Neon Tetra Vs Chili Rasbora - Whats The Best Fish For Your Aquarium?

[@Wintersdark]

My experience with a range of tetras and rasboras that ostensibly have soft eater requirements is that theyll adapt and do fine, particularly if you get them from a local breeder who breeds in the same water you have. While there are some specific fish where it seems to matter more, I've definitely found that most dont care at all about near-neutral levels (6-8) mostly because the acale is logarithmic - values near 7 (6-8) are all so close together the water just isn't appreciably different. And, as a side note for anyone happening by: never chase values. Unless you want to run a complex system using remoneralized RO watch, do yourself a huge favour and keep your fish in tap water. Unless your water is outside of 6-8... Just dont worry about pH at all. Every water change will maintain a constant ph, and a *constant* ph is way more important than meeting the correct value.

[@GlassBoxDiaries]

Great input as always mate, I defo want to just stick to my regular water pH from now on rather than trying to tweak it.

[@mikefisher4834]

The standard neon tetra has always been the most common tetra in the hobby They’re the clown fish of the freshwater world is how common they are💯

[@GlassBoxDiaries]

Cheers :)

[@LaGaraje]

My compliments for such a well done video ❤- I have exactly the same combination of fish - (just that I have 2 male guppy instead of gourami) Behavior wise I see the same as you mentioned - and yes the chili rasboras are starting to get their colors. I feed them Grindal worms - live food

[@GlassBoxDiaries]

Cheers mate :) They are beautiful little fish, I will have to try find some Grindal worms in my area, tried them with frozen cyclopse but never live food.

[@gezaerdelyi4476]

my chili rasboras were super pale when i bought them a few days ago they are very young but they were red in a few hours in my tank and tey are very active i was surprised that even these young fish can get so red

[@GlassBoxDiaries]

Thats great mate, are they the only fish in the tank or do you have other species in there?

[@gezaerdelyi4476]

@@GlassBoxDiaries I have yellow neon shrimps and 1 very young clown killi which was hatched there accidentally 😂 but that killi is the size of the chili rasbora

[@LaGaraje]

24 hours passed since I got mine - and yes now I can see colors. I was kind of thinking I got scammed😂… I have exactly the same combination of fish - but instead of gourami I have 2 male guppy(who are interested in each other more)

[@PureAndShrimple]

My chillis don't really shoal but i only have 5. Maybe I should get a couple more but the tank is nano. They love the micro granules.

[@GlassBoxDiaries]

I have only ever kept these 10 so have no experience with smaller groups but mine shoal up a fair bit but it might be due to the other fish in the tank making them think some thing is going to eat them.

[@PureAndShrimple]

@GlassBoxDiaries I think 6 minimum is recommended but unfortunately my LFS sells most things in 5s! They seem happy though

[@sickfoo5506]

I have 12 and they bunch up pretty often

[@JordanDaly-un7ih]

Great video, love watching fish species care guides :)

[@GlassBoxDiaries]

Cheers mate :)

[@SinaM992]

The only thing wrong with this setup is the background color. Changing it to black will make everything look much better.

[@GlassBoxDiaries]

Totally agree mate, they were sold out and only had white but I'm slowly switching them over :)

[@mastikhor91]

16:36 what is that tube made of to hold the floating plants

[@GlassBoxDiaries]

PETG or ABS. They are from people on Etsy with 3D printers and I have them from two different vendors who had two different aquarium safe fillaments.

[@RudyDwiHandoko]

Great Video❤. I'm From Indonesia Bro

[@GlassBoxDiaries]

Cheers mate :) What part? Thinking of going to Bali next year.

[@RudyDwiHandoko]

@@GlassBoxDiaries I'm waiting on Bintan Island Are you interested in the Rasbora Harleyqueen fish?

[@cedricvanier7587]

What’s the size of your aquarium?

[@GlassBoxDiaries]

I have 10 mate, largest is 40 US gallons, smallest is just under 7 US gallons.

[@cedricvanier7587]

@@GlassBoxDiaries the one in the video is a what. And how many rasboras and tertras in the tank pictured in the video?

[@GlassBoxDiaries]

@@cedricvanier7587 Its a 29 gallon tank and there's 10 of each along with some other species.

[@JaniceGhostHunter13]

Mine just die....

[@GlassBoxDiaries]

Your neons?

[@JaniceGhostHunter13]

@@GlassBoxDiaries Sadly, yes. I do as they say, but they die. Some die before I can even get them home. I wish I could keep them alive and happy, but I haven't been able to yet. I always use a cycled quarantine tank and check the water parameters, but I have yet to see them live.

[@GlassBoxDiaries]

@@JaniceGhostHunter13 Unfortinatley this is a common problem with neon tetras and finding a good source for them is a pain. If you are in the UK I got mine from Kesgrave Tropicals on eBay.

[@JaniceGhostHunter13]

@@GlassBoxDiaries Sounds like a great place but I live in Texas. But now that you mention it, perhaps I'll go online and get some that way! I might go with cardinal tetras instead, they seem a bit more sturdy, but that's a fantastic idea! And for helping a gal across the pond you have gained a subscriber! Hopefully I'll have good news to relay to you in time.

[@GlassBoxDiaries]

@@JaniceGhostHunter13 Thanks for the sub, I have cardinals in one of my other tanks, they are definatley hardier than my neons so far so I would recommend them over neons if possible. Keep me posted with how it goes :).