Gender Boraras (an anagram of rasbora) belongs to the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes , established in 1993 by experts from Asian ittofauna Vidthayanon Kottelat and on the basis of differences in morphology and reproductive strategy in relation to the genus Rasbora that these fish were initially assigned. To date, the species that belong to it are few: Boraras brigittae, Boraras maculatus, Boraras merah, Boraras micros, Boraras urophthalmoides.
Boraras Merah ,endemico dell'isola del Borneo sud-occidentale,raggiunge dimensioni massime di 20 mm e lo si trova presso stagni abbastanza ombreggiati,fossati con acqua quasi ferma e piccoli corsi d'acqua scura che scorrono ricchi di tannini,acidi umici e di materia organica in decomposizione(foglie cadute dagli alberi,tronchi,ecc...)tra le foreste;Tutti questi habitat sono caratterizzati da acqua tenera e acida (durezza 0-5 Gh,pH 5-6.5).Si consiglia,dunque,la presenza di radici e foglie idonee che associate ad un filtraggio su torba ricreeranno un acqua particolarmente ambrata e contribuiranno,con la formazione di microrganismi,a variare la dieta del pesce.
Boraras Merah ,endemico dell'isola del Borneo sud-occidentale,raggiunge dimensioni massime di 20 mm e lo si trova presso stagni abbastanza ombreggiati,fossati con acqua quasi ferma e piccoli corsi d'acqua scura che scorrono ricchi di tannini,acidi umici e di materia organica in decomposizione(foglie cadute dagli alberi,tronchi,ecc...)tra le foreste;Tutti questi habitat sono caratterizzati da acqua tenera e acida (durezza 0-5 Gh,pH 5-6.5).Si consiglia,dunque,la presenza di radici e foglie idonee che associate ad un filtraggio su torba ricreeranno un acqua particolarmente ambrata e contribuiranno,con la formazione di microrganismi,a variare la dieta del pesce.
Molto pacifico,gregario e socievole, Boraras Merah has a slender body, slender, with small dark spots pinne.Una attack of the great dark spot on each side is surrounded by a red pigment. The rest of the body, punctuated by other reddish spots especially in the gills and along the back, takes a gray-brown.
In its biotopes, Boraras Merah live in groups fed led by a dominant male that creandosi an area turns slightly more females intensa.Nelle belly full of eggs increased significantly in size.
in Nature on a diet essentially zoofaga proving himself a skilled hunter of small live prey such as mosquito larvae, midges, copepods, daphnia and small worms that normally stationed at the bottom. In
aquarium fits with moderate speed to eat dry food or freeze-dried small size, although in the first period may reject them, preferring live food or frozen.
The chemical parameters of water suitable for breeding are: pH: 6-7 Hardness of less than 10 ° dGH temperature between 21 and 26 ° C the conductivity within 100μS/cm.L 'lighting should be medium- low, shielded from floating plants.
Breeding takes place in a Spartan in a group with fast love games, will form a couple that after each pair will release a limited number of eggs in open water or among plants without dealing with subsequent treatment if you want this parentali.Per groped reproduction is a need for a small pool decorated with moss and floating plants where isolate the breeding pair, the couple will then be removed to avoid predation of eggs that will hatch after about 30/40 hours deposizione.Le small larvae feed in the early days by removing the yolk sac and later will be fed with infusoria as rotifers and protozoa to go after a week with Artemia nauplii.