Popular Freshwater Tropical Fish

Popular Freshwater Tropical Fish

Barbus tetrazona

 

  

Swims in the middle water levels of the aquarium

Barbus tetrazona
Family

 

 Cyprinidae
Common name

 

 Tiger barb, Sumatra barb
Origin

 

 Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Thailand, Sumatra
Adult size

(cm)

(inches)

5.08

2

 
Community tank?

 

 Yes. A good shoaling fish.
Food

 

 Tubifex, water fleas, mosquito larvae, dried food
Water temperature

 

 20 to 25 ° C (68 to 77 ° F)
Breeding

 

 Can be bred. Temperature 26.5 ° C (80 ° F)
Additional information

 

 The tiger barb is perhaps the most popular of all the barbs, being an active swimmer in the middle layers.
Shoals display a distinctive hierarchy and 'pecking order'.

This fish sometimes has a reputation as a bully, and fin nipping of other species may occur.

 
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