At the end of March, a label on a tank in a local pet shop caught my attention to some fish called Galaxy Rasbora, which later turned-out to be Microrasbora erythromicron., common names could be Crossbanded or Emerald Dwarf Rasbora.
Male Microrasbora erythromicron
Photograph courtesy of Mike Noren
I purchased these little fish (25mm), knowing they were Microrasbora erythromicron in a hope to breed them, I don’t think these are rare, but at present probably less common than the famous Galaxy Rasbora.
I checked the tank this evening, and I have a few fry from the trio.
I’m ecstatic, I haven’t felt like this since, breeding my first guppies, and that’s a long time ago!
Maybe I’ll now find that elusive Galaxy Rasbora, and give them the same “luving”, in a hope to breed them.
It’s taken over 400 shots to get the following pictures, glad I’ve got a digital camera. These were taken on the digital SLR, I’m running back in with the other camera, it has a better macro function (and it’s cheaper if it falls in the tank!)
fry at approx 5mm (click thumbnail for larger image)
single Microrasbora erythromicron fry (click thumbnail for larger image)
