Red line Torpedo barb (Indian Flasher Barb)!! Wow, awesome fish!

Knight~Ryder · 03-13-2008, 10:12 PM

I saw these at Big al's and I must say they are one of the best freshwater fish in my opinion, they get up to 6 inches and they were in a tank full of cardinals, and many other freshwater fish.

Their colours are *much* more vibrant than in that pic...so much so that I had to ask whether they were painted (they're not, by the way).

--> http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_T...cellicauda.php

--> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puntius_denisonii

--> http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_P..._denisonii.php

Video of them eating cucumber! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH-fIRwj38c

Blue Cray · 03-13-2008, 10:51 PM

Yeah theyre nice but they cost more than discus to buy one youre looking at $30 to $50 each.

FishHead · 03-14-2008, 09:15 AM

I seen panda barbs at Petsmart, which I thought were pretty cool.. Those bars look great, but with that price tag, I would pass on them

JustOneMore20 · 03-14-2008, 09:20 AM

Yep, they are beautiful, expensive, and get large. I'd love to have a school if I had the money and a big enough tank.

Knight~Ryder · 03-14-2008, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by JustOneMore20

Yep, they are beautiful, expensive, and get large. I'd love to have a school if I had the money and a big enough tank.

A 55g would not be big enough?

JustOneMore20 · 03-14-2008, 10:28 AM

A 75g would be a better minimum. They get around 6 inches, are schooling fish, so you'd want to have atleast 6.....6 6" fish swimming around could be tight in a 13" wide tank.

Knight~Ryder · 03-14-2008, 11:57 AM

Well, I'm not ready for that. Plus they are $50 here, and I don't want to spend that much on a fish to see it die within a week.

Clerk · 03-14-2008, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Knight~Ryder

Well, I'm not ready for that. Plus they are $50 here, and I don't want to spend that much on a fish to see it die within a week.

Generally if any fish dies within a week its usually our fault, unless the source is reeeeeally bad.

03-13-2008, 10:12 PM	#1
Knight~Ryder Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Age: 26 Posts: 221	Red line Torpedo barb (Indian Flasher Barb)!! Wow, awesome fish! I saw these at Big al's and I must say they are one of the best freshwater fish in my opinion, they get up to 6 inches and they were in a tank full of cardinals, and many other freshwater fish. Their colours are much more vibrant than in that pic...so much so that I had to ask whether they were painted (they're not, by the way). --> http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_T...cellicauda.php --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puntius_denisonii --> http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_P..._denisonii.php Video of them eating cucumber! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH-fIRwj38c __________________ -Activated my first freshwater tank Nov 25/07 -Emperor 280 biowheel filter -Visi-Therm 100 Watt Heater -Whisper 60 Air Pump (Tetra) 38G/144.4L {Size 36 x 13 x 20} 7 Cherry Barbs (5 Female, 2 Male) 6 Cardinal Tetra 4 Rummy Nose Tetra 3 Black Skirt Tetra 1 Otocinclus Affinis suckermouth Last edited by Knight~Ryder; 03-13-2008 at 10:25 PM.

03-13-2008, 10:51 PM	#2
Blue Cray Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 17 Posts: 515	Yeah theyre nice but they cost more than discus to buy one youre looking at $30 to $50 each. __________________ 55g Planted -golden zebra danios -striped raphael catfish -angelfish -bronze cories -gold gourami -SAE -brochis catfish -Boeseman's Rainbowfish -Flying Foxes -BGK -kribensis 22g Planted -zebra loach -glo lite tetras 5g Semi Planted -endlers

03-14-2008, 09:15 AM	#3
FishHead What are you looking at? Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NJ Age: 28 Posts: 599	I seen panda barbs at Petsmart, which I thought were pretty cool.. Those bars look great, but with that price tag, I would pass on them __________________ 13 barbs (4x tigers, 2x greens, 3 odessas, 4 albino) 5 australian rainbowfish 4 buenos aires tetras 1 angelic pim catfish 1 pictus catfish 1 Spotted Hifin pleco 2 opaline gouramis 2 blue gouramis 5 panda cories 1 red tail shark 9 cherry barbs 2 Lionhead goldfish 1 black moor (saved from walmart) 7 peppered cories 3 swordtails 1 bristlenose pleco

03-14-2008, 11:57 AM	#7
Knight~Ryder Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Age: 26 Posts: 221	Well, I'm not ready for that. Plus they are $50 here, and I don't want to spend that much on a fish to see it die within a week. __________________ -Activated my first freshwater tank Nov 25/07 -Emperor 280 biowheel filter -Visi-Therm 100 Watt Heater -Whisper 60 Air Pump (Tetra) 38G/144.4L {Size 36 x 13 x 20} 7 Cherry Barbs (5 Female, 2 Male) 6 Cardinal Tetra 4 Rummy Nose Tetra 3 Black Skirt Tetra 1 Otocinclus Affinis suckermouth

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JustOneMore20 Banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Birmingham, AL Age: 22 Posts: 3,654	Yep, they are beautiful, expensive, and get large. I'd love to have a school if I had the money and a big enough tank.

03-14-2008, 10:28 AM	#6
JustOneMore20 Banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Birmingham, AL Age: 22 Posts: 3,654	A 75g would be a better minimum. They get around 6 inches, are schooling fish, so you'd want to have atleast 6.....6 6" fish swimming around could be tight in a 13" wide tank.

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