So I spotted at least one tiny Strawberry fry in my tank just now and was wondering what can I do to help it's chances of surviving.

It's in a 7g tank with 4 remaining Strawberries that are the survivors of a bigger school that were too jumpy and 4 cherry shrimp. It is heavily planted and the parameters are 26C, 0 NH3, 0 NO2 and less than 5 mg/l NO3, pH is 7.5.

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Hey everyone and welcome to our rejuvenated Shot of the Month contest!

We didn't hold a SotM contest for a couple of months now but would like to get back on track with it. We'll find a way to handle the SotM submissions that have been posted over these past months, these are:

• "Synchronised Swimmers" by u/cut-the-cords (Oct)
• "Moving Day" by u/Grimetree (Sept)
• "Hunting in the Grass" by u/shrimperialist (Aug)
• "Bite size from Borneo" by u/kylec66 (Jun)
• "Strawberry Rasbora" by u/PM_me_punanis
• "A colorful male chili rasbora" by u/MidnightShrooms (Apr)

Thank you guys for submitting such gorgeous photos!

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If you would like to participate in this months SotM, just submit a current photo of your Boraras. If we receive too few submissions this month (<=6), we might just extend the contest into Januar. If we receive more submissions, we will award a second and third place too, like we've done in the past. So get out your cameras and smartphones! ;)
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The contest's submission rules for the photo entry are as follows:

• Submit one photo entry.
• Boraras specimen(s) must be clearly visible.
• No overly altering post-processing.
• It must be your own photography.
• It must be from this month.
• Submit till end of the month.
• Submit via a Reddit image post
  • flaired "Shot of the Month" &
  • titled " "A beautiful Title" by u/Photographer.

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There will be a separate voting post in the first week of the next month to determine the winner, given enough submissions.

The winning shot will be permanently featured - labelled with the title and the winner's name - in the top panel of our Sidebar, visible in New Reddit, the desktop Reddit version. The winner may also choose to use a "SotM Winner" User Flair.

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Hello,

I want to give living food to my 10 Boraras brigittae. For my betta, I remember I put worms in the aquarium and the worms went into the sand to live (and reproduce ? idk) and my betta eat them for a long time. I want to do the same thing but is there worms with a good size to them ? I'm scared to have worms too big for them. If it doesn't exist, what do you advice me ? thanks

Hi all,

I have a relatively newly set up (and cycled) 15 gallon fluval flex. It houses a betta fish and dwarf spotted rasbora.

I added the first 6 of my dwarf rasbora 3 weeks ago. Today I added 5 more. Upon close inspection I seem to have a chili rasbora in the mix. Will this chili rasbora be lonely? Or will he shoal with the rest? I imagine my tank is too small to add a whole bunch of chili rasbora…thoughts or experience?

whats happening?

What are the signs that chilis are about to breed and do you specifically need acidic water or around 7pH will do?

I have an excess of detritus worms that I am working on removing from my setup using a turkey baster. During this process some float up and my chilis are going crazy for them. I assume this is safe but wanted to check with the hive mind. Any issue with feeding them detritus worms in lieu of their normal food for a bit?

I started a softer water tank (less than 100 TDS) and i'd like to have something to eat the leftover food that my chili rasboras don't eat. but it seems that any invertebrate, like shrimp or snails need more calcium in the water for their shells.

What are my options? what has worked for you guys in the past?

My 75 gallon is coming up on its year anniversary. It houses all my favorite species… Least Rasboras Strawberry Rasboras Pygmy Corydoras Kuhli Loaches Shrimp & a Bristlenose Pleco

I've just seen something labelled as 'neon emerald rasboras' in my local lfs. Does anyone have any experience with them. They were labelled as having a max size of 2cm like the chilli's,but they looked beefier. I have a nice shoal of the chilli's and it was tempting to add these, but I wanted to see if they got along - and how green they might go once they are home and relaxed

Hey all...so I have a fairly heavily planted 25litre tank with 6 chilis and a bazillion cherry shrimp. I'm going on vacation for 6 days next week and I'm a little worried about them. Not the shrimps...they'll be fine...but im worried about the chilis. I got a vacation feeder puck, but im pretty sure the shimps will descend upon it and have it all ate up on the first day. Will my chilis be able to survive the week scavenging biofilm and micro fauna?

Rasbora list by size

     Name                                     Max Size

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Chili Rasbora (Boraras brigittae) 3/4 inch

Dwarf Rasbora (Boraras maculatus) 3/4 inch

Green kubotai Rasbora (Microrasbora kubotai) 3/4 inch

Exclamation point Rasbora (Boraras urophthalmoides) 1.0 inch

Galaxy Rasbora (Danio margaritatus) 1.0 inch

Lambchop Rasbora (Trigonostigma espei) 1.2 inch

Red Dwarf Rasbora (Microrasbora rubescens) 1.2 inch

Rummynose Rasbora (Sawbwa resplendens) 1.4 inch

Emerald Eye Rasbora (Brevibora dorsiocellata) 1.5 inch

Cherry spot Rasbora (Rasbora rubrodorsalis) 1.6 inch

harlequin rasbora (Trigonostigma heteromorpha) 2.0 inch

Blackline Rasbora (Rasbora borapetensis) 2.5 inch

Redline Rasbora (Rasbora pauciperforata) 2.8 inch

Scissortail Rasbora (Rasbora trilineata) 3.5 inch

Sidestripe Rasbora (Rasbora paviana) 3.9 inch

(Old shot of their tank, I’ve since added a metric f ton of plants)

I brought home 9 juvenile chilies 6 days ago to join a group of neos, bladder snails and an assassin. They were nearly clear but have noticeably reddened up since.

I’ve been feeding them crushed bug bites and crushed northfin community pellets and they seem to enjoy them. How much should I be giving them and with them being so young is twice a day advisable? I’ve been giving 2 small pinches once a day and I add blanched veggies for everyone else every 2-3 days. (Hoping that they’ll eat any leftover powdered food)

3 of them tend to stay on the left of the tank where it’s now crowded with valisneria (sp?) nana and don’t ever seem to leave. They aren’t even the smallest of the group, the proper tiny ones are fearless. The rest hang out in the front middle and right, not even in a group I’d say but they explore the whole area independent of one another. Is this normal or are the 3 just a bit more shy?

My LFS doesn't have these so I've been looking online and it seems I can only find wild espei rasboras? Does anyone know of any tank bred online?

Thanks yall

i have 11 exclamation point rasboras in a 10 gallon tank with just them and some shrimp and they are at each others' throats. you'd think a bunch of supposedly shoaling fish smaller than my pinkie nail would get along fine in a smaller tank with sufficient line of sight breaks, but there isn't a moment of the day where they're not attacking one another, even during feeding. any ideas why this is happening?