For me, they are the tightest schoolers of the three different Rasboras, always swimming their little group of 15. They also love playing in the water flow from the filter. In the same tank I have a school of Espie Rasboras which are not nearly as tight schooling and not nearly as active. The Espie's seem to only come together when they are joining the Hengeli otherwise they just sit around.
Love these spotlights! I have green eye rasboras in my fluval flex so I wouldn’t mind learning a bit more about them, or hasbrosus /other dwarf catfish, which I also keep.
I dont mean to be so offtopic but does anyone know a way to log back into an Instagram account..? I was stupid forgot the account password. I appreciate any assistance you can offer me.
@Lyle Israel thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site on google and I'm in the hacking process now. I see it takes quite some time so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
Could you add Peacock Gudeon and Emperor Tetras to that list as well? Lol, I'm sure it's about a mile long by now! I really love these videos! I've learned a lot. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
Florence! A mile long and counting! You are most welcome, Emperor Tetra is on the list, the Peacock Gudgeon is an interesting fish, the list just got longer....
Hi there. Great video. So I recently bought 7 Lambchop Rasboaras (Trigonostigma espei), looking closer at the group, 1 of them is actually indeed a T. Hengeli. It was in the same tank at the fish store. I'm noticing that the 1 Hengeli is starting to isolate itself and not school with the others. Will it eventually school together with the Espei's?
Not species specific but how about a list of "zen" fish for a very "calm" tank? Fish that just hang out together quietly, kind of floating (not a betta) around, that don't get too excited. Maybe something similar to the smaller of glass catfish, kryptopterus vitreolus.
Hi Samantha, while we can't promise it will be next you can count on a spotlight on the sparkling gourami, we have a nice group of them in a planted tank loaded with H. pinnatifida, on the list!
Hi there! No - Harlequin Rasboras are tropical fish that need warm water, whereas Goldfish are coldwater fish. Goldfish are really best kept with other Goldfish, and nothing else!
Hey! I have a question about Betta fish which I thought you might have an answer for. I have an 8 litre tank for the fish and the guy at the shop said to pour half a cap of the water conditioner in once, is this right?
While we have read that males tend to have more of a reddish sheen in their dorsals and caudal fins we really haven't seen that ourselves. Most notable difference is that the female does get noticeably rounder and bulkier in body shape as they load up with roe, males do tend to maintain a straighter more narrow look to their bodies.
