Any species from the boraras genus is the best nano fish. I've got 9 chilis and 1 phoenix (the phoenix was shipped to me among several chilis, so it may have been accidental), and they are absolutely wonderful. Such easy fish to care for, and they have so much personality. Very adaptable too as you stated. I'm sure I've mentioned this already but mine mine are living in a pH of 7.6, and in a temperature of 76°F (24°C). Nitrate in their tank always sits at 5.0 ppm, and they show no issues with this. They also live with a few snail species, two female bettas and 6 ember tetras. They all really like to interact with the tetras, and the smaller of the two bettas. When I had my celestial pearls in the same tank, the chilis started hiding, and they never reacted that way to new tankmates before, so I'm assuming these two species aren't that compatible. Regarding food, I have micro pellets that are still too big for them, so I put them in a bowl and grind them up with a spoon so they're powder-like. These are high protein pellets, 42% protein, which is better for them since chilis are micropredators.
100% my favourite nano. I bought a group of chillis a couple of years ago but only recently discovered after looking into breeding them that half of them may not be boraras brigittae after all. I've tried getting them to spawn in rainwater the past couple of weeks but not had any luck so I've given up for now. One interesting thing I've read about is that if the bororas are to crossbreed then the offspring will be sterile.
@@FishShopMatt ok so I had given up on these guys until I spotted two fry today! 🥳 I've uploaded a slightly blurry video to my channel if you're interested 😅
@@FishShopMatt their schooling nature is what I really like, and they're a nice alternative to the tetras(which I love), but sometimes a smaller, bright pop of color in those guys are so cool!
Matt I love your style of video so please keep doing what you do. These little fish are super. I’ve never kept them myself but I always watch them when I spot them in aquarium stores. Their colouration is insane. 😊
i’m setting up a 30L cube for my work desk at home to have something nice to look at while I slog away! what would you say are the max amount of these? they are lovely!
I have some harlequin Rasboras in the 20 long I use as a plant grow out for extra clipping I don't have the heart to trash. It was a surprise when I learned they mate on leaves by flipping completely upside down haha. Rasboras are very cool in a planted tank.
Thanks Matt for another great, informative video. I love learning about the diverse world of fish. And there are sooo many to choose from that I'm not confident enough to pick out a fish suitable for my tank parameters and for me. And yes there is Google, but I'm very old school, and most the time I forget to even take my phone with me. LOL. So this helps me out tremendously. Thank you. Not to pinpoint my age, but I come from the world of encyclopedias and rotary phones. 😂 hahahahaha.
What a great video, I keep chilli's in with Galaxy Rasboras and Cherry shrimps in my desk top 30ltr and it works a treat. They love any food ground in my pestle and mortar or the micro worms from cultures. Thanks to your identification info; I find I have one 'Maculata' in with my group of Brigittae. Thanks for sharing.
For the last couple of years I’ve always kept a scool of Boraras briggitae with my Croaking Gouramis, (Trichopsis Vitata). They blend really fine with the Trigonostigma espei too. 😊👌 I mostly feed with frozen food such as cyclops and dafnia but also fine chopped black mosqito larvae or bloodworms.
@@TexasTuesdays I really don’t know. The downside of popular names I guess? In Denmark we have the Croaking Gouramy and the Croaking Dwarf Gouramy. It’s the biggest one that’s called Trichopsis Vitata in latin.
That's a beautiful pairing I bet they look great together. The sparkling and croaking gouramis are separate species and then you can get even more complex as there are several species within those common names. Sparkling tend to be smaller with blue and green spots, then the croaking tend to be a bit more brown in colour with less blue spots.
Matt, please keep doing what you do.I followed you over from the MD Fish Tanks channel. Because I love your accent. I'm an old gal from Idaho, USA. I am wanting to have a nice glass box with fish and plants before I pass from this realm.
cute little guys. it has been a while looking for these around the area for a nano tank. your video gave everything I needed to know about them man thanks ! great video. couldn't help but notice plants wall amazing.
oOoOO hard choice, both would look great. One thing to think about is how you want them to swim. Chilli's hover in the water where as rummynose swim constantly almost like a flying bird.
