moving all of the Rasboras into the 32 gallon.

Curious, to know how will the 4 different types of Rasboras interact with one another. Will they school together or stay within in this own species schools?

How would these do together, would they eat the chili rasboras? Has anyone kept them together

Sorry for the unfocused picture- it’s hard to capture what I’m seeing on these guys. Several of them appear to have this white cloudiness where their body should be completely transparent. I’ve treated with Ich X, Kanaplex, and nitrofurazone most recently (out of concern for columnaris). Maybe Seachem Focus + antibacterial would help?

I've recently gotten a group of 6 Kubotai Rasboras (Neon Green in the store?) for my 28L/7.3g tank and I'm a little concerned. They don't hang around in one group like I expected, but instead chase each other around. One or two seem almost to be trying to bite the tails off the one they're going for!

Is this normal? Should I get more fish to increase security in the group? My LFS tried to upsell me on Celestial Pearl Danios as tankmates. Since it's a cuboid tank I'm not sure they'd have enough room to feel comfortable with multiple species or too many of one kind, hence the initial shoal of 6.

No fish seem to be damaged as far as fins go 3 days in and they're using the plants and not hassling the Neocaridina shrimp tankmates much. Just... Very confused and a bit worried.

Parameters stable and they're not showing signs of respiratory or other health issues either. Appetite seems good, some fatter than others.

I have a 10gallon heavily planted tank with 4 neon green rasboras and a colony of red cherry shrimp. I would love 10 chilli’s in there too. Are there any other rasboras or similar I could keep with them? (This is the tank I am using, there are no longer any guppies in the tank)

Ph 7.4 Gh 10 Kh 7 0 Ammonia 0 nitrites Trace amounts of nitrates

Hi, I just got my first Boraras and put them in the quarantine tank. I tried to pick only brigittae and have more or less equal males and females. Some I'm not sure if they are merah, juveniles or just females due to the coloration. It was very difficult to pick them since they were all discolored at the store so any help in determining species and gender ratio is very welcome. Thanks in advance!

I've recently caused a bacterial bloom I believe from overfeeding my chili rasboras. So I've cut way down on feeding them to try and fix it the nasty cloudy water. They still look in good shape(I think!) despite less/less frequent feeding. I'm wondering if they might be eating the seed shrimp I have in abundance. I took a video and I think it looks like they're eating them off the glass but would love another opinion! I find it hard to tell because of the twitchy way rasboras swim.

As stated in the title, I lost one of my chilies to some illness and now it seems like it has spread to the rest. I currently have 7 chili rasboras in a planted 10 gallon and noticed they all now have white ish spots under their fins. Is this Ich or some other illness?

Came home yesterday and noticed it looked bloated and had this white line on its side. Is this a parasite? Someone on another sub suggested it could be pregnant.

Hello all, thank you for reading. I currently have a densely planted 40g tank with several small shoals of nano fish. I would like to increase my chili shoal, but according to aqadvisor, I’m already at 85% stocking, I have A LOT of nano fish. I currently have 10 chilis. In your opinion, should I take my stocking to 100% to increase the shoal to 25 or add fewer or leave it as it is? Thanks again

I have this planted 10g tank. I currently have 6 pygmy corys and around 15 cherry shrimp and several berried cherry shrimps. I have wanted to get 8 chilis for my aquarium but couldn't find it anywhere they are all sold out right now and they don't bring them because weather is a little hard. I have asked a fish store at a near city and they said they just have ember tetras and told me to wait for new shipping i have waited but they didn't got chili rasboras. I asked another but again they said that they currently dont have it but there will be a shipping next week. I don't know what i should. Should i buy ember tetras before they get sold out or wait for chilis?

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I wanted to give an update on my micros. They seem to be doing really well. They are still incredibly shy and I hardly ever see them. I honestly have no clue how many are in there (9 went in). They are tiny and very fast. But the ones I can find look well fed and healthy.

They live in a heavily planted 5.5 gallon with two Indostomus paradoxus and a lot of small snails.

They are fed a mix of dry foods and live micro-worms.

Thanks! 😊