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Barb fishThe term ” Barb” can cause some confusion, since it is used for a wide range of different fish species.
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Barb Species: Key Points, Tips & Tricks - Barbs Q/A Barbs are hardy and active schooling fish. These schooling fish can become aggressive if kept singly or in pairs.
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Tee barb, spanner barb, T bar barbImage gallery: Additional species photographs Distribution ...
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Group: BarbOrigin or Range: Sri Lanka Relative Size: Smaller Than Average (as compared to other freshwater fish) ...
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Matt Clarke looks at an attractive barb that's being sold as Barbus mahecola in the UK's aquatic shops.
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The male will turn "cherry" red when ready to spawn, hence the name " Cherry Barb". A small peaceful easy to spawn fish. The fry are very small and require the tiniest foods for the first week. See Fry Food for more info.
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Rosy BarbBarbus conchonius HABITS This is a hardy fish indeed. Now that it comes in various colour formats, it has become quite a favourite in aquariums. It is a good middle of the tank show off.
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This barb looks and acts very much like the closely related Tinfoil Barb. The Large Scale Barb may be a little smaller than the Tinfoil when a full-grown adult. The scale color should be more tan than silver in color. Rocky areas are not needed.
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Rosy Barb ( Barbus conchonius): The Rosy Barb is a hardy and colourful fish. Its very ready to breed, and mature males change to a deep pink colour when they get a bit randy. SizeOriginEase of keepFoodTempType 100 mm N.India ...
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From: Barb - Smelly AquariumQuestion - I have a 29 gallon tank which has been going for 2.5 years, the home of community fish. I have recently added 3 Rummy Nose and 3 tetras but the tank is not overcrowded.
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Cherry BarbVeterinary & Aquatic Services Department, Drs. Foster & Smith, Inc.
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Know as a Damsel Barb or Tiger Barb. A tropical cypriniform, this barb is aggressive and should be kept in a shoal of eight or more to keep it from bothering other fish and the tank size should be rather large, say 10 or preferably 15 gallon.
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For years now, I have seen this pretty little golden barb with its black- green markings always active looking for food in dealers' tanks. Full grown, they reach 2-1/2 inches, a size I have never seen.
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With the exception of the Tinfoil Barb, we have not found a Barb yet that didn't make a good hardy fish for cycling aquariums.
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Bala Sharks are actually a Barb, and as such are a schooling fish. Because of this they will do best in groups, and, if possible, the larger the group, the better.
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Antoher of the three most aggressive fish is the Barb species. These fish are fairly small but tend to nip at fins. This is especially a problem if they are not kept with a school of Barbs since they are nipping fish withing there schools.
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Imagine a fish that looks like a cross between an angelfish and a tiger barb, but with a gentler nature than either species. This fish really does exist, and can be found, among other places, in New Jersey.
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Fish include: 1 rosy barb, 3 gourami, 1 three spot, 2 pear,l 6 tiger barbs, 3 black widow tetras, 2 bleeding hart tetras, 1 bristle nose catfish, 6 cory cats, 3 butter fly cichlids, 3 clown loaches, 2 sucking cats, 4 angels and 4 platys ...
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By way of a small tale though, the author owned a sunset platty that had the rather capacious cancer on its tail removed by a hungry tiger barb.
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die ah NEE mah - long ee barb iss Etymology Dianema: From the Greek di-, meaning two and nema, meaning filament; in reference to the long maxillary barbels.
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to put large, but not particularly attractive, fish are often hard to find in the shop, the former eye-catching display often becomes somewhat of an "elephant's graveyard" for every one-eyed oscar, overgrown plecostomus and banged up tinfoil barb in ...
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some of the Barb family) nip fins as a source of nutrition, and can be a problem in mixed populations, especially where ornamental fish are kept or reared, as the fin damage results in a loss of value. see also overcrowding, ...
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