Juvenile scissortail rasboras?

On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 18:50:02 +0000 (UTC),
Liisa Sarakontu wrote:
(Flash Wilson) wrote in
:
About a year ago I bought six of what I was told were baby
scissortail rasbora. I was told they would lose the blue colouring
and grow to need a larger tank.
Here they a http://www.gorge.org/fish/what.shtml#scis

Scissortails are not blue when young, so these are certainly not that

Thank you.

species. The pics aren't exactly perfect, but I think I see an adipose fin.

*checks* Yes, it's tiny but there - about the same size as on my
cardinals.

If it is there, those are most probably blue tetras, Boehlkea fredcochui.

Thank you! A quick google on these (I'd never heard of them!) suggests
that's what they are. A website I found says they need:

Darkly arranged tank, open space for swimming. Active tankmates.
pH: 7, H: soft.

They certainly have a dark tank - black background and gravel - and soft,
acidic water. There's some open space in the middle to swim, and they
are the most active of all of my fish but don't bother the others.

Not among the most peaceful tetras but still suitable for many community
tanks.

Great :-) They've been very peaceful with my cardies, harlequins,
black neons and catfish. So no problems!

And if your fish has that adipose, you might want to look for a shop with
more knowledge. The amount of fins is one of the most important things how
to tell fish groups apart from each others. Adipose fin can be found only
from few fish groups, like many catfishes, nearly all salmonids and nearly
all tetras.

The trouble is that this shop is usually very good, it's also the only
one with a great selection and usually excellent knowledge. Others have
sold me sick or incompatible fish, and often have dead fish present.
The shop I use is great, people come from miles to use it! I'll let them
know next time I'm in there. It's the first mistake I'm aware of them
making, so I'll let them off this once :-)

Thanks very much for such a quick and helpful mail - I'm sure you're
right with the ID, very useful!


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