Wanted: Galaxy Rasboras (Celestial Pearl Danios)

Have been trying to find them, but have had no luck.

Looking for 30+.

 

I would love a shoal of these for my office tank!

 

ohh those are nice. please us updated if you manage to find them in cape town.

 

They are really nice I have 12 of them in my tank.

 

Where did you get/find them?

Because even my LFS can’t get them, at least not at a reasonable price.

 

Ahaha, they are rare as hens teeth so when you do find them don't expect to pay a reasonable price for them anything upwards of R 45 a fish. I got mine with a fish tank I bought off the APSA forum.

 

I bought 6 of these 3 weeks ago for R20 a fish. And they had about a hundred of them. Butt sold really quick

 

I have successfully bread these guys, and I have about 80 of them in my 4 foot tank, they are one of my favourite fish, and have awesome little personalities. I actually was privelaged enough to watch them spawn last week Saturday in my 3 foot tank. As they grow older they do not school anymore, but do spawn as a school. They are rear, and on most sites, they will advise you to only buy them for breeding purposes as they are threatened in the wild. They are rather new in the hobby and they where discovered only in about 2007 or so, cant remember the exact date.

 

@HennieRoux. That is awesome. I also like these fish. I only have 6 of them. They are the only fish I have. But I only have a 30l tank

 

are they bigger than normal or is the photo playing tricks on me?

 

They are tiny. Its just the pic. We will be getting again I think the 27th of feb

 

Do you have any estimation on price?

 

R35_R45 might be higher becausw of the awesome Rand/Dollar situation

 

need to source some local breeders

 

Exactly, as much as I want these fish considering they are so small, the price for a good sized shoal just seems a bit ridiculous.

 

If you want a nice fish that shoals, try the green axelrodies, cheaper and awesome. Smaller then a neon, slightly larger then the galaxie.

 

@HennieRoux you should breed more and sell them! Looks like there is a huge demand for them... I would also love to have some they are awesome

 

@francoisve my breeding days are over for now, I have spend most of my days breeding, now its planted tanks and scaping, siting down and enjoying the view, without doing 1000`s of litres of water changes. But when I do start again, I will start with them as they are rather easy to breed.

 

I got myself ten of these at Dorry Pets at R35 each, they were very small, but they settled in nicely in my 4ft and are growing nicely. I have found their shoaling instincts are not that great, maybe if you have more in a tank they will shoal better or in a species only tank. Little is known about this species as they were only discovered in 2006/07 like Hennie said and they approaching the endangered list pretty quick, I would also advise if you get some to try and breed them. But they are beautiful fish, they almost look like mini trout!

 

How do you breed them?

Ive also got a few of them?