Anyone seen these recently?

[aquanatix]

As above,looking for any member of the bororas family. Has anyone seen any of the following? Remembered someone used to say one could buy in bulk cheap at seaview etc...any leads?

[bryan]

Seaview sells them as 'Mosquito rasbora'.Usually Boraras U.

[d2sign]

If you looking for quality instead of quantity, can try Midori or Biotope.

[Salphur]

Yeah, spotted some of these rasboras over at Biotope 2 days ago.

Cheers!

[darlee]

C328 also has it. Seen in last week. They are placed in rectangular tank on shelves besides the Betta. Looks pretty healthy.

[bryan]

Seaview advertises their stock for sale every Saturday in the Straits Times. Do give them a call to confirm before visiting.

I've bought fish in bulk before. I can say quality is satisfactory. You just have to be wary of contaminants. Boraras don't travel well, so naturally they look awful in stock tanks and plastic bags.

[BETTA03]

I got Ben @ Tiong Baru to order in for me twice before about 100+ pcs, got very good price for it. Those are Boraras Brigitte.

[aquanatix]

Thanks for the response everyone!
TB Ben and seaview seems to be the recommended ones.
Looking at 50 Bororas brigittae and 50 Bororas urolphthalmoides.
Without making separate trips,wonder if i could get them both from one single place?
A nice alternative would be TB Ben since it's definitely more accessible.

[illumnae]

i think seaview should have both.

about "quality instead of quantity", i highly doubt that for boraras there is much difference between the various LFS considering that these fish are mass bred by farms and the various LFS might even get their stock from the same source. Hence, the "quality" of the fish will not vary from LFS to LFS. i've personally bought a few brigittae from biotope and another few from polyart and mixed them together in the same tank. they are currently equally red and indistinguishable from each other. the only difference is the difference in price i paid when i bought them

[ranmasatome]

Sometimes there are wild collections...those are of course a little more expensive. Quality-wise i can't say....but they are wild

[d2sign]

I got 8 Boraras Brigittae from Wuhu a.k.a TB Ben 2 weeks ago. They all grow well and healthy but the color just not as red as those pictures on google. Agree with bryan that they look awful & pale in stock tanks when I bought them. Have to try your luck to get the reddish one?

[aquanatix]

Hey guys,i'm under the assumption that coloration directly reflects the condition of our tanks? Not very sure about stock nor am i particularly bothered by it but my initial startup group of 20 Bororas brigittae and 20Bororas urolphthalmoides were all purchased from C328. All of their coloration were stunning IMHO. Will make a trip down to TB Ben to enquire about the fishes,maybe he could help me mass order the little buggers? Alternatively,i'll head down to seaview to get both since their pricing is so competitive.

[illumnae]

just take note that you may have contaminants in seaview's stock. for example, i've seen some boraras merah mixed in with their bags of boraras brigittae

Sometimes there are wild collections...those are of course a little more expensive. Quality-wise i can't say....but they are wild

yup i agree wild stock will definitely be more expensive, not because of quality, but because they are wild fish i was referring to the bred stock commonly found in most LFS

[d2sign]

How to differentiate wild caught and farm breed? They eat and swim wilder?

[aquanatix]

Haha...i suppose wild caught variants have better coloration compared to local bred ones?Either way i'm looking for all 3 of the above,if i do happen to get Bororas merah i suppose it's still ok? Will go visit TB Ben this weekend before making my way down to seaview. I suppose there are pros when it comes to local bred stock,for one at least i don't have to wait for seasons to purchase them?

[d2sign]

Don't think can differentiate by looking at the color, most of the time they look pale in display tank. Just don't like the feeling being cheated by any fish shop, paying premium but end up you get farm bred.

[d2sign]

Off topic: What is IMHO?

[oblivion]

"In My Humble Opinion"

[d2sign]

Thanks bro lee1224

[illumnae]

as mentioned by someone in another thread, the only way you can be certain that you have wild fish is if you roll up your sleeves, squat on the banks of the body of water and net the fish up yourself. other than that, you cannot be certain regardless of the reputation of the LFS you're purchasing from.