Matt, I am obsessed with nano aquariums. In that vein, I am trying to learn everything I can about Thai micro crabs and how to breed them. Their habitat is disappearing and breeding successfully is going to be essential to keeping them in the hobby and in the world. I’d love a video full of of your opinions on Thai micro crabs.
I love chilli Rasboras! I have a group in a wood and planted tank with red cherry shrimp and a golden mystery snail. Red root floaters on the top ties their colour in so nicely
I'm super happy I got 15 of those guys for my 2nd nano tank. Like you mentioned, when i get close to the tank they get excited because it usually means food. It's so cool seeing them swim through the small wood branches. They don't mind sharing the tank with some cherry shrimp.
Love every fish files, but the chilis are the next fish on my list to get! I wanted to add them to my sparkling gourami and Cory tank :) It was great to add to my research, thanks Matt!
Great video!😊. Love the fish pictures on the video. Must have been hard to edit. Fun to watch. The fish s that are like cut outs on the screen. Love them very clear images to make choices from.
Ahhh this video is 9 days late 😅 I have just stocked my nano with Least ( exclamation mark ) rasbora & Gertrude's spotted blue eye rainbows & some khuli loaches...awesome video as always Matt 💙
they live in my kitchen at room temperate, cool summer nights or winter frost goes down to 15.5C without even losing color. they only breed in summer for me tho
Matt Thank You for you fishes info I appreciate them and yourself quite very much yes indeed sir keep it up and I rewatch review yours as well also too. God bless you always Eternal
I've just brought some January tetra, absolutely love these fish, easy to keep and swim well with others. Also I got some rainbow tetras, now these have a beautiful shimmer to them, Will definitely get more.
Love the Fish Files Matt. It's nice to learn about the different types of fish before deciding which ones we want to invest in. Thank you so much. Love your channel.
Love chilis! First had a group of them ten years ago, love them. Tried to add more to my group yesterday, went to my local Maidenhead yesterday afternoon, they need you up here Matt, it was awful! Lots of dead fish in sale tanks, a particular large firemouth stuck to an intake, the betta rack was grip, a particularly sad looking guy missing both eyes flopping around on his side, fish that essentially looked like fry being sold at full price. Honestly, the tanks at pets at home look better
Excellent video Matt! I have another Rasbora. Labeled as a Strawberry Rasbora at my LFS. The males are smaller than the female and also color up very well. Not as intense as the chilis though. I believe they were the second one in the line of pictures near the start of the video. Small black spot on the side and another at the base of the tail fin. Super hardy and so far have been in my aquarium for 3+ years. Chili Rasbora are next on my list for the new tank I'm setting up. Thanks for all of the great information and entertaining content Matt.
Such a lovely species. Unfortunately I made a noob mistake by adding cold water that shocked my vase pair. They eventually succumbed to the physiological injuries incurred seemingly to do with the swim bladder. I cannot wait to add some again in the future as mine were very happy and hardy in a small vase setup. Thanks and cheers.
matt... get out of my head :) i'm keeping fish nearly 30 years on and off. i've found a real love for nano species in the last 5 years keeping a few nano tanks. I am planning my large tank to have a lot of nano fish, using some of my current stock in a 60cm tank as the basis for some breeding projects. currently have small groups of pygmy cory's, ruby tetra, emerald rasbora, ember tetra and some chili rasbora. all in I plan on breeding to larger numbers with the stock I have to stock a large tank! congrats on the channel growth
I've got a nice group of them in a 35Liter, their absolutely awesome. Had some clown killis in there before with them, but they did dominate the tank a bit more, causing the chilli's to hide much more.
