On this video I'll be showing you how I breed chilli rasbora. A beautiful little fish originating from indonesian dark-water streams. An awesome little nano fish species.
Back in the late 70s I tried for nearly a year to breed these little guys and ran out of time to get it done. We just didn't have the knowledge base we have these days with people all over the world sharing experiences. Over the years I often wondered if I would ever get back around to breeding these. I think with this knowledge and help from around this planet I should be able to accomplish it this time. Thank you!
I love these fish, always fancied having a go at breeding them, seems like it could be a cheap way to get a tank full of them! Kept them years ago, fascinating to watch
Hi Mark great work and watching your videos, and now finally in my new house like i said before. You really motivated me to get started up with fish I kept fish in 1978 til 1984 and lost interest. I like the system you have and what you are doing, the fine details of breeding and so on. You are great at what you do, please keep on trucking with your hobby. I have been watch for about 2 years or so and love your work. I live in Canada Ontario Barrie to give you some direction where I am Located. My hobby are Homing Racing Pigeons ( Valente Loft )
Thank you for the idea of the Subwassertang. I've bread them with guppy grass but recently took all of that out, so I may try that next time. For what it's worth, over the years I've never seen a shy Chili, for such tiny little guys, I find them to be pretty brazen. And mine absolutely love high flow. But, you're dead on re: the pH, I'd been working my tank pH down and switched to a new media from Korea that reduces pH, and it finally got to 7 (from 8) and that is when they bred for the first time in 4 years (they spawn. but this is the first time I've seen results). I've never seen the eggs, so that was very helpful to see it, thanks. I'll be looking for part 2. Thanks for the video.
I've just set up a filterless planted 40 lt tank with soil under a gravel layer and once the plants are cycling nicely and they're grown in I'm going to put cherry red shrimp in it, I was looking for a shoal of little fish and your vid has convinced me to get a dozen Chilli Rasboras if I can find a breeder.
Hi Mark, how did it go with the chilli fry? I am trying to breed mine for a couple of months now but I only have seen some courtship in their regular tank, not in the breeding tank.. (PH 6.5) Any help would be very welcome!
Very informative! Enjoyed your vids as usual. I kept these before, but I just couldn’t get a hang of it and lost all of them throughout the year. They seemed to always stay at the upper layer unlike in your video. Probably that’s them not feeling well. I don’t have a RO unit and the rainwater in my area is heavily contaminated, with a yellow color.
does the water need to be soft at all cost for them to breed ? I have a heavily planted tank 15 gallons with 15 chili and 2 amano but my ph is in the 7-7.5 there is mazanita wood , moss , lot of coverage with java fern anubias , bucephakandra , water wisteria and eleocaris mini carpet and dirted substrate .. will they breed ?
Hi Mark, Really loving your channel. Extremely informative. I am trying to find Part 2 and even maybe Part 3 of this video without any luck.? Any plans of releasing the other parts? I am about to breed these guys. and would really like your input on it. Thank you for a great channel!
ive had 13 of these for last year or so . have watched this quite a few times building up to it. have small tank now to set up like this. one of my favourite fish.
I leave out my koi vat and let it fill up over time. The rain just falls straight into it. That keep the ph low. Don't collect it of roofs as it will pick rubbish and get polluted .
Hi Mark, I have found your channel some time ago and am enjoying it a lot! :) What do you use for measuring pH? An electronic pH-meter or some sort of chemical tests?
