Hey currently got 13 chilli's in a 20 gallon planted. They quite shy right now and it's been about a few months so was thinking of adding some dither.

Maybe about 10 rummy nose tetras(lfs got some platinum ones) would they be compatible? School together? Be scared? Anyone have them together?

Other tank mates are red cherry shrimps, 5 otos and 1 molly

I decided to go with 10 chili rasboras to join my 9 clown killis, 2 panda corys, 35 cherry shrimp, and 2 mystery snails in my 29g community tank. They aren't schooling yet, but I just got them yesterday. However, they've started coloring up already.

I fed them frozen baby brine shrimp this morning and they all came out and ate. I think they have enough hiding places!

29g, 265gph canister filter with current dead-end against the side wall, 7.4 pH.

Does anyone have any suggestions for improvement?

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UPDATE: Turns out my tap water is just high. I tested my tap water and compared it to the local water companies readings after doing some research, it seems to check out. My city averages around 7.8 yearly, they try to keep it between 7.5 - 8.5 pH, so it’s always been more alkaline. I’ve never seen my tank reading go above 8.2, and it always stays that way. The water that we get comes from a river that has good natural buffers, so that’s a plus.

I most likely won’t be getting chili rasboras, I prefer to just use conditioned tap water. I have no interest in RO, co2, well/rain water etc. I’ll look into fish that thrive in higher pH, or live well in a wide range of pH. Thank you all for the help and suggestions.

ORIGINAL POST: I’ve been looking into getting chili rasboras for my 10 gallon to go along with my shrimp, but since doing research I’ve read they need a fairly low pH? My tanks’ pH has always been stable, but is quite high at the upper end of 8. I’ve only kept shrimp and betta with this pH, and my family fish tank has had immortal cories for as long as I can remember. I’ve seen no issues over the years as far as I know.

Fish keepers say that it’s more important to keep a pH stable rather than try to change it to suit a specific need, but does the same thing apply to chili rasboras? I know betta can generally handle a wide range compared to some other fish, I’m not sure if it’s the same with chilis or if my pH is just too far off. I have no way of measuring kH or gH, or TDS, but my cities water seems to have a moderate to high level of gH.

I added a group of 6 chilis to my 8 gallon with 3 from a previous school (the rest had passed away from age). Since I placed them 1 months ago, the chili are mostly just glass riding the back of the aquarium. It has black window tint on it. They will come forward for food if they see it. Color wise, they look good.

Water parameters are great. The water surface is 40% covered with surface plants (and growing), and the rest of the tank is heavily planted. The HOB filter is weak and has low output. With the light, it is LED at 50%. The only other inhabitants are ramshorn snails and Bloody Mary shrimp

Has anyone else had this problem? I love these fish and want to take care of them as best I could.

Hello, I just noticed that this kubotai is slightly less metallic than the others and slightly less transparent. I keep a pretty close watch on all of my animals in the tank, and only noticed this just today. Is it alright? Parameters are 0 0 0 for ammo/nit/nitrate, pH 7.4, GH 8, KH 3, temp 76.6-77.2.

Hi all, just wondering peoples thoughts on this scape for its suitability for some rasbora and if so what species and numbers.

It’s a 45L running an Oase filtosmart 100.

Currently no stocking.

Any thoughts/feedback welcome.

I added a group of 12 Boraras merah to my tank about a month ago, and for the first two weeks they were constantly swimming along one side of the tank, clearly stressed and trying to escape. I changed water parameters, lighting, and tank mates, but the behavior stayed the same.

My tank is mature and heavily planted, however I was lacking in floating plants. While the new cover is growing in, I supplemented with artificial foliage and they immediately showed signs of being more comfortable! Now they're just chilling in the gentle flow of the filter outlet.

Moral of the story - you can bend the "rules" to make your little fin ed friends more comfortable!

Got a school of 10 chili rasbora from LFS though this little guy has a different pattern than the others, doesn’t school with them, and stays hidden in the plants at the back of the tank. Are the white spots on him parasites? Do I need to remove him from the others? Hope he’s okay!

Dan's Fish is so great. 10 new Phoenix rasboras arrived yesterday. Each was in its own bag with clean water and a lot of air. After a lot of reading and some trepidation, I floated the bags and then plopped and dropped. They seemed fine after several hours, so I offered them a couple of drops of live BBS and they ate eagerly.

The tank isn't done yet-- 8 emerald corydoras will arrive next week, and I have driftwood soaking. Against my better judgment, I've planted some mermaid weed because I love it and I cling to hope that I won't kill it this time. The new fish seem to like hiding in it, so that's a good lesson.

I got out my old Oase 200 canister filter and fitted it with stainless steel lily pipes. The heater is inside the filter which I just love, and the pump is silent. I chose this long tank because I want to see the fish swimming together, and I hope they do. So far they are hanging around in small groups. I also had to scold my older merahs for being less than welcoming to their new younger companions. My tap water is hard, so I keep distilled water on hand to dilute it when setting up the tank and then I use it to top up the tank.

I like the way it looks, but what matters is whether the fish are happy. Fingers crossed.

https://preview.redd.it/yf71pyu9oevc1.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=94b81e794d53eb3ba610435bbf4e5aca08e7d1d7

Hi all, picked up some extra Chili's this past weekend and noticed once they got into the quarantine tank that 2/3 had a couple salt-grain looking spots on them. Started on Saturday with copper safe + oxy maracyn with the temp at 28-29 for presumed ich vs epi and have noticed ZERO difference if not worsening in the number of spots. All 3 seem to be unhappy (relatively sedentary and quite pale) but are eating and no obvious sicko behavior as far as I can tell. Keeping lights low and threw in a bunch of trimmings for plant cover.

What is it? I've heard of stress ich and maybe I'm just compounding the issue here with med dosing. Anyone have experience with this? Is it a thing?

I was going to let them move into their primary residence on Friday, but now I don't know anymore!

Sorry for potato pics, I couldn't get the focus right. Thanks in advance!