Pygmy spotted rasbora.

[JuiceBox52]

Anyone have experience with these?

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Not personally...

Here is the SeriouslyFish link to it though:https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/boraras-maculatus/

According to the care sheet, your pH need to be at 4.0 - 6.5. (Which is quite low)

Your hardness needs to be at 18 - 90 ppm. As I said, I have no personal experience with this fish, so some other members might be able to give you some more perspective advice. Cool looking fish.

 

[JuiceBox52]

Not personally...

Here is the SeriouslyFish link to it though:https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/boraras-maculatus/

According to the care sheet, your pH need to be at 4.0 - 6.5. (Which is quite low)

Your hardness needs to be at 18 - 90 ppm. As I said, I have no personal experience with this fish, so some other members might be able to give you some more perspective advice. Cool looking fish.

They are! My gh is below 44ppm and ph is 6

 

[Byron]

Yes, I had a group of these for several years. Assuming you mean the linked species, Boraras maculatus. They are basically identical to the more often seen chili rasbora, B. brigittae in their requirements, behaviours, etc, etc. If you have specific questions, just post.

My last one of the group disappeared last summer. I must have acquired them in 2012, because I wrote a profile for another forum dated 2013, and at that time I was only writing profiles of fish I had personally kept.

I almost didn't open your thread, because I didn't recognize the name "pygmy spotted rasbora," and thought I never had such a fish. Then I looked out of interest, and saw it was B. maculatus, which I "commonly" referred to as Dwarf Rasbora. Only shows how confusing if not useless common names are...it's always best to use the scientific name so we all know.

 

[JuiceBox52]

Thanks! That was really informative

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Hope you get this fish, very cool.

 

[Byron]

Thanks! That was really informative

You're welcome. On these species, I personally find Boraras brigittae more colourful than B.maculatus. The red seems more brillian on the former, and the horizontal dark rather shiny line is more distinctive than the few blotches on the latter. But this is just personal taste, both species are lovely aquarium fish. Always in a good-sized group though, 10-12, and they must have floating plants.