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

Knight~Ryder · 03-13-2008, 09:12 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, 09:51 PM

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

FishHead · 03-14-2008, 08:15 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, 08:20 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, 08:41 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, 09:28 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, 10:57 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, 02:23 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, 09:12 PM	#1
Knight~Ryder Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Age: 26 Posts: 149 User Feedback: (0)	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 __________________ 38G/144.4L 6 Cherry Barbs (4 Female, 2 Male) 6 Rummy Nose Tetra 5 Cardinal Tetra 3 Black Skirt Tetra 3 Head and Tail Tetra 2 Otocinclus Affinis suckermouth 1 Zebra Danio -Nov 25/07 Activated my first 38G freshwater tank- -Emperor 280 biowheel aquarium Last edited by Knight~Ryder; 03-13-2008 at 09:25 PM.

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Blue Cray Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 17 Posts: 265 User Feedback: (0)	Yeah theyre nice but they cost more than discus to buy one youre looking at $30 to $50 each. __________________

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FishHead What are you looking at? Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NJ Age: 27 Posts: 521 User Feedback: (0)	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 __________________ 12 barbs (3x tigers, 2x greens, 6 odessas, 1 albino) 5 australian rainbowfish 1 blue 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 7 cherry barbs 2 Lionhead goldfish 1 black moor (saved from walmart) 7 peppered cories 3 swordtails 1 stingray pleco 1 bristlenose pleco

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JustOneMore20 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Alabama, US Age: 22 Posts: 3,367 User Feedback: (2)	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. __________________ *Kristin* 5 Planted tanks: 55g, 40g, 29g, 10g, 5.5g 10g N. multifasciatus tank, 5.5g Platy fry

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JustOneMore20 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Alabama, US Age: 22 Posts: 3,367 User Feedback: (2)	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. __________________ *Kristin* 5 Planted tanks: 55g, 40g, 29g, 10g, 5.5g 10g N. multifasciatus tank, 5.5g Platy fry

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Knight~Ryder Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Age: 26 Posts: 149 User Feedback: (0)	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. __________________ 38G/144.4L 6 Cherry Barbs (4 Female, 2 Male) 6 Rummy Nose Tetra 5 Cardinal Tetra 3 Black Skirt Tetra 3 Head and Tail Tetra 2 Otocinclus Affinis suckermouth 1 Zebra Danio -Nov 25/07 Activated my first 38G freshwater tank- -Emperor 280 biowheel aquarium

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