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Thread: how to differentiate Boraras brigittae and B.urophthalmoides?

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    how to differentiate Boraras brigittae and B.urophthalmoides?

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    Just bough Boraras brigittae but after read AQ thread, now not sure wheter it is Boraras brigittae or Boraras urophthalmoides. Search the net but both look the same. How to differentiate between those two? What is the diet requirement for this fish?

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    B. urophthalmoides


    B. brigittae

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    More information on the differences, with photos of course.
    http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...rophthalmoides

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    thanks for the picture and link, though I can't really tell beside the B. brigittae is more red. I just bough yesterday, thus the collor still very pale.

    any idea what food should I feed them? will they eat micro pellet (guppy food)?

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    Besides paler in colours, B. urophthalmoides body is broader and the black mark is bigger. Also the price is different .
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    the fish I got is quite small, between 1cm - 1.5cm, can't really see the black mark. Try to take picture but very hard, the fish never stand still.
    Last edited by Shadow; 28th Jan 2007 at 01:36.

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    Yours seems to have a mix of both... The top left fish looks like a B. urophthalmoides while others are B.briggitae...
    Another point of interest is that the black lateral line of the B. urophthalmoides goes nearly all the way to the caudal spot. Hence their nickname "Exclaimation mark" boraras.
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    looks more like B. maculatus or perhaps B. sp. ‘South Thailand’.
    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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    Hi hwchoy, saw your name on other boraras thread.
    What did you feed your boraras with? Will they eat guppy food? they are not surface dweller and most of the time simming our my plants so how to feed them?

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    Shadow, you know Biotope selling those 1 dollar fish food which is actually crushed up TetraBits and OceanFree fishfood? They will eat those after awhile...

    I feed my B.merah those...
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    yes, just crush any flake food will do. they are not as dainty as they look.
    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 valice View Post
    Shadow, you know Biotope selling those 1 dollar fish food which is actually crushed up TetraBits and OceanFree fishfood? They will eat those after awhile...

    I feed my B.merah those...
    hm... didn't know that, ok going to Biotope later, hope none of them die from hunger

    is the food sink? I hnever see them swimming on the surface.

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    But like choy say, they basically will eat anything...
    So if you ahve any type of fish food, just crush them... They will know that it is food...

    Don't worry about them dying. I have B.merahs who survived without any feeding for 4 days...
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    glad to hear

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    This fish seems like to eat mosquito larvae, any lfs selling mosquito larvae?

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