Where to find Boraras urophthalmoides?

[illumnae]

Looking for the above. So far I've only seen them at Biotope, but it's out of stock at the moment. Anyone know where I get get them?

[nys]

Seaview... Have to ask as not in display tank. Please take note that they called B. uropthalmodies as mosquito rasbora.

[illumnae]

wow that's far from my place =( hope i'll be able to find time to make a trip down one weekend

[Quixotic]

Becareful though, because mosquito rasbora is supposedly the common name for B. brigittae, but has been known to be used on B. urophthalmoides somehow. B. urophthalmoides is supposedly exclamation mark rasbora.

[illumnae]

thanks for the warning Seaview is really inconvenient for me especially given my work schedule and the fact that they close early. i can roughly tell the 2 species apart if i see them though, so if i do go to seaview, i'll do a visual check before buying anything.

i may end up having to settle for boraras brigittae (Polyart has new stock and is near my house!), or wait for Thio to bring in a new batch

[nys]

Seaview do not have B. brigittae. I can assure it. What they have are B. uropthalmodies except incorrect common name.

By the way, they called T. espei as hengli rasbora and T. hengli as neon rasbora. My goodness...

[illumnae]

haha yeah i noticed the mistake they made with the T. espei and T. hengeli as well...it's been a mistake for months!

[illumnae]

thanks for all the help guys, i managed to get the fish i wanted from Biotope yesterday as they had a new shipment of these beauties recently now i have side by side tanks of these fish and boraras brigittae

[troyz]

hi illumnae, do they still have stock left of this small gorgeous fish, thanks

[illumnae]

they have a whole tankful =)

i had a nice time choosing and scooping them up on Saturday. if you want them, you should go down...unless you want a few hundred pieces or something, they should have enough left for you

[o2bubble]

Haha, I just got more of them today after getting 20 pieces 2 weeks ago. Simply love the school of these tiny fishes hiding in and out of my plants. And they complements well with my cardinal tetras as well. However, a bit scare that they will get into my filter since my ehiem 2028 inlet is quite big, not sure if they can squeeze through...

[illumnae]

yup they're lovely...i love the gold flashes when they swim around. they can fit into the eheim 2028 inlet for sure...just have to pray that they're strong enough to swim away from the suction

[o2bubble]

I think they are quite strong as swim pretty fast. Looks much stronger than my briggitae. But they do not eat the food pellet i feed my cardinals. Will they starve?

[williamng]

Just feed them some powder food. I use the ADA food, the fish like it a lot and it doesnt dirty the water..No oil film on my water surface.

[EvolutionZ]

hi guys, anyone know where to find this boraras? i pm biotope and they haven't reply.. thanks

[illumnae]

they don't check their pm 24/7. be patient

when i spoke to thio yesterday he still had some in stock

[williamng]

I did drop him an sms yesterday night to tell him about your pm. Give him some time.

[o2bubble]

I believe still have about 20 left after my last purchase last week. Just go down to biotope at AMK to check it out! I intend to buy more after my filter upgrade next week. So hurry lah before I grab them all, hahaha...