Hi Matt, glad I checked out your channel after seeing you on MD's for a while...enjoying the videos! I am planning a large tank, probably a deep 5-6 footer, with mostly Tetras - Green Neons, Rummy Noses, Diamond Head Neons, Ember Tetras, Golden Tetras...too many, most likely! Plus I really like the Forktail Blue Eyes Rainbow Fish (Pseudomugil Furcatus), and some Celestial Danios...knowing that the Danios, the Golden Tetras and the Rainbow Fish will be feisty to their own kind, hope not to the others...plus some of the Aussie versions of Amanos (can't get the real deal here), some dark blue Cherry shrimp and my favourites, the Otocinclus as clean up crew, along with ramshorn snails. Could add some Corydoras, I suppose, but I think I have enough in the tank already. Probably too many fish! With say 15-20 of most types...I want a peaceful community tank, filled with colour and movement, heavily planted/scaped in the natural style you show so well. Would love comments re the compatibility of these fish etc 😄 From research, the Rummy Noses would stay schooling together, the other Tetras would often be all mixed in together, and the Danios would stay at the bottom of the tank with their own hidey holes in the scape to feel comfortable enough to come out. Was thinking of Espei Rasboras, but took them out as too many, sigh. I have had a 4' tank in the past with Congos and Cardinals, the Congos got too aggressive with any other tank mates, and the Cardinals were pretty shy most of the time.
Thank you for the video. I m about to buy some chilli soon. It couldn t be more on time a video with info about them especially coming from you. Love from Romania!
@@FishShopMatt yeah, mine is a funny dude. He will do the crazy dance in a front when I walk into the room. Yet, he won’t take any dry foods. I keep for him a culture of white worms lol 😂
From the US! I’m so glad you started your own channel!! I’m a “Father Fish “ follower also. All 7 of my tanks are like what he does. So far never a dead anything. I have a gorgeous 2’ tall crystal vase, 5” in the belly. I’m thinking dirt, sand cap, river pebbles, I think it’s willow? bunch of 2 1/2’ long, spiral Val 2’ growth. ( up through the willow) bumble bee nerites, shrimp, and I was thinking about chili rasboras, small group?? And an air stone at bottom for bubbles to top? What do you think Matt??
Neat, I already got these, they are so nice looking and very chill. I do regret mixing them with the green Kubotai those are way more bulky and bully them for food as they are way more active.
You have inspired me so very much with creating my tanks as well as taking the leap to start my own channel. I love looking back at where your videos where a year ago and see where you've grown with your confidence and editing talents. Thank you for sharing your work and being an inspiration. God bless you and your family.
Love these guys! Had them in my big community tank and as friendly as they are, they'd get lost in the space. Now they are in a smaller dedicated tank with cherry shrimp and they are happy as clams 😊
I love chilli rashboaras, but my favorite are the urophtalmoides, I love the gold with black stripe and a hint of red... I have three left of the orignal 12 I bought.....havent seen them again in any of my LFS's..
It's strange we used to order chilli's and always received urothalmoides. It might just be the shippers aren't concentrating on the slightly less colorful rasboras.
Keep up the great informative videos! Always feels like a treat to watch an in depth dive on a species. Have you don't ember tetras yet? I look forward to seeing what you put out next.
I have a 13 gallon shallow with chili rasboras, pygmy cories, and cherry shrimp. I absolutely love them, and your channel was a huge inspiration for the tank! Thank you Matt!
Definitely one of the brightest nano fish that’s suitable for most smaller aquariums! I love mine even if they’re in a slightly larger aquarium and get lost!
Absolutely great video, man! Love this kind of content 👌 really happy. This is a thing! Need to make more for sure. There's plenty other species to make more like this.
I think if you make more content like this you and md could be a great team with a very symbiotic relationship. This is amazing content. And I understand the space you have is likely limited so the quantity of fish you can have is relatively low. But teaming up with md you can have all the species and space in the world to team up and make a million videos like this.
A favorite Rasbora for me I remember came into the hobby in the mid 80's was called the Axel Rasbora now called the Neon or Blue Neon Rasbora. I always thought they looked cool. Blue grey top and orange red belly. Also the Ruby Harlequin but I can't find info on that name and I don't remember the scientific name. Looked almost exactly as the name implied but they were about half the size of Harlequins. About an inch or 3 cm/30 mm.
The axels Rasbora are stunning and wouldn't mind getting a group of them at some point. It sounds like you are describing the espei Rasbora as they are like a brightly colored small harlequin!
