Rasboras, danios, and barbs
Red-tailed Rasbora
Rasbora borapetensis
Photo: Lerdsuwa · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature22–26 °C
- pH6–7.5
- Minimum tank80 l
- Adult size6 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 8 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Danionidae
- Origin
- Thailand, Laos and Cambodia
- Size
- 6 cm
- Temperature
- 22 – 26°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 7.5
- GH
- 2 – 12 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- medium – high
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 8
- Minimum aquarium size
- 80 L
- Diet
- omnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Black body with a gold border and a red tail base. Unpretentious, hardy, and very active in groups.
