Chili rasbora
Boraras brigittae
FishFreshwater
- Care level
- Moderate
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Recommended tank
- 30 L
- Maximum size
- 2 cm
- Temperature
- 24–28 °C
- pH
- 5–7
- Group size
- ≥ 10
- Diet
- Omnivore
Care at a glance
The chili rasbora is one of the smallest aquarium fish you can keep: barely longer than a fingernail, yet a well-kept male glows fire red with a dark lateral line. It comes from dark, extremely soft peat swamps in south-western Borneo.
It shows best in a small, densely planted tank with oak leaves or alder cones; hard, bare water leaves it pale. Feed very fine dust foods or live micro-foods and add no larger fish, which will treat it as a snack rather than a neighbour.
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