My Flame Tetra's are brave little ones, they were being rather aggressive with my other fish, I couldn't have that so I got another tank to put them in and got the rest of them from the store. They rarely hide from anything, even my planting or cleaning stuff up, they are right up there checking out what I'm doing lol
Hi Matt, had these up a week ago, 1 by 1 lost over the couple of weeks unfortunately, sharing 70 litre tank with ember tetras and green neon tetras, dwarf corydoras and albino corydoras, otocinclus and cherry shrimp and 1 male betta, all these fish are fine and healthy, aquarium heavily planted, aquarium is over 6 months old, all the rasbora came from the same shop, parameters are fine and constant, i feed frozen and use crushed flakes and granules. Love these little fish, great channel and very informative.
I’m sooooooo Thankful you popped up on my RUclips. The amount of information I have gotten from you is just crazy. You have also encouraged me to try again with a planted tank. I had one a few years back and my plants did great but my fishies did not. So of course I didn’t try again because of how much I spent to get it all together, I thought that just might be for the pros. The hubby took me out running around yesterday to see what locally we could get around here and unfortunately our pet shops do no have the variety I see you display, do you have an online site you would suggest? Keep up your amazing work
thanks for sharing no wonder ive been buying the dull boraras sold as chillie rasboras in Singapore. just a feedback the audio is soft compared to other youtube videos audio level. btw you have a new subscriber to your channel keep it up!!
Matt, this is what Sunday needed, a new video from you. ❤🎉
Thank you, hope you had a good weekend!
@@FishShopMatt 🙏
Love your channel I keep learning. Keep up the good work .🎉
@FishShopMatt matt mate have you ever used the hermit lily pipe its a all in one inlet outlet with a skimmer have you ever had your hands on one
I don’t think I’ve ever witnessed a RUclips channel grow so quickly! You will hit 100,000 before the end of this year 100%. Keep it up Matt!
Thanks to MD Fish Tanks subscribers. I think that helped
Having them go across the screen while you name them 👍🏻
Hahaha glad you liked that, broke my brain trying to work out how to do it.
Any species from the boraras genus is the best nano fish. I've got 9 chilis and 1 phoenix (the phoenix was shipped to me among several chilis, so it may have been accidental), and they are absolutely wonderful. Such easy fish to care for, and they have so much personality. Very adaptable too as you stated. I'm sure I've mentioned this already but mine mine are living in a pH of 7.6, and in a temperature of 76°F (24°C). Nitrate in their tank always sits at 5.0 ppm, and they show no issues with this. They also live with a few snail species, two female bettas and 6 ember tetras. They all really like to interact with the tetras, and the smaller of the two bettas. When I had my celestial pearls in the same tank, the chilis started hiding, and they never reacted that way to new tankmates before, so I'm assuming these two species aren't that compatible. Regarding food, I have micro pellets that are still too big for them, so I put them in a bowl and grind them up with a spoon so they're powder-like. These are high protein pellets, 42% protein, which is better for them since chilis are micropredators.
definitely one of the rasboras in the world
im looking to put a small group of chilli rasboras in a nano shrimp tank!! this video was great, thanks matt :D
100% my favourite nano. I bought a group of chillis a couple of years ago but only recently discovered after looking into breeding them that half of them may not be boraras brigittae after all. I've tried getting them to spawn in rainwater the past couple of weeks but not had any luck so I've given up for now. One interesting thing I've read about is that if the bororas are to crossbreed then the offspring will be sterile.
oOoOO that is interesting, I wouldn't be surprised if you had a mix as when I was in the shop we used to get the wrong ones sent to us all the time.
@@FishShopMatt ok so I had given up on these guys until I spotted two fry today! 🥳 I've uploaded a slightly blurry video to my channel if you're interested 😅
Allways enjoy your videos Matt ❤from🇦🇺(Australia).
I love my chilis .. and then some pygmy corys and it's cuteness overload .. lol
Matt!!!! This is awesome! I had been ecstatic when you did the cube! Now this! You are the man, sir!
Thank you, glad you liked it.
How odd. I was looking at these yesterday and are adding them to my new tank in a couple of days. 😮Your video couldn’t have been better😊
Glad I could help! 😃
I love rasboras. We've had several varieties over the years. They're great.
Couldn't agree more!
@@FishShopMatt their schooling nature is what I really like, and they're a nice alternative to the tetras(which I love), but sometimes a smaller, bright pop of color in those guys are so cool!
I was just thinking about buying these fish, what perfect timing for this video! 😁
Perfect timing as I was looking at some yesterday..need more Fish File videos Matt
Yep got lots lined up!
