Green Rasboras - New Question In Last Post Please

[pippoodle]

Went to maidenheadf today and seen some green rasboras
would like to find out some more info on them just wondering if anyone knowd their latin name

i dont know anything else about them apart from they were green and name on ticket was green rasboras

thanks sarah x

just wondering as a future replacement for the harlequin - my 6 of harlequins are 6 years old (3 are their babies that have grown up) so dont know how much longer they have left

 

[stang1]

Is it these Sarah?

Microrasbora Kubotai

 

[3ndl3r]

These?

http/www.petresources.net/fish/cyprinid/ras_dor.html

 

[pippoodle]

Is it these Sarah?

Microrasbora Kubotai

thats them thanks hun
they look like a good replacement if and when the harlequins go to the big fish tank in the sky
harlequins are past their sell by dates as it is but they are still spawning and look healthy so might get another year or so out of them

 

[OldMan47]

I have no idea how long rasboras live, mine are only 5 years old and look very young in the way they act and swim around the tank. It could take a while if you just wait for them to be done in the tank.

 

[pippoodle]

My minnows have started dying off in the rekord - not due to illnes but i got them for my son 12th june 2004 - didnt know how old they were then but they were already fully grown
So my question is would these be ok in the rekord 60 - 54 litre 2 ft tank

thanks Sarahx

 

[fatheadminnow]

My minnows have started dying off in the rekord - not due to illnes but i got them for my son 12th june 2004 - didnt know how old they were then but they were already fully grown
So my question is would these be ok in the rekord 60 - 54 litre 2 ft tank

thanks Sarahx

Yeah, I am afraid the minnows are dieing from old age. Any minnow after 3 years old, at lest I know this is the case for Rosy Reds, are old. 3 years is about the average age for a minnow, since you got 5 years out of these, I would say that is pretty good.

Yeah, they should be just fine in a 2 foot tank. I would say max about 15-20 minnows in a 2ft tank.

-FHM

 

[pippoodle]

so would the green rasboras be happy in the 54 ltr 2 ft tank

 

[fatheadminnow]

so would the green rasboras be happy in the 54 ltr 2 ft tank

How many minnows and green rasboras do you have?

-FHM

 

[pippoodle]

if the remaining normal wcmm die off (which i lost another 2 today )
then i will be left with 5 longfin and 5 golden minnows + 8 khuli loaches in the tank
running with a juwel filter and a stingray 15 filter