Rasbora borapetensis (Red -tailed)

The Rasbora Borapetensis is a freshwater fish native to the hydrographic basins of Thailand and Cambodia. It is a small fish, with an average adult size of about 3.5 centimeters. It has an elongated and side-compressed body, with a gray-argentic coloring on top and a dark strip along each side.

The Rasbora Borapetensis has transparent pectoral and pelvic fins, and a caudal fin bifurcated in the shape of V. The back finish is smaller than the other fins and is near the head. The fish has a tube -shaped mouth, which allows it to filter the particles of food in the water.

The Rasbora Borapetensis is a gregarious fish, which means that it tends to live in compact groups. These groups can count up to several hundred individuals, and the fish move and feed together. They mainly feed on small crustaceans, insects and plankton.

The Rasbora Borapetensis is an oviparous fish, which means that it lays eggs. Females can lay up to a hundred eggs at a time, which they place on the leaves and the submerged branches of aquatic plants. The eggs hatch approximately 48 hours later, and the fry are independent from birth.

Males in the belly more flat than the female.

We have to lower the pH around 6, the ground must be covered with large gravel or balls because the parents drop the eggs on the ground. If the parents are not withdrawn, they will eat them quickly, because, there are very few eggs (around forty), the coarse ground allows part of the eggs to be out of reach of the parents. We can put a java foam near the Ponte place, so that the fry hide in, and if you want to let nature do it, they will naturally find their diet, but only a small part of the laying will survive. Otherwise, if you want at all costs to have as many fish as possible, then we can feed with infusories and artemia naupiles, but this food technique which allows you to save a maximum, is also double -edged: too D 'Infusories and naupiles will pollute the water and kill all the fry. The growth is quite slow.