Karen B. Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 I have 7-8 Chili Rasbora in my 15 gallons flex planted aquarium. They are housed with 14 green neon tetra, 3 clown killifish, 3 nerita and about 10 shrimps. Temp is 75, pH 7.4, 0/0/20, gh 7 and kh 4. They are most of the time gathered together in one corner of the tank, swimming in place. None of the other fishes seem to bully them. In the picture, you can see them all in the top right corner where they stay most of the day. where there are no floating plants. The killifish are all over the place and the green neon prefers to swim in and around the plants on the left. I was wondering if it’s a normal behavior for my Chili? Are they afraid of something? I have a 20 gallons with same parameters currently housing 1 honey gourami (soon to add a 2nd and 2-3 otocinclus). Should I move the Chili in that tank, and increase their number to 12 (but according to aquadvisor, I would be at 112% of capacity but still over 125% filtration capacity). I do 20-30% WC each week. This is the 20 gallons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 How long have they been in that tank? They could still be getting used to the environment and are huddling up in an area they know is safe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen B. Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 3 hours ago, H.K.Luterman said: How long have they been in that tank? They could still be getting used to the environment and are huddling up in an area they know is safe. They have been there for over a month! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 i have strawberry rasboras, pretty much the same fish, just less red, and they do tend to be very shy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinyfellows Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 II have a group of 8 Chili rasboras in my 5 gal and they hang around in the corners till they think it’s time to eat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen B. Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 Update : I moved them to the 20 gallons and they are thriving, swimming everywhere alone or in school. I have the feeling they did not like how active my green neon tetra were in the 15 gallons maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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