Wow, Matt. Your follower numbers have shot up! Well done! I'm gonna give these little fellas a go in a few weeks. Thanks for the info.
Matt I love your style of video so please keep doing what you do. These little fish are super. I’ve never kept them myself but I always watch them when I spot them in aquarium stores. Their colouration is insane. 😊
Thank you, certainly more to come! They are a great little fish to watch!
i’m setting up a 30L cube for my work desk at home to have something nice to look at while I slog away! what would you say are the max amount of these? they are lovely!
I have some harlequin Rasboras in the 20 long I use as a plant grow out for extra clipping I don't have the heart to trash. It was a surprise when I learned they mate on leaves by flipping completely upside down haha. Rasboras are very cool in a planted tank.
Thanks Matt for another great, informative video. I love learning about the diverse world of fish. And there are sooo many to choose from that I'm not confident enough to pick out a fish suitable for my tank parameters and for me. And yes there is Google, but I'm very old school, and most the time I forget to even take my phone with me. LOL. So this helps me out tremendously. Thank you. Not to pinpoint my age, but I come from the world of encyclopedias and rotary phones. 😂 hahahahaha.
As a fellow dinosaur, I feel your pain! I learned tó use computers with punch cards!
I'm glad my videos help! Age is only a number.
Just what I needed on a cool Sunday night :)
Thank you!
What a great video, I keep chilli's in with Galaxy Rasboras and Cherry shrimps in my desk top 30ltr and it works a treat. They love any food ground in my pestle and mortar or the micro worms from cultures. Thanks to your identification info; I find I have one 'Maculata' in with my group of Brigittae. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much!
For the last couple of years I’ve always kept a scool of Boraras briggitae with my Croaking Gouramis, (Trichopsis Vitata). They blend really fine with the Trigonostigma espei too. 😊👌
I mostly feed with frozen food such as cyclops and dafnia but also fine chopped black mosqito larvae or bloodworms.
Croaking? Are they also known as sparkling?
@@TexasTuesdays I really don’t know. The downside of popular names I guess? In Denmark we have the Croaking Gouramy and the Croaking Dwarf Gouramy. It’s the biggest one that’s called Trichopsis Vitata in latin.
That's a beautiful pairing I bet they look great together. The sparkling and croaking gouramis are separate species and then you can get even more complex as there are several species within those common names. Sparkling tend to be smaller with blue and green spots, then the croaking tend to be a bit more brown in colour with less blue spots.
Matt, please keep doing what you do.I followed you over from the MD Fish Tanks channel. Because I love your accent. I'm an old gal from Idaho, USA.
I am wanting to have a nice glass box with fish and plants before I pass from this realm.
This is so timely, I have a dozen chilis coming on Tuesday I think. Great information, very helpful. Thanks Matt!
Perfect! Thank you!
I already have them...they are one of the most beautiful nano fish ❤❤❤
Agreed!
Keep these awesome videos coming legend
cute little guys. it has been a while looking for these around the area for a nano tank. your video gave everything I needed to know about them man thanks ! great video. couldn't help but notice plants wall amazing.
I've got 7 in with 10 green neons and they've all joined together in a school. It's really cool to see
Amazing! That must look great!
Great video! I’m considering 30 rummy nose tetras for my new 70 gallon planted tank but you have me considering chilerasboras now. They’re so pretty.
oOoOO hard choice, both would look great.
One thing to think about is how you want them to swim. Chilli's hover in the water where as rummynose swim constantly almost like a flying bird.
Wow, i've been wanting to get Chilli Rasbora for my 60l ever since i saw your other video. This video came at the perfect time! Beautiful fish!
They are an amazing fish!
Matt,
I am obsessed with nano aquariums. In that vein, I am trying to learn everything I can about Thai micro crabs and how to breed them. Their habitat is disappearing and breeding successfully is going to be essential to keeping them in the hobby and in the world. I’d love a video full of of your opinions on Thai micro crabs.
I love chilli Rasboras! I have a group in a wood and planted tank with red cherry shrimp and a golden mystery snail. Red root floaters on the top ties their colour in so nicely
I totally agree ... they are so Bold in my jungle aquarium ,, they hold there own in my community
Hikari First Bites work really well for the small Rasboras. Not sure if it is small enough for the fry though. Great video Matt!
