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Photo thanks to dwagn

Name:
Scientific name: Trigonostigma hengeli - Glowlight rasbora
Common name: Glowlight rasbora
AKA: Hengel's rasbora, Porkchop rasbora

Country of origin: South-East Asia

pH: 5.0 - 7.5
Temperature: 23 - 28c
Hardness: 18 - 179 ppm
Water flow: low - standard
Oxygenation: standard

Maximum size: 3cm

Diet: Live, frozen, flake & pellet foods.

Breeding: Males - slimmer, smaller & more brightly coloured.
Breeds at 28c in soft acidic water.
Pairs 1 year+ old spawn on the underside of leaves, crypts are ideal. The eggs stick to the leaves.
Remove the parents once they have spawned to prevent predation on eggs & fry.
Feed fry on infusoria, then BBS.

Tank companions: It lives in a similar habitat to South American fish, and goes well with other peaceful tetras, cardinals, corydoras, even discus. It is peaceful, and a good community fish.

It naturally occurs with Betta simplex.

It is a shoaling fish, and should be in a group of 8 or more.

As with all fish, it will eat anything it can fit in its mouth, and equally can be eaten by fish able to fit it in their mouth. It is a relatively small fish, and this should be taken into account when choosing tank companions.

Tank:
Minimum of 3ft tank for a small group.

It does best in a tank with a dark substrate, with heavy planting & low light, or alternately a bioscape with sand, driftwood, crypts and tannins. There is a list of low-light plants here:
http://www.aquariumlife.com.au/showt...ank-companions

It is often confused with very similar species -
Trigonostigma heteromorpha - copper with black triangle
http://www.aquariumlife.com.au/conte...arlequin-tetra
Trigonostigma hengeli - clearer fish, copper above & below black lambchop mark
Trigonostigma espei - copper with black lambchop mark
http://www.aquariumlife.com.au/conte...alse-harlequin
Trigonostigma somphongsi - the black is a thin stripe only. Extremely rare in the trade.

Trigonopoma pauciperforatum - also known as "Glowlight rasbora"
http://www.aquariumlife.com.au/conte...wlight-Rasbora

Trigonostigma hengeli are legal imports to Australia as of 21/10/2013:
http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiv...mport-list.pdf

The IUCN Red List reports Trigonostigma hengeli as a species which has not yet been assessed at 21/10/2013:
http://www.iucnredlist.org/search

It is very important not to release any aquarium specimens into our waterways. Any that are not sold or re-homed/ given away, can often be re-sold to aquarium stores. If they are homed in ponds, care should be taken that they cannot escape in run-off into our waterways. Even if fish are native & local they should not be moved from one waterway to another, as this can transfer disease. If they are not local fish, they can both spread disease and either out-compete or eat local fish, shrimp & plants, causing their demise.

It is a good fish for beginners.


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