Species profile
Chili rasbora
Boraras brigittae
ai-generated confidence: high
AI-generated aquarium-care values from common hobby consensus; expert review is recommended before launch-quality advice.
Care table
| Water type | freshwater |
|---|---|
| Care level | moderate |
| Minimum tank | 10 US gal / 38 L |
| Minimum group size | 8 |
| Adult size | 2 cm |
| Temperature | 23-28 C |
| pH | 4.5-7 |
| Hardness | 1-8 dGH |
| Salinity | 0-0 ppt |
| Temperament | peaceful nano schooling |
| Aggression notes | Tiny, timid schooling fish for mature planted or blackwater nano tanks; easily outcompeted or eaten. |
| Diet | micro omnivore |
| Swim zone | middle/top |
| Activity level | moderate |
| Bioload | very low |
| Reef safe | Not applicable or not reviewed |
| Plant safe | Yes |
| Invert safe | Yes |
| Compatibility tags | freshwater, schooling, peaceful-community, soft-water, tiny-fish, timid-nano-fish |
| Avoid with tags | large-predator, boisterous, hard-water-specialist |
Tank mate compatibility
Generated same-water-type pair checks for Chili rasbora.
- Can Chili rasbora and Angelfish live together? not recommended
- Can Chili rasbora and Betta live together? caution
- Can Chili rasbora and Bristlenose pleco live together? caution
- Can Chili rasbora and Bronze cory live together? caution
- Can Chili rasbora and Cardinal tetra live together? caution
- Can Chili rasbora and Cherry shrimp live together? caution
- Can Chili rasbora and Ember tetra live together? caution
- Can Chili rasbora and Harlequin rasbora live together? caution
- Can Chili rasbora and Guppy live together? caution
- Can Chili rasbora and Honey gourami live together? caution
- Can Chili rasbora and Molly live together? not recommended
- Can Chili rasbora and Kuhli loach live together? caution
- Can Chili rasbora and Neon tetra live together? caution
- Can Chili rasbora and Otocinclus live together? caution
- Can Chili rasbora and Pearl gourami live together? caution
- Can Chili rasbora and Peppered cory live together? caution
- Can Chili rasbora and Platy live together? not recommended
- Can Chili rasbora and Pygmy cory live together? caution
- Can Chili rasbora and Swordtail live together? not recommended
- Can Chili rasbora and Tiger barb live together? not recommended
- Can Chili rasbora and Zebra danio live together? not recommended
Sources and attribution
Source links are verification references for taxonomy and identifiers. Aquarium-care values are AI-generated from common hobby consensus and need expert review before launch-quality advice.
- Wikidata search - Taxonomy/identifier verification lead only.
- GBIF species search - Taxonomy verification lead only.