That's why I use the micro crumb from NT labs for them but I still think the first bites would be too big.
I love them, one of my favorite! I’ve kept with betta, and scarlet badis.
I'm super happy I got 15 of those guys for my 2nd nano tank. Like you mentioned, when i get close to the tank they get excited because it usually means food. It's so cool seeing them swim through the small wood branches. They don't mind sharing the tank with some cherry shrimp.
Yeah they're definitely a top tier nano fish!
Excellent vid Matt. I always enjoy the fish files🙂💙🐠🐡🐟
Glad you enjoyed
You’ve come along at the right time I’m getting bored of md pmsl hehe 🎉
Love every fish files, but the chilis are the next fish on my list to get! I wanted to add them to my sparkling gourami and Cory tank :) It was great to add to my research, thanks Matt!
Thank you so much! They would definitely work well in your aquarium!
I have these at home and they're just amazing!
Great video!😊. Love the fish pictures on the video. Must have been hard to edit. Fun to watch. The fish s that are like cut outs on the screen. Love them very clear images to make choices from.
Thanks Matt
Ahhh this video is 9 days late 😅 I have just stocked my nano with Least ( exclamation mark ) rasbora & Gertrude's spotted blue eye rainbows & some khuli loaches...awesome video as always Matt 💙
Hahaha sorry! Still an amazing mix of fish you have there though!
Couldn’t agree more Matt, Chili Rasbora are fantastic I always want more and more for my tank but size permits I don’t. Keep up the good work 👍
they live in my kitchen at room temperate, cool summer nights or winter frost goes down to 15.5C without even losing color. they only breed in summer for me tho
Thanks Matt I was looking for some Rasbora's, when I get paid I'm going to get some Chilli Rasbora's, great video by the way!
Thank you! Definitely a worthwhile purchase!
@@FishShopMatt Cheers for advice buddy :D
Matt Thank You for you fishes info I appreciate them and yourself quite very much yes indeed sir keep it up and I rewatch review yours as well also too. God bless you always Eternal
I've just brought some January tetra, absolutely love these fish, easy to keep and swim well with others. Also I got some rainbow tetras, now these have a beautiful shimmer to them, Will definitely get more.
Love the Fish Files Matt. It's nice to learn about the different types of fish before deciding which ones we want to invest in. Thank you so much. Love your channel.
Love chilis! First had a group of them ten years ago, love them. Tried to add more to my group yesterday, went to my local Maidenhead yesterday afternoon, they need you up here Matt, it was awful! Lots of dead fish in sale tanks, a particular large firemouth stuck to an intake, the betta rack was grip, a particularly sad looking guy missing both eyes flopping around on his side, fish that essentially looked like fry being sold at full price. Honestly, the tanks at pets at home look better
Nice job, Matt
Another brilliant species showcase!
Excellent video Matt! I have another Rasbora. Labeled as a Strawberry Rasbora at my LFS. The males are smaller than the female and also color up very well. Not as intense as the chilis though. I believe they were the second one in the line of pictures near the start of the video. Small black spot on the side and another at the base of the tail fin.
Super hardy and so far have been in my aquarium for 3+ years. Chili Rasbora are next on my list for the new tank I'm setting up.
Thanks for all of the great information and entertaining content Matt.
Such a lovely species. Unfortunately I made a noob mistake by adding cold water that shocked my vase pair. They eventually succumbed to the physiological injuries incurred seemingly to do with the swim bladder. I cannot wait to add some again in the future as mine were very happy and hardy in a small vase setup. Thanks and cheers.
Amazing information Mat, great❤ work
Thanks
I love my Espei Rasboras ❤
matt... get out of my head :) i'm keeping fish nearly 30 years on and off. i've found a real love for nano species in the last 5 years keeping a few nano tanks. I am planning my large tank to have a lot of nano fish, using some of my current stock in a 60cm tank as the basis for some breeding projects. currently have small groups of pygmy cory's, ruby tetra, emerald rasbora, ember tetra and some chili rasbora. all in I plan on breeding to larger numbers with the stock I have to stock a large tank! congrats on the channel growth
I've got a nice group of them in a 35Liter, their absolutely awesome. Had some clown killis in there before with them, but they did dominate the tank a bit more, causing the chilli's to hide much more.
