Lambchop Rasbora (Espei Rasbora)

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If you set up an ugly tank of light white marble pebbles of fake shiny quartz blinding bright white LED horn-breaking cold ice white shot like daytime like an aseptic blinding bright hospital kindergarten brilliant white... the Espeis (Shy of dark shady swamps thick with dark turbid dense amber tea branches and dead fallen oak leaf yellow brown tannic tannin bitter sweet magic mysterious dyed calm opaque secret) will hate you. They will be phobic terrified frightened exposed hunted stressed visible asphyxiated weak trembling pale dull opaque grey sad unhappy. But if you dye the water with amber brownish forest tea with dry leaves and real natural roots dull muffled soft faint dim veiled warm yellowish dark light... by genetic ethological amazing enchanting hypnotic stupendous fabulous epic triumphal magic they will explode instantly like spouts embers lit coals ruby orange matches carmine sapphire scarlet fire bright gold bronze blinding incandescent small floating flames giving a crazy optical miracle unsurpassed abyssal unequaled amazing unforgettable proud joy.

The Mixed Store Trap (Hengeli vs Faded Espei Sad Disappointing Expensive Visual Scam Deception Silly Careless Aquarist Inattentive):

When you try to buy them and you are in the store staring at the tanks, watch out for the drama. Often in the large tanks badly labeled at random by the tired sweaty silly slow wholesalers they throw a disastrous mix of *T. espei* and *T. hengeli* (Glowlight Rasbora). They are identical in shape. BUT the Hengeli (which costs less often or the same but disappoints immensely) has only a thread of faded faint phosphorescent orange above the black line and remains transparentish pale white grey dull faded ugly sad, while the Pure and Divine certified original Espei burns with a solid intense dense full massive loaded blinding and saturated fire orange color that colors it entirely compactly thickly softly and uniformly warmly allllll the belly and the snout without leaving useless clear scales. Learn to recognize them or you will find yourself at home with a sad and greyish unexpected boring cold limp and dull school of fake Espeis for having thrown ignorant the ATM card to the careless liar false foolish greedy negligent superficial dishonest lazy donkey absent-minded fake incompetent inept salesman.

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Given its insect size, thin as a toothpick of barely 1.2 inches esile lean thin drawn out weak short light impalpable almost elusive fleeting fragile crystal delicate filiform, slipping this wonderful orange school of 10 Espeis in the aquarium with the Angelfish that is 4 or 5 years old nice and big floating harmlessly... means transforming into 5 sad macabre inexorable cruel wide painful agonizing nocturnal silent dark mysterious tragic lethal ruthless cruel harsh bloody devouring greedy gluttonous voracious satiated insatiable murderous cruel nights the entire economic investment. The Angelfish and large fish will suck it up yawning in a whole bite crunching it satiated gluttonous greedy fast cunning cynical by stealth in the dark bottom sleeping blind mute sleepy slothful blissful unaware naive distracted peaceful asleep dreaming placid submissive angelic group.

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Another spectacle that the Espei gives compared to the clumsy and corpulent wide stubby Harlequin cousin scattered anarchic chaotic relaxed lascivious listless distracted independent frayed asynchronous free randomly around the tank is the pure threat instinct of the tight defensive closed very thick phalanx school compact united closed sealed very tight round inseparable united cohesive. Your strong steps or a shadow outside the glass are enough, and instantly, telepathically the 20 orange Espeis will tighten in unison to the millimeter creating a rotating red ball in the middle of the water, moving all perfect identical synchronous frightened parallel geometric and specular formidably beautiful to cry from emotion giving the thrill and sense of natural documentary wonder Asian authentic immaculate rare amazing sublime epic masterful unobtainable in poor amateur cheap and banal home aquarium.