All barbs pick at eachother the trick is to have enough to spread thele aggression.
Black ruby tiger barb.
I have tiger barbs green barbs black barbs ruby barbs and golden barbs all in a 75 gallon tank.
Four tiger like black vertical stripes on an orange yellow body make it obvious where this member of the barb family got its common name.
The black ruby barb is a peaceful beautiful small barb from the forested streams of sri lanka off the southern coast of india.
Taken in our facilities by drtom bailey showing a beautiful male above and female below.
Best described as a friendly omnivorous tank mate it may have issues with being out competed by larger more carnivorous fish.
Odessa barbs are a fish i feature a lot in my articles they are a perfectly well behaved barb and are suitable in most aquariums.
In the wild both deforestation and over collection have put this species at risk.
They are found in streams on hills around 1000 ft 300 m in elevation.
They don t look like much as juveniles but as they mature and with good food their colours will be incredible.
A 1 5 long young tiger barb.
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4570 premium red crystal barbs also called the odessa barb pictures.
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They all swim together but i have 6 of each type.
Black ruby barb pictures.
Pethia nigrofasciata and the tiger barb original and man made green variety is the same species puntius anchisporus.
Red edged fins and a red face add even more color to the popular tiger barb.
First you have two different species the black ruby barb.
Water in these areas is cooler than other tropical regions so tank temperature for ruby barbs should be in the range of 72 to 79 degrees f.
Tiger barbs get along fine with ruby barbs.
Black ruby barb water requirements.
The waters where black ruby barbs are found in nature are soft and acidic and the natural substrates in the river beds are made up of fine gravel or sand.
The black ruby barb or purplehead barb is a rare treat and you just found it here.
Both like all barbs which are cyprinids are shoaling fish so each species must have a group of its own.
As akasha said this won t work and for a couple of reasons.
The brightly colored population introduced to mahaweli at ginigathena sri lanka is said to have.