Yeah the chilli's are so calm with everything.
Love your videos Matt!
Hi Matt, glad I checked out your channel after seeing you on MD's for a while...enjoying the videos! I am planning a large tank, probably a deep 5-6 footer, with mostly Tetras - Green Neons, Rummy Noses, Diamond Head Neons, Ember Tetras, Golden Tetras...too many, most likely! Plus I really like the Forktail Blue Eyes Rainbow Fish (Pseudomugil Furcatus), and some Celestial Danios...knowing that the Danios, the Golden Tetras and the Rainbow Fish will be feisty to their own kind, hope not to the others...plus some of the Aussie versions of Amanos (can't get the real deal here), some dark blue Cherry shrimp and my favourites, the Otocinclus as clean up crew, along with ramshorn snails. Could add some Corydoras, I suppose, but I think I have enough in the tank already.
Probably too many fish! With say 15-20 of most types...I want a peaceful community tank, filled with colour and movement, heavily planted/scaped in the natural style you show so well.
Would love comments re the compatibility of these fish etc 😄 From research, the Rummy Noses would stay schooling together, the other Tetras would often be all mixed in together, and the Danios would stay at the bottom of the tank with their own hidey holes in the scape to feel comfortable enough to come out.
Was thinking of Espei Rasboras, but took them out as too many, sigh.
I have had a 4' tank in the past with Congos and Cardinals, the Congos got too aggressive with any other tank mates, and the Cardinals were pretty shy most of the time.
I have a 6g with 10 chilis...love them so much!! My next nanos, are green neon tetras!
Great video Matt 😀
do a sore tail one
OMG bang on great timing. was going to order some. thanks Matt. theyve been a bugger to get hold of them though
I've heard they can be tricky to get hold of. Hopefully the video has helped you in some way.
Thank you for the video. I m about to buy some chilli soon. It couldn t be more on time a video with info about them especially coming from you. Love from Romania!
Thank you so much, glad it came in handy!
@@FishShopMatt You are a great story teller. I would love more break down videos like this on different fish species.
Great video Matt!
So glad you did this one 🎉
Thank you!
Yes! Chilis are awesome! Great video mate! Making my decision harder on choosing chilis again or cpd’s! 😂
Jolly little fish with a blast of colour - perfect
I keep 6 of them in my 10 gallon tank with alien betta . They are wonderful ❤
oOoOO I do love alien bettas!
@@FishShopMatt yeah, mine is a funny dude. He will do the crazy dance in a front when I walk into the room. Yet, he won’t take any dry foods. I keep for him a culture of white worms lol 😂
That was so interesting Matt, I learned a lot about this beautiful fish.
From the US! I’m so glad you started your own channel!! I’m a “Father Fish “ follower also. All 7 of my tanks are like what he does. So far never a dead anything. I have a gorgeous 2’ tall crystal vase, 5” in the belly. I’m thinking dirt, sand cap, river pebbles, I think it’s willow? bunch of 2 1/2’ long, spiral Val 2’ growth. ( up through the willow) bumble bee nerites, shrimp, and I was thinking about chili rasboras, small group?? And an air stone at bottom for bubbles to top? What do you think Matt??
OMG- partway through the video I noticed your T-shirt. I LOVE IT!!! The design, the colors - it’s absolutely perfect!
Neat, I already got these, they are so nice looking and very chill. I do regret mixing them with the green Kubotai those are way more bulky and bully them for food as they are way more active.
You have inspired me so very much with creating my tanks as well as taking the leap to start my own channel. I love looking back at where your videos where a year ago and see where you've grown with your confidence and editing talents. Thank you for sharing your work and being an inspiration. God bless you and your family.
I am going to enjoy your channel this was very informative, well done ❤❤❤
Love it Matthew
Thanks for your wonderful information Matt. I intend to buy those guys it seems they are great fish.
These are on the list for a new tank we want to set up, so thank you for the info.
You're welcome!
