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    Boraras brigittae(Mosquito Rasbora)

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    Boraras Brigittae(Mosquito Rasbora)



    anyone kept this fish before?
    how long or how big can they grow?
    currently i have 10 in my 2ft planted tank..

    do they normally swim in schools or anyhow swim?
    as from what i see, they scatter around my tank...

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    doesn't grow much bigger, around 2cm or so.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    doesn't grow much bigger, around 2cm or so.
    oh.. icic.. but do they swim in schools?

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    very fragile as well...thus i still stick to cardinal tetra...

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    but cardinals grow quite big..
    i'm looking for fishes which swim in schools and doesn't grow till too big..
    any recommendations?

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    Quite ok... Got them to breed in my moss tank... Keke... Didn't realised they were breeding tll I see a rasbora even smaller than what I have...

    And yes, they tend to scatter... presumably cos the tank is small and there are no 'predators' around... But not all over the tank... Just facng different directions...

    Oh, they are extremely shy too... Almost always hiding...

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    Quite ok... Got them to breed in my moss tank... Keke... Didn't realised they were breeding tll I see a rasbora even smaller than what I have...
    congrats..
    haha..
    do u know how to sex them?

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    Quote Originally Posted by FaRnieGuy
    Boraras Brigittae(Mosquito Rasbora)



    anyone kept this fish before?
    how long or how big can they grow?
    currently i have 10 in my 2ft planted tank..

    do they normally swim in schools or anyhow swim?
    as from what i see, they scatter around my tank...
    oh btw forgot to tell you the fish in your pix is not Boraras brigittae but B. urophthalmoides, commonly known as exclamation point rasbora. so, which one do you really have?

    Boraras brigittae



    Boraras urophthalmoides
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    uh oh..
    i think mine look more like the bottom pic..
    Boraras urophthalmoides

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    choy, your brigittae looks hungry

    I got them for a period of time. They're sensitive fish, and they died due to my frequent rescapes of my tank. I noticed they don't tend to hide when there are many of them, and they don't school, but stick together somewhat. I've seen a pair following each other all around the tank though.

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    i'm really confused by all the different websites...
    http://filaman.uni-kiel.de/Summary/S...rophthalmoides

    this Boraras urophthalmoides is so different from the one hwchoy showing..
    it looks more like hwchoy's Boraras brigittae

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    Quote Originally Posted by FaRnieGuy
    i'm really confused by all the different websites...
    http://filaman.uni-kiel.de/Summary/S...rophthalmoides

    this Boraras urophthalmoides is so different from the one hwchoy showing..
    it looks more like hwchoy's Boraras brigittae
    you mean this one? you didn't notice the credit on that pix huh



    there are some colour variation amongst geographical populations.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    Quote Originally Posted by |squee|
    choy, your brigittae looks hungry
    you people are too damn hard to please
    how about this?
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    btw FaRnie Guy, you might also consider Boraras merah, they have a nice purpluish sheen.

    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    thanks for all the info and pics..
    i think mine still look more like Boraras urophthalmoides...
    "tio pian!!!"
    bought them from Pet Mart this afternoon...
    hmmm... must go back and ^&!@$@%$!...
    Regards,

    胡炽文
    Sherman Foo

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    Quote Originally Posted by FaRnieGuy
    thanks for all the info and pics..
    i think mine still look more like Boraras urophthalmoides...
    "tio pian!!!"
    bought them from Pet Mart this afternoon...
    hmmm... must go back and ^&!@$@%$!...
    two ways to tell. the urophthalmoides has a spot on the caudal peduncle (where body meets tail), a brigittae does not. the urophthalmoides has a stouter body too.

    the other way is: urophthalmoides around 50¢, brigittae around $1.50-2.00
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    Does anyone know which lfs in the east or west currently has boraras (of kind) now? Other than pet mart... oops...
    Last edited by ThevinQ; 27th Jul 2005 at 17:24.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FaRnieGuy
    thanks for all the info and pics..
    i think mine still look more like Boraras urophthalmoides...
    "tio pian!!!"
    bought them from Pet Mart this afternoon...
    hmmm... must go back and ^&!@$@%$!...
    I would like to hear what PetMart will have to say ...
    Remember to print out this thread to show them the pics.
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    haha.. too bad it's a wednesday..
    pet mart close...
    will be going down tomorrow...
    Regards,

    胡炽文
    Sherman Foo

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    Hi ,

    I do keep those fish in my small tank. you can get it at plant aqua try Biotope and sea view I got those from there.

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