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Tropical Fish Keeping Help and Advice => Fish Species => Rasbora Fish => Topic started by: Extreme_One on June 11, 2015, 11:45:27 AM

Title: Celestial Pearl Danio / Galaxy Rasbora
Post by: Extreme_One on June 11, 2015, 11:45:27 AM

I was admiring the example which appears as one of the rotating banner images on the homepage of this site and so looked it up on the Fish Profile fishfinder (http://www.thinkfish.co.uk/fish/celestial-pearl-danio.html).

I was extremely surprised when, during my last visit to my LFS they had just received a consignment of these little beauties. They were selling them as Galaxy Rasboras. They also had a shoal in one of their show tanks and they looked superb in a heavily planted environment.

They told me they were captive bred and in fact they say that it's quite rare for them to stock wild-caught fish nowadays.

I am now definitely considering adding some of these to my community tank.

I notice I can't add these to my tank in the Community Builder.
Presumably, due to captive breeding, these are no longer as scarce as they once were ... ?

Are there any plans to add these to the Community Builder?

Title: Re: Celestial Pearl Danio / Galaxy Rasbora
Post by: Extreme_One on June 11, 2015, 12:04:59 PM

Doh!

I have found that you can add the fish using the name Galaxy Rasbora, but not when viewing the CElestial Pearl Danio.

Sorry for the pointless post.

Title: Re: Celestial Pearl Danio / Galaxy Rasbora
Post by: Sue on June 11, 2015, 01:24:34 PM

This fish has had many names since it was discovered a few years ago. Maidenhead Aquatics used to sell it as firework rasbora. And it's had several Latin names as well.
This is what happens when a new fish is rushed out into shops before the taxonomists have had time to look at it.

Title: Re: Celestial Pearl Danio / Galaxy Rasbora
Post by: Richard W on June 12, 2015, 03:36:43 PM

They are obviously very easy to breed as I have half a dozen (at least) baby ones in my tank which appeared a few weeks ago. I suspect the filamentous algae was probably the saviour of the eggs.

Title: Re: Celestial Pearl Danio / Galaxy Rasbora
Post by: Extreme_One on June 12, 2015, 05:10:20 PM

Quote from: Richard W on June 12, 2015, 03:36:43 PM

They are obviously very easy to breed as I have half a dozen (at least) baby ones in my tank which appeared a few weeks ago. I suspect the filamentous algae was probably the saviour of the eggs.

Nice one!  :cheers:

Looking forward to getting my little shoal.

Title: Re: Celestial Pearl Danio / Galaxy Rasbora
Post by: Extreme_One on August 14, 2015, 10:43:53 AM

Reserved my little shoal of six Celestial Pearl Danios for collection on Saturday.  :cheers: