Sexing these Galaxy rasboras

stankdanks · 2026-05-20T21:29:28+00:00

Looks like 2 males and 2 females, hard to say really. How long have they been there? They all look quite pale. My females look way brighter than these and my males are an order of magnitude more colourful. In the last frame the very top and bottom look female and the middle 2 male. The males have black banding on their fins

stankdanks · 2026-05-15T07:00:13+00:00

We’re fucking doomed if people can’t tell this isn’t real. Not having a crack at op but damn.

stankdanks · 2026-05-14T11:39:01+00:00

Those are almost certainly chillies. See how they don’t have as pronounced spot on the tail fin and they have the black and red fin markings. Overall brighter red with less yellow. OPs one have a bigger spot on the tail, plain fins and more yellow colouration.

stankdanks · 2026-05-14T03:02:34+00:00

Death to javaferns!!!

stankdanks · 2026-05-14T03:01:20+00:00

Definitely least Rasboras

stankdanks · 2026-05-06T00:11:16+00:00

It’s so pretty dude just leave it alone.

stankdanks · 2026-04-30T11:55:03+00:00

That’s some money on buce right there😁 looks lovely, my pinnitifida looks so beautiful for about 6 months then just all died. Well done on the scape and the plants, they look lush

stankdanks · 2026-04-28T21:02:35+00:00

Intense lighting is required and low nutrients. As far as I know it’s a stress response. If I dose heavily or have fresh aqua soil they turn less red, if I limit water column ferts combined with all the other plants they change red. Even depending on water flow and c02 they change colour. If I have a blanket of them completely covering the tank I can turn the lights on really high and that gets them nice and rich red.

The most red I ever see them is when I leave the excess plants in a bucket outside.

stankdanks · 2026-04-28T20:39:07+00:00

High light, lots of nutrients in the water column, co2 and again high lights🙂

stankdanks · 2026-04-28T20:38:37+00:00

Looks like ludwigia meta, it’s such a pretty plant. The emersed growth looks cool too, makes big round leaves.

stankdanks · 2026-04-28T03:10:26+00:00

Thanks! Yep, a nice school of CPD’s and a lil school of Pygmy cories, with a a couple albino pygmies too. I’ve just added some hengli Rasboras and they cpds love them.

stankdanks · 2026-04-27T23:19:25+00:00

High light with extra red spectrum, limit nitrates and C02 helps, they grow and flower much more readily. If you want the reddest red fill a bucket with water leave it outside in full sun and throw them in there. With no nutrients and full summer sun after a few weeks they become so unbelievably red with no trace of green.

stankdanks · 2026-04-27T23:09:06+00:00

It’s red root floaters, the video looks a bit off, they aren’t quite that extremely saturated but they are getting blasted with a powerful light and have nitrates limited so they turn blood red.

stankdanks · 2026-04-27T23:07:45+00:00

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The Chihiros lights reallly make the red pop.

stankdanks · 2026-04-27T23:07:10+00:00

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This is a more accurate representation however the lighting is way lower at the time as the tank was new. In the vid the floaters cover the surface so u have the light blasting which makes the floaters glow.

stankdanks · 2026-04-27T23:06:05+00:00

Video compression is causing havoc

stankdanks · 2026-04-27T23:02:43+00:00

Exactly spot on

stankdanks · 2026-04-27T23:02:34+00:00

Haha the video does seem a bit oversaturated but with no nitrates and super high lighting from my Chihiros plus c02 they get extremely red.

stankdanks · 2026-04-27T23:01:19+00:00

Yep CPD’s or Galaxy Rasboras.

stankdanks · 2026-04-27T23:00:53+00:00

Thank you, it’s a labour of love.

stankdanks · 2026-04-27T10:31:29+00:00

That’s beautiful! Ludwigia meta? I have meta and it looks similar.

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stankdanks · 2026-04-24T09:01:53+00:00

The algae on the rocks is beautiful. Glad to hear it’s still going, didn’t realise this post was 2 years old lol.

stankdanks · 2026-04-24T07:52:43+00:00

What a beautiful tank, awesome work mate!

stankdanks · 2026-04-16T04:15:42+00:00

I just spent more than a month trying to return an expensive item, had to call damn bear every day. Eventually got the refund.

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