Purple Harlequin Rasbora (Trigonostigma heteromorpha), Tank-Bred!

Purple Harlequin Rasbora (Trigonostigma heteromorpha), Tank-Bred!

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This color variant is a very lovely development on an all-time classic species!

The Purple Harlequin Rasbora (Trigonostigma heteromorpha) makes an absolutely captivating addition to any aquarium. Its body has a high amount of purple color that is a variant on the nominal wild variety. The combination of bold colors really makes this fish stand out from all others, especially when paired with dark-colored substrate. Males tend to be more colorful than females, and its "lambchop" markings are usually more pointed in appearance. Females are often rounder in shape. Its diminutive size makes this fish great for nano tanks!

The Purple Harlequin Rasbora is easy in care as long as it has stable water parameters with good water quality. Like all rasboras and danios, this fish is completely peaceful and totally safe to keep with other fish (as long as the other fish are peaceful as well), snails, shrimp, and live plants. While it is safe with adult shrimp, it might prey on shrimp fry. The Purple Harlequin Rasbora is a schooling fish that can only thrive in groups of at least 6-8 specimens. Keeping this fish in a large school will ensure its most natural behavior, especially top coloration from males as they compete for the attention of females. When this fish is healthy and placed in a well-cycled and densely planted aquarium, it is fairly likely that it will spawn, and you may see fry start to appear.

The Purple Harlequin Rasbora is omnivorous and not too picky about eating. It will likely eat fish flakes or pellets, but also needs a varied diet of frozen meaty and/or live meaty foods (such as brine shrimp, bloodworms, daphnia, and insect larvae) in order to breed or even show its best coloration. It will also eat blanched vegetables such as lettuce, zucchini, kale, etc.

The Purple Harlequin Rasbora is a very undemanding, classic fish that is a prime candidate for the planted or nano aquarium!

What We Like About This Fish:

Unique pattern and striking colors
Ideal schooling fish
Safe with plants
Completely peaceful
Possible to breed in the aquarium

RECOMMENDED TANK PARAMETERS:

Temperature: 72° - 79° F (22° - 26° C)
pH: 6.0 - 7.0
KH: 2 - 10 dKH
Minimum tank size: 10 gallons

CARE GUIDELINES:

Diet: Omnivorous. Will readily accept most flake foods and algae wafers, as well as freeze-dried daphnia, bloodworms, tubifex, and brine shrimp.
Social behavior: Peaceful, schooling/shoaling.
Origin: Tank-bred, but indigenous to Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra
Average adult size: 1.4 - 1.8 inches (3.5 - 4.5 cm)
Average purchase size: .5-1 inch (1.3-2.5 cm)

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For the safety of our animals, we only ship live fish, crabs, and select other inverts exclusively via UPS 1 Day Air. If your order contains this item, you will only see UPS 1 Day Air as a shipping option during checkout. If other items are in your cart that can ship with 2 day or standard shipping options the only shipping method you can still select is UPS 1 Day Air.

UPS 1 Day is a description of the duration of time a shipment will spend in transit once it has been shipped. This does not guarantee the package will be shipped the same or next day from which the order was placed.

Shipping Schedule for this service

UPS 1 Day: Monday through Thursday

Current Handling Time:

1-9 business days

Here at Aquatic Arts, we consider the welfare of the live animals we are shipping to be of the foremost importance. This process is much more involved than simply creating a shipping label and affixing it to a box. Depending on the order, it takes from 4 to 7 people to complete this process properly. We check the weather conditions here where they fly out of the Indianapolis UPS facility and the destination for each shipment. We start early each morning and go through a multi-step process to have the day's shipments prepared in time for the UPS pickup. The volume of orders in our system also affects the processing time. Therefore our stated handling time is 1-9 business days.

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Purple Harlequin Rasbora (Trigonostigma heteromorpha), Tank-Bred!