Natural Biotope For Galaxy Rasboras?

[MermaidMel]

 

[helterskelter]

They come from Inle Lake in Berma (Myanmar)

Wikipedia entry

PFK Article

Hope that helps you.

 

[MermaidMel]

They come from Inle Lake in Berma (Myanmar)

Wikipedia entry

PFK Article

Hope that helps you.

Thank you

 

[MermaidMel]

Sorry to be thick, what is in this river then sticks? stones? sand? god how embarrassing

 

[helterskelter]

No idea,

Firstly it's a large lake, not a river, usualy their's a lot of bio mass, leaf litter or plant growth doe to the low flow rates.

 

[MermaidMel]

No idea,

Firstly it's a large lake, not a river, usualy their's a lot of bio mass, leaf litter or plant growth doe to the low flow rates.

I meant lake , this thread is like forum suicide. I think I will just use my limited degraded imagination then

 

[helterskelter]

Best thing you can do is do plenty of searching, from that i've read they have floating tomato plantations on the lake and they use a lot of spraying with insect replant.

The Galaxy Rasbora is found at the east side of the lake.

 

[andyourblueblood]

get some fallen oak leaves and put them in the tank. amke sure they are clean though!! it gives fish a lot of places to hide, tints your water, and adds tannis into the water!

 

[FiSh123FiSh]

I think pea gravel sutis many rivers from most places. I never new you could put oak leaves in a tank. Do they rot?

 

[andyourblueblood]

i would do sand mixed with gravel and some river rocks. as for wood, i would use long branching pieces to resemble fallen branches. just make it look as much like a pond as you can.


im not sure. i have only done it once, but it was short term. i can get a link and pm it to you?

 

[OohFeeshy]

Inhabits small and shallow ponds, at most 30 cm deep and maintained by seepage or springs. The water is clear unless roiled with water temperatures of 22-24°C in January 2007. The ponds have luxuriant submerged aquatic vegetation mainly one or two species of Elodea or Anacharis (Hydrocharitaceae). Present terrestrial vegetation is open grassland. Three other species were collected in the ponds, a Microrasbora similar to M. rubescens; a small species of Yunnanilus; and a piscivorous snakehead, Channa harbourtbutleri (Ref. 57973).

 

[MermaidMel]

Thanks guys, I was planning to use Elodea so that's gonna work, I have a bit of pea shingle in the garden shed leftover and some play sand I can mix together, I also have a long twisted bit of mopani which isn't the same as twiggy wood but might have to do the trick. Thanks everyone!

 

[andyourblueblood]

no problem!

 

[chr15_8]

i personally would say a dark sand.

they lived in lakes/pools so it will more than likey be a dark coloured base.

ill find a few articls sites for you in a second

i wouldnt use pea shingle imo. will look to big with such a small fish.

personally i would use a dark sand (as said above) and have few small pieces of wood. i would plant about 50% of it.

 

[chr15_8]

page 8 on the right hand side

http/rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/55/55rbz131-140.pdf

says they live in shallow (about 30 cm deep)