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Tinfoil Barb - Barbodes schwanenfeldi

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    Tinfoil Barb - Barbodes schwanenfeldi

    TINFOIL BARB~BARBODES SCHWANENFELDI

    Origins:Southeast Asia, from Thailand and the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra and Borneo.

    Size: 14"

    Diet:Flake and livefoods, some plant matter.

    Water:Temperature 72-77F;soft (50-100 mg/l) and acidic (pH 6.0-6.5)

    Temperament:Agreeable with fish of similar size.

    Tinfoil Barbs are not suitable for a community aquarium, since they grow rapidly and will soon dwarf the other occupants and possibly even prey on them. However it is usually possibly to house them in a large tank with compatible cichlids of a similar size.

    Tinfoil Barbs will dig in the substrate, and are likely to uproot any plants that are not in pots.

    Breeding is unlikely in the home aquaria.

    Aside from natural silver form, an attractive gold-bodied variant has also been established.

    Note>Reddish fins have black markings in adults.
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    MOD_Dawn, Jul 12, 2009
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