🐟 Scissortail Rasbora – Active Schooling Pack (6 Fish)

Rasbora trilineata | Elegant fast-swimming community schooling fish

Add graceful movement and constant activity to your aquarium with Scissortail Rasboras — a peaceful schooling species admired for their streamlined body, shimmering silver coloration, and distinctive scissor-like tail movement.

These fish are highly active mid-water swimmers that create a dynamic and natural display when kept in groups, making them an excellent choice for larger planted and community aquariums.

✨ Why aquarists love Scissortail Rasboras

✔️ Elegant schooling behavior — active synchronized swimming throughout the tank
✔️ Distinctive tail movement — unique “scissoring” motion while swimming
✔️ Peaceful temperament — excellent for community aquariums
✔️ Shimmering silver appearance — subtle yet highly attractive in planted setups
✔️ Hardy and adaptable species — suitable for a wide range of aquariums

📦 What you receive

• 6 × Scissortail Rasbora
• Size: Juvenile/Sub-adult
• Carefully selected from stable, healthy batches

🌍 About the species

Rasbora trilineata originates from Southeast Asia, where it inhabits calm rivers and slow-moving waters.

These fish are known for:

• Continuous schooling activity
• Fast but peaceful swimming behavior
• Metallic silver body coloration
• Distinct forked tail movement
• Strong compatibility with community fish

When maintained in groups, they create a lively and natural mid-water display.

🏡 Ideal aquarium setup

Scissortail Rasboras thrive best in:

• Planted aquariums
• Larger community tanks
• Open swimming areas
• Stable filtration and water flow
• Groups of 6 or more

Recommended setup:

• 90 liters or larger
• Long swimming space
• Peaceful tankmates
• Stable tropical water conditions

⚠️ Compatibility notes

Scissortail Rasboras are peaceful and social fish.

Not ideal with:

• Large aggressive cichlids
• Predatory fish
• Extremely territorial species
• Very small nano tanks

Best suited for:

✔️ Community aquariums
✔️ Planted tanks
✔️ Larger schooling fish setups
✔️ Peaceful tropical communities

🚚 Professionally packed for live arrival

Every shipment is treated as a live biological transport, not a standard parcel.

Your fish are packed using:

• Oxygen-filled fish bags
• Temperature-insulated packaging
• Shock-absorbing thermocol protection
• Fastest safe transport routes available

This minimizes transit stress and improves live arrival success.

🛡️ Live Arrival Guaranteed*

Instant Refund of Full Replacement for DoAs in accordance with our Refund Policy.

👉 You are not taking the risk alone.

💰 Total Delivered Price: ₹1,499/-

No hidden charges.
No surprise shipping fees.
The displayed price is the final delivered price.

🧠 Why is this priced at ₹1,499/-?

Unlike conventional aquarium stores, we do not price livestock only by “per fish” cost.

This pricing includes the entire safe delivery ecosystem, including:

• Fish value and batch quality
• Oxygen packing and insulation materials
• Specialized live-animal packaging
• Express transport logistics
• Mortality risk management

In many cases, shipping and packaging alone exceed ₹600 per order.

👉 This approach ensures every shipment remains ethical, viable, and survival-focused.

🧭 Is this right for you?

✔️ You want an active and elegant schooling fish
✔️ You are building a peaceful community aquarium
✔️ You enjoy natural synchronized swimming behavior
✔️ You want movement and activity without aggression

⚠️ Not ideal if:

• Your aquarium is very small
• You keep highly aggressive fish
• You prefer slow-moving centerpiece species
• Your tank lacks open swimming space

🔬 Nero Labs Standard

These fish are maintained with:

• Controlled batch monitoring
• Observation-based selection
• Stress-aware handling
• Survival-focused transport preparation

We prioritize long-term stability and health over bulk-volume movement.

👉 Add elegant schooling movement to your aquarium

Experience the natural flow and active schooling beauty of Scissortail Rasboras from Nero Labs.

Scissortail Rasbora (Rasbora trilineata)

Description

The Scissortail Rasbora (Rasbora trilineata), offered by Nero Labs, is a selectively maintained ornamental cyprinid recognized for its elongated, streamlined body, reflective silver coloration, and distinctive forked caudal fin marked with bold black striping. Native to large rivers and floodplain systems of Southeast Asia, this species is adapted for continuous midwater swimming and exhibits strong schooling behaviour in open, well-oxygenated environments.

Body coloration presents as bright silver to pale metallic grey with subtle horizontal striping along the flanks. The deeply forked tail, edged with contrasting black bands, creates the characteristic “scissor” visual effect during movement. Behaviour is active yet non-aggressive, with coordinated group swimming observed when maintained in appropriate numbers. Colour clarity and fin contrast improve with maturity, high water quality, and ample swimming space.

Individuals supplied are lab-reared and system-acclimated within controlled, closed-system environments, reducing early-life stress and supporting predictable long-term adaptation to established aquaria. This lineage represents domesticated ornamental stock maintained for display reliability and aquarium suitability rather than wild ecological performance or conservation deployment.

System & Rearing Notes

Origin: In-house, Nero Labs
Rearing environment: Controlled, closed system
Line status: Selectively maintained ornamental rasbora lineage
Behaviour: Peaceful, active, strongly schooling
Feeding behaviour: Omnivorous; readily accepts prepared and supplemental feeds
Swimming profile: Midwater, continuous open-space swimmer
Colour development: Stable; enhanced under high oxygenation and low-stress conditions

Minor variation in body length, tail stripe sharpness, and silver sheen may occur between individuals and reflects normal biological diversity within maintained ornamental populations.

Availability & Use

Availability of Scissortail Rasboras is cycle-dependent and aligned with biological readiness and system capacity rather than commercial inventory targets. This species is recommended for intermediate aquarists capable of providing adequate tank length, open swimming areas, and stable water parameters.

Best suited for large ornamental community aquaria, river-style displays, and mixed-species tanks with similarly active, non-aggressive fish.

Important Note

Scissortail Rasboras require significant horizontal swimming space and benefit from group housing to prevent stress-related behaviour. Confined or overcrowded systems may result in erratic swimming and reduced fin quality.

Ethical & Operational Context

Distribution of Scissortail Rasboras through Nero Labs emphasizes organism welfare, closed-system integrity, and responsible management of active schooling cyprinids. Proceeds support continued refinement of large-tank husbandry protocols, swimming-space optimization, and applied ornamental aquaculture initiatives.