Looking forward to more content! ❤
Love these guys! Had them in my big community tank and as friendly as they are, they'd get lost in the space. Now they are in a smaller dedicated tank with cherry shrimp and they are happy as clams 😊
great review again matt man
Thank you!
Absolutely loved the vid man loved it nice one man 😊
I love chilli rashboaras, but my favorite are the urophtalmoides, I love the gold with black stripe and a hint of red... I have three left of the orignal 12 I bought.....havent seen them again in any of my LFS's..
It's strange we used to order chilli's and always received urothalmoides. It might just be the shippers aren't concentrating on the slightly less colorful rasboras.
@@FishShopMatt Yeah I have asked for more, but I'm told that they havent been on the list. But I keep asking and hoping lol
Keep up the great informative videos! Always feels like a treat to watch an in depth dive on a species. Have you don't ember tetras yet? I look forward to seeing what you put out next.
My first and favourite fish
Giving these guys a go soon! Thanks for the info!
Excellent presentation Matt - You are Aqua Wikipedia .. We are lucky to have you matey 🌈🐡🐟
Have a cube with chillis as well, best nano fish!
I have a 13 gallon shallow with chili rasboras, pygmy cories, and cherry shrimp. I absolutely love them, and your channel was a huge inspiration for the tank! Thank you Matt!
Definitely one of the brightest nano fish that’s suitable for most smaller aquariums! I love mine even if they’re in a slightly larger aquarium and get lost!
Agreed these little ones will definitely get an upgrade in the future.
4ft chilli rasbora biotope incoming next year? 👌😉
Absolutely great video, man! Love this kind of content 👌 really happy. This is a thing! Need to make more for sure. There's plenty other species to make more like this.
I think if you make more content like this you and md could be a great team with a very symbiotic relationship. This is amazing content. And I understand the space you have is likely limited so the quantity of fish you can have is relatively low. But teaming up with md you can have all the species and space in the world to team up and make a million videos like this.
A favorite Rasbora for me I remember came into the hobby in the mid 80's was called the Axel Rasbora now called the Neon or Blue Neon Rasbora. I always thought they looked cool. Blue grey top and orange red belly. Also the Ruby Harlequin but I can't find info on that name and I don't remember the scientific name. Looked almost exactly as the name implied but they were about half the size of Harlequins. About an inch or 3 cm/30 mm.
The axels Rasbora are stunning and wouldn't mind getting a group of them at some point. It sounds like you are describing the espei Rasbora as they are like a brightly colored small harlequin!
Yes you nailed it espei. Lambchop now? Would never had gotten to Lambchop from Ruby.. Thanks.
My Flame Tetra's are brave little ones, they were being rather aggressive with my other fish, I couldn't have that so I got another tank to put them in and got the rest of them from the store. They rarely hide from anything, even my planting or cleaning stuff up, they are right up there checking out what I'm doing lol
Ah, my favourite fish 😀
I add 12 every time I go to my local Maidenhead.
I'm glad you mentioned their confidence as it's often overlooked.
Hi Matt, had these up a week ago, 1 by 1 lost over the couple of weeks unfortunately, sharing 70 litre tank with ember tetras and green neon tetras, dwarf corydoras and albino corydoras, otocinclus and cherry shrimp and 1 male betta, all these fish are fine and healthy, aquarium heavily planted, aquarium is over 6 months old, all the rasbora came from the same shop, parameters are fine and constant, i feed frozen and use crushed flakes and granules. Love these little fish, great channel and very informative.
I’m sooooooo Thankful you popped up on my RUclips. The amount of information I have gotten from you is just crazy. You have also encouraged me to try again with a planted tank. I had one a few years back and my plants did great but my fishies did not. So of course I didn’t try again because of how much I spent to get it all together, I thought that just might be for the pros. The hubby took me out running around yesterday to see what locally we could get around here and unfortunately our pet shops do no have the variety I see you display, do you have an online site you would suggest? Keep up your amazing work
These have been on my wishlist but I think I need a larger tank so I don’t risk overstocking
Always so informative, Matt ❤Love this style from you.
Thanks so much!
thanks for sharing no wonder ive been buying the dull boraras sold as chillie rasboras in Singapore. just a feedback the audio is soft compared to other youtube videos audio level. btw you have a new subscriber to your channel keep it up!!