@@MARKSAQUATICS Thanks for answering! :) I just bought JBL pH test kit 3-10 - it was the only one covering values below 6,0... Chili rasboras are my first blackwater species I try to breed. I has already succes with celestial pearl danios and bristlenose plecos (common ones and Super Red), and now I’m trying chilis :) Got to figure out how to make my water more acidic - I have an RO unit and I’m experimenting with dry oak leaves (boiled to make „water solution” of tanins), but without the test I was sort of „blind”. Now I hope it will be easier :)
Hi Mark Hope you and your family had a wonderful Easter is there a way I can send some photos of my latest tank I am setting up. I really would love to hear your thoughts and feedback on where I should go with it
In my shrimp tank they are in basically liquid rock with a ph of 8 in a 50gal. They dont seem to mind and its run by the snails and they dont hear complaints. Hundred of shrimp and way more snails...its basically a slow moving crime ring
Going to pick up 20 of those today to put in the 50L tank that has been cycling for 2 weeks now. The only thing I'm a bit concerned about is the fact that today the GH and PH liquid JBL tests both read 7, though I too use rainwater. Unless someone in the family has been putting tap water in the tank behind my back, I have no explanation for this. Tested the rainwater directly and those parameters are reading completely different. Going to do a quick water change before I introduce them to the tank water (drip method). And have a little talk with a few family members here. LOL
@@MARKSAQUATICS A few small dark wood pieces (can't come up with the name right away, but specific for aquariums and been used for years in my other aquariums, so not giving off any tannin anymore, or nothing visible anyway), a few small rocks (tested them with vinegar, no reaction), black quarts gravel that was already seeded,.... that's basically it. The water change with the rainwater did make it drop again though. So I'm still suspecting family members of trying to help me a hand while actually screwing up things. LOL
@@MARKSAQUATICS Hold on.... now I come to think of it.... a week ago I did add a pouch of (rinsed) activated carbon that came with a new HOB. Could that one be the problem?? I did remove it yesterday before adding a bunch of Catappa leaves, and while doing some research on what could cause a sudden rise in PH-GH levels I came across several articles that say that some activated carbon have this effect. Anyway, going to test the water again today and see if there's a difference now. I haven't done a water change yet as I said I would, but did add a few liters of fresh rainwater (and the test did show a significant PH and GH drop already). This afternoon I'm going to pick some alder cones in our neighbors yard (with his permission of course), give them a quick "boil" and place them in there too. This should also help with those PH (and GH) levels. Gonna keep testing that water every day for a while now. Don't want the PH and GH to drop too low. ;) Cheers.
Do you slowly aclimate from the main tank to when you move to the rain water? Is it not dangerous to put them into 5.6 from a tank that had higher ph? Im getting a group of 10 and they are not cheap in Australia. Very hard to get so I dont want to do anything wrong.
If you wanna drop the phone you just have to do it slowly, probably over a few days, and just letting you know I just bought a group of ten chilli’s off coburg aquarium, they are on sale atm for $135 for 10
I bought 12 Chili Rasbora had them for 5 months, today I counted 13. Now I'm here and wondering what happened to the rest. They are mixed in with Cherry Shrimps which are multiplying like rabbits.
Great video as usual Mark. I notice there are never any snails in your breeding set ups. In your experience do snails eat viable fish eggs? Hope this isn't a silly question...
Mark....love the breeding videos..alot off topic but I have seen you use repashy foods and that's what I feed my BN fry all 700+ but want to feed it to my other fishes that only eat mid water...any suggestions on how to get air whipped into this stuff to make it float...thanks buddy
I've got a real heavily planted tank mine are chilled to the point of being bosses here's what's in cardinals chilli rasbora white cloud mountain minnows lamp eyes small catfish and red shrimp a week ago I noticed baby shrimp and various size fry from minute to slightly larger not sure which fish are breeding I'll let you know when they get a bit bigger
I see you're not using peat, so using pure rainwater is not a good idea as it does not have any buffer. The Leaves Will buffer a bit but not nearly enough to keep the pH stable
Hi Mark can you tell me if its ok to get fish via post.I have never done this before but the price combined is very good.Thinking of getting 10 ember tetra 10 rasbora maculata and 10 pygmy cory.Keep up the brill work Mark.Jeff
@@MARKSAQUATICS I took your word got some coming next week,Keep up the good work fellow Welsh man.I run hotel in London anytime your here will give you mates rates.Jeff
Do you have an update on this breeding project? I really would like to try breeding my chilli rasboras. I only have 3 left, so I wish to expand my group, and it would be awesome if I could do that without having to buy some new ones.
No I don't. I only covered the breeding side, the rearing side is the same as all my other breeding projects. Just rear the fry on infusoria until big enough to take bbs. 😀👍
as nature is never trully pitch black at night stars moon etc do you ever use a night light in a plug socket! they give of a small amount of light it seems to settle skitty breeds. when u turn the main light on skitty fish are less inclined to be panicky! be keen to know if other people have any experience with this!
hey mark i got planaria in my shrimp tank and the are on my shrimp. can you please tell me how i can remove them without harming my shrimp? its a small tank about 30 liter. please help i don't know what to do. Johnny
I'd love to know - are there any fish that you have failed to spawn? I appreciate there are probably hundreds you have not attempted but are there any that you have tried but failed?
Hi Mark, I'm very interested in these little guys, I have 5 (boraras brigitae) left as some got sick - they had a bloody anal part - i guess some kind of parasite eating away they codal muscle, I treated them with (temerol) and now they are fine and wanted to breed them .... Were you able to grow them ? I didn't find part 2. The breeding tank will be a 10l with osmose water + peat, 25°C ?. Thanks very much for your help.
