feeding Harlequin Rasboras

[direlobo]

Am getting a school of Harlequin Rasbora for a new 12 gal tank I'll be buying. Expect to add 4 more after they get acclimated.

Will also eventually have some cory cats in this community tank.

Anything I should know in advance about feeding the Harlequin Rasboras?

Thank you!

[ldoerr]

I have harlequin rasbora, corries and others in my 29g planted community tank. The harlequins ALWAYS stay in the top 1/2 - 1/3 of the tank. I feed mine flake food. As for the corries I alternate giving them shrimp pelits and bottom feeder tablets.

I really do not think that your tank is big enough for 2 species of schooling fish. Remember that the BARE MINIMUM school size is 6+ with 10+ being SOOOOOO MUCH BETTER. I noticed a HUGE difference in my fish when I upped the school size to 10. If I were you I would just do the harlequins and MAYBE a dwarf gourami. That tank is NOT BIG ENOUGH for two schools of fish. I think that you will like a DG. Mine swims laps in my tank. He go up and down in the water column.

[Indian Woods Angels]

agree with above

[ameliaaahx]

I third that.

[SueD]

I'll add a little different opinion. You could add one type of the dwarf cories, like cory hasbrosus, and you could probably have 5-6 of these. There are also cory pygmaeus and cory hastasus. These last two may travel mid-tank more than hasbrosus, which stays more to the bottom and is just so darn cute.

Just make sure you have adequate filtration for both schools.

[Lady Hobbs]

You are planning on 16 rasbora in that 12 gallon tank? That tank is too small for that many rasbora much less corys, as well.

[direlobo]

Hoping for 10 rasboras (not 16) -- previously told by 4 people @ 2 LSFs (not on AC) that the tank could handle 2 schools of 10 ea small fish (dwarf cories & h. rasbora). Glad I wrote this post & learned otherwise.

Since I started just keeping an aquarium about 3-4 months ago, I discovered that there's so much conflicting or just wrong info at LFS's & on the internet. So I'm checking things out on AC BEFORE I do anything because what I don't know can hurt fish.

I want to get rid of way too small first tank (3 gal tera half moon kit) housing my betta rescued from a planted vase & a zebra nerite. Don't have room for a larger tank than the 12 gal fluval edge (it's tall rather than wide). Will get a 30 or 38 gal Nuvo tank when opening new office in 1-2 months. But right now I'm just wrapping up cycling planted 12 gal, so trying to plan right right community for it.

Based on volume calculations on internet / LSF info, was hoping to add 6, then 4 more H. rasporas, then the bottom feeders (habrosus corydoras), finally betta boy. (3-gal remains back up in case he is aggressive). Dwarf gouramis not comp w/ betta.

Can I safely have 10 rasboras + betta + nerite in 12 gal Fluval edge?

Was told that 12 gal Fluval Edge filter is really good. Is that not true either?

Once again, thank you all so much! I love this forum.

[ldoerr]

A 3g is plenty of space for a betta. I keep 6 males in a 20g High (divided of course). I have 2 females that share a 2.5g and 2 more females that share a 5g. (Yes I do have 10 bettas. And no I do not breed them nor plan on it.)

[MandyK]

I'm not against trying bettas in a community, but for some reason I would be very scared to try it in a tank as small as a 12g.

[Zanethan]

I'm not against trying bettas in a community, but for some reason I would be very scared to try it in a tank as small as a 12g.

My roommate has a Beta in a community 12 gallon with cardinal tetras and they are all doing great.