Blue Axelrodi Rasbora

The deep blue rasboras make a beautiful school in a small aquarium. Blue axelrodi rasboras look best in small planted aquariums, and they get along with fancy shrimp and other gentle tank mates. These fish are wild-caught in the Indonesian islands and adapt well to the aquarium environment. Blue axelrodi prefer high-quality flake food. Other axelrodi rasboras include red and green, but these are even more difficult to import, and frankly the blue show the best color in a fish tank.

Quick Facts

Care Guide

Tank setup: Give them dense plants, floating plants, a dark substrate and gentle filtration (a sponge filter is ideal, since they are small enough to be pulled into strong intakes). Soft, slightly acidic water brings out their best color.

Feeding: Feed crushed flake or micro pellets once or twice a day, only as much as they eat in a couple of minutes. They also enjoy frozen brine shrimp.

Tankmates: Keep them with other tiny, peaceful fish such as other micro rasboras, small tetras, pygmy corydoras, otocinclus and dwarf shrimp. Avoid large or boisterous fish, which can eat or stress them.

Good to know: Micro rasboras show their best color and natural schooling behavior in larger groups and well-planted tanks.