The scissortail rasbora has a silver iridescence that shimmers and sparkles as it reflects ambient light. As a shoaling species, they are best kept in groups of 6 or more fish. Normally, The males develop the red nose, females are plainer in colour.Browse our selection oflive fishin Coburg Aquarium.

Features ofScissortail Rasbora:

• A slender, with an almost transparent body, a horizontal black line runs from behind the gills to the tail
• The tail is forked, and bears bands of yellow and black, ending with a band of white at the tip
• This fish is a hardy and popular member of the Rasbora group

The Best Aquarium Size for ScissortailRasbora:

The minimum tank size for a small group ofScissortail Rasboras is 40L.Theyprefer tolive in schoolsof a half dozen or more, the scissortail grouping is quite active.We always recommend going with larger aquariums to provide your fish with plenty of room to swim around and get comfortable.

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Tank Mate Compatibility:

Thescissortailrasbora is a shoaling fish; it should be kept in schools of 6 to 10 individuals.You can keep them with any fish as long its not large and predatory.

Great tank mates for Rasbora include:

• Corydoras Catfish
• Dwarf Gourammi
• Cardinal Tetras
• Danios
• Neon Tetra
• Cherry Barb
• Kuhli Loach
• Apistogramma

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Feeding :

The fish have tiny mouths that arent always capable of getting around common fish foods, so keep things as small as possible. A combination ofpelletsorflakes, live/frozen foodlikebrine shrimp,bloodwormsare excellent supplemental foods for your fish.

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Scissortail Rasbora Fish Tank Setup:

Aquarium Filtration

To mimic theScissortailrasboras natural environment,filtration system is important, as scissortails require good quality water. They are naturally accustomed to moving water and would enjoy a current such as that provided by apowerhead.

Plants for ScissortailRasbora

Scissortail Rasboras love plants because they offer some protection if they ever feel threatened.

• Christmas Moss
• Java Moss
• Java Fern
• Cryptocoryne Wendtii
• Amazon Sword
• Anubias

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Decorations for Rasbora

Scissortail Rasboras are small fish. To mimic their riverbed habitat, rock, cove,driftwoodcan be placed in tanks.

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Substrate

You can use a dark-colored sand substrate or gravel.These fish will not spend much time at the bottom of the tank, so you dont need to worry about possible injury from the gravel.

Kirby Pebbles

Aqua One Gravel

Dymax Gravel 2kg

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