My new Microrasboras

[Callatya]

It is all Phil's fault. He called and said they had them at a pet shop near him. I tried to resist, I did, but 2 days later I'd called, had them put on hold and was driving down to pick them up.

Aren't they cute!? That is river sand as a substrate so *cough* aren't they TINY! The java fern is only about 8 or 9cm tall. I cannot really see them on the riversand so it'll have to be changed at some point, though I'm not sure what it'll be changed to. I think white would bleach them and black might have them fade away to nothing Red would probably still have the blending issues

Has anyone kept these before? how did you find them? They are looking OK to me, though still a bit malnourished from sharing a tank with a bundle of neons for a week or so at the LFS. The gills aren't nearly as pink in person, i think the operculum is just very see-through when you point a camera flash at it. I''ve got them on BBS and adult BS and they are scoffing the lot.

Eventually the tank they are in is going to be a planted nano (with a twist, cause I'm no good at traditional) so they'll be able to flit in and out of the greenery At the moment they are skulking near the back and only coming out occasionally when they think I'm not looking. *sigh* It isn't easy being the big scary giant.

[bluebetta]

nice fishies

[Chuckie]

aw ab they are so cute! they are perfect for a planted nano. IME rasboras are pretty hardy in general, but I don't know about these guys specifically.

[Bettarazzi]

I think a dark substrate would be good. I think red would alright because they're not red all over.