Red red Boraras maculatus

**CK Yeo** · 13th Jan 2009, 22:15

Very sexy red fish! Ok, they are more orange than red. Too bad we don't see much of these around or with these colourations. Very striking for planted setups! Anyone else keeping these?

ck

**benny** · 13th Jan 2009, 23:13

Excellent photography there!

Cheers,

**torque6** · 13th Jan 2009, 23:21

Originally Posted by benny

Excellent photography there!

Cheers,

CK's macro photography skills have always been well known on this forum

. I'm always been fascinated by this group of <2cm small cyprinids

. Though i've not seen them in most LFS except maybe Biotope?

**anaconda** · 14th Jan 2009, 10:54

Originally Posted by torque6

CK's macro photography skills have always been well known on this forum

. I'm always been fascinated by this group of <2cm small cyprinids

. Though i've not seen them in most LFS except maybe Biotope?

Seaview is selling 100 for 6 bucks for both macculatus and ultro. But they call them spotted and mosquito rasbora

You usually get some merah and brig in the ultro

Rainbow usually have Brig..very red too

**hwchoy** · 14th Jan 2009, 11:49

very nicelyl lit!

**Mez** · 14th Jan 2009, 12:19

I saw some of these in the LFS, unfortunatly they were all very emaciated and VERY expensive.

**torque6** · 14th Jan 2009, 23:24

Originally Posted by anaconda

Seaview is selling 100 for 6 bucks for both macculatus and ultro. But they call them spotted and mosquito rasbora

You usually get some merah and brig in the ultro

Rainbow usually have Brig..very red too

ya, i've heard they sell as well, but havent seen if its macculatus or Briggittae since there is a frequent mixed up between these two.

**CK Yeo** · 15th Jan 2009, 09:00

I always thought one in Seaview is Boraras urophthalmoides? Are the others contaminants? In that case, there probably won't be that many to choose from.
I suppose they are great for Nano setup but one problem with these things is that they don't seem to school in the open for me, which makes it looks messy.

I saw Boraras sp. on sale in Ho Chi Minh city as feeders going for a song. Didn't see that closely what exactly they were though.

ck

**anaconda** · 15th Jan 2009, 16:47

Originally Posted by CK Yeo

I always thought one in Seaview is Boraras urophthalmoides? Are the others contaminants? In that case, there probably won't be that many to choose from.
I suppose they are great for Nano setup but one problem with these things is that they don't seem to school in the open for me, which makes it looks messy.

I saw Boraras sp. on sale in Ho Chi Minh city as feeders going for a song. Didn't see that closely what exactly they were though.

ck

Last week saw 1 tank of Boraras.sp at Ben's

Very healthy, colouration all came out

**benny** · 15th Jan 2009, 19:05

Originally Posted by torque6

CK's macro photography skills have always been well known on this forum

.

Couldn't agree more on that point! Keep the pictures coming CK!!!

Cheers,

**CK Yeo** · 17th Jan 2009, 18:52

The first one was collected fresh.

This one from LFS. Just not as red. Maybe locality has something to do with it. Then again, I didn't manage to keep them alive long enough so this was as red as it got for me.

ck

**hwchoy** · 17th Jan 2009, 23:38

please take note of the locality with your pix.

**CK Yeo** · 18th Jan 2009, 07:13

Oh, you want me to put Biotope Aquarium huh?

Originally Posted by hwchoy

please take note of the locality with your pix.

ck

**benny** · 18th Jan 2009, 08:49

Originally Posted by CK Yeo

Oh, you want me to put Biotope Aquarium huh?

That is funny!!

Actually doubly funny because of the name!

Cheers,

**hwchoy** · 18th Jan 2009, 14:11

Originally Posted by CK Yeo

Oh, you want me to put Biotope Aquarium huh?

ck

I mean the ones that were "collected", should always note down the locality. the way I do it without having the locality "appear" on the photo is to have the text in the photoshop file (which I always keep) but set it hidden.

**torque6** · 20th Jan 2009, 22:00

Originally Posted by CK Yeo

I always thought one in Seaview is Boraras urophthalmoides? Are the others contaminants? In that case, there probably won't be that many to choose from.
I suppose they are great for Nano setup but one problem with these things is that they don't seem to school in the open for me, which makes it looks messy.

I saw Boraras sp. on sale in Ho Chi Minh city as feeders going for a song. Didn't see that closely what exactly they were though.

ck

That is the problem with seaview as mosquito boraras are kept at the breeder tanks, so no way to verify. And yes they don't school except unless its feeding time and they gather at the place where you feed them.

**GaspingGurami** · 22nd Jan 2009, 15:54

Couple years back, Azmi passed me a few B. maculatus 'bintan' and they were very red. Even over time they kept their redness, and this was when they were housed in a tank of high pH, high KH conditions.

So I guess, location plays a part in the colour.

**StanChung** · 22nd Jan 2009, 19:50

Photography is fantastic. The small guys are quite difficult to shoot!
They school best when just put in tank but then the colour is usually very pale.
Their comfort/stress levels affect their colouration just like discus/apisto.
I trimmed the E. vivipara shade and most my wild caught B. maculatus bleached in colour from red to pale pink purple.
The reddest so far must be B. brigittae.

**MartialTheory** · 8th Feb 2009, 14:32

Originally Posted by torque6

That is the problem with seaview as mosquito boraras are kept at the breeder tanks, so no way to verify. And yes they don't school except unless its feeding time and they gather at the place where you feed them.

So is there any boraras that school? How about Rasbora axelrodi sp blue?