Patrick’s Rasbora (Rasbora patrickyapi)

The Patrick’s Rasbora (Rasbora patrickyapi) is an active, medium-growing schooling fish endemic to Borneo. With deep red body coloration and a distinctive black stripe popping with iridescence, this species is a spectacular aquarium fish that makes for a striking addition to planted or blackwater tanks. In the wild, they inhabit shallow streams and swampy areas of soft, acidic, tannin-stained waters, usually among aquatic plants or fallen branches. A hardy and adaptable fish in the aquarium, they will do well in a variety of water conditions but will display the best coloration when kept in relatively soft water. Like most schooling rasboras, they are best kept in groups of 5 or more and will thrive with most similarly-sized peaceful tankmates.