Cherry Spot Rasbora

The Cherry Spot Rasbora is a small freshwater fish that originally comes from Southeast Asia (Thailand) and is primarily native to swampy areas and in weakly flowing to stagnant waters. Visually, it is characterized by its silver to golden basic color and the red-colored dorsal and caudal fins that give it its name. Rasbora rubrodorsalis grows to about 3.5 cm tall. In the wild, this fish normally only lives a few months, but in aquarium keeping it becomes significantly older at 2-3 years.

Care in the aquarium

Despite its small body size, this danio needs a lot of swimming space because it is very active and enjoys swimming. An aquarium with an edge length of at least 60 cm should be offered to it. As a schooling fish, it is also very sociable and needs at least 10 members of its species around it. Dense planting as well as stone structures, roots and caves ensure its well-being and are often accepted as places to retreat and hide. The Rasbora rubrodorsalis is not too demanding to keep. It prefers softer water (below 14 ° dGH), a pH value between 5.5 and 7.5 and temperatures between 23 and 28 ° C. As a peaceful fish, the redfin dwarf danio easily mixes with other peaceful fish and adult shrimp socialize.

Feeding

Rasbora rubrodorsalis is an omnivore and is therefore easy to feed. Flake food as well as live and frozen food that is small enough for the danio’s mouth are welcome.

Sexual characteristics and breeding

Male redfin dwarf danios are slightly more intensely colored, remain smaller and are somewhat slimmer than females. There are already successful breedings in aquariums, but we do not know any details about the breeding conditions.