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  • Wanted: Wtb Chili Rasboras

    I am looking to buy 15-20 Chili Rasboras. If anyone has some, lmk.

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    fish gallery has them. They are quite pricy though.
    Originally posted by Vigilante View Post
    I am looking to buy 15-20 Chili Rasboras. If anyone has some, lmk.

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    • #3
      Yeah, I picked up 4 today from HAW for $4.60 each. I was hoping someone had some that were breeding and needed to get rid of some.

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      • #4
        Do you know anyone who knows how to breed theses guys?

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        • #5
          Seriously fish has a great thread concerning their breeding. It looks like very soft acidic water is the trick and apparently once they are settled some owners report finding fry that survive in the main tank with no special care or attention whatsoever. Ours are in a small tank with a Ph of 6.2 or possibly less, they can be found naturally in a Ph of 4.0-6.5. They appear to be micropredators and feed mainly on leaf litter inhabitants and this is recommended for breeding them successfully.

          We have nearly a dozen and they are bulking up so I'll certainly post up anything should the mood strike them, lol
          In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
          Desiderius Erasmus
          GHAC President

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          • #6
            Originally posted by murphanader View Post
            Do you know anyone who knows how to breed theses guys?
            Sure... Throw a couple hundred into a established heavily planted tank... And babies will pop up.
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            • #7
              Originally posted by armthehomeless View Post
              Sure... Throw a couple hundred into a established heavily planted tank... And babies will pop up.
              Good luck getting a few hundred!

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              • #8
                Originally posted by murphanader View Post
                Good luck getting a few hundred!
                Got a thousand a little while ago.

                Scarecrow : I haven't got a brain... only straw.
                Dorothy : How can you talk if you haven't got a brain?
                Scarecrow: I don't know... But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking... don't they?
                Dorothy: Yes, I guess you're right.

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                • #9
                  i think the key may be live food, my 50 show no interest in breeding that i can tell. i bet that would change if i started a daphnia culture, it would probably help their colors intensify too
                  75G Standard - High Light Planted Community Fish
                  28G Aquapod - Medium Light Planted Shrimp & Microrasboras
                  12G Eclipse - Bonsai Planted Betta & Shrimp
                  29G Standard - Vivarium w/ Red Devil Crabs
                  45G Exo-Terra - Terrarium w/ Hermit Crabs (in progress)
                  33G Cubish - Vivarium w/ D.auratus 'blue & bronze'

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                  • #10
                    Your chili rasboras are busted, Tote.
                    "I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability." -Oscar Wilde

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                    • #11
                      well they are in the same tank with my busted dwarf shrimp. i think i am just gonna go get a crayfish outta the front yard to toss in there. by tomorrow it wont matter anymore
                      75G Standard - High Light Planted Community Fish
                      28G Aquapod - Medium Light Planted Shrimp & Microrasboras
                      12G Eclipse - Bonsai Planted Betta & Shrimp
                      29G Standard - Vivarium w/ Red Devil Crabs
                      45G Exo-Terra - Terrarium w/ Hermit Crabs (in progress)
                      33G Cubish - Vivarium w/ D.auratus 'blue & bronze'

                      GHAC Member

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                      • #12
                        Lol!
                        "I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability." -Oscar Wilde

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                        • #13
                          I certainly think some live food plays a key. Although I never explicitly fed mine anything living, there are microorganisms in my tank that the rasboras eat.
                          Scarecrow : I haven't got a brain... only straw.
                          Dorothy : How can you talk if you haven't got a brain?
                          Scarecrow: I don't know... But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking... don't they?
                          Dorothy: Yes, I guess you're right.

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