Recent Posts Tagged With 'freshwater fish'

• Five-Banded Barb (Barbus Pentazona)

  Posted on Tuesday August 19th, 2008 at 04:14 in freshwater fish, cyprinids, five-banded barbs

  Name: Five-Banded Barb Latin Name: Barbus Pentazona Five-banded barbs have not always been considered suitable fish for beginner, However the freshwater fish today in LFS are normally tank raised and therefore climatized to freshwater aquarium cond...

• Chequer Barb (Barbus Oligolepis)

  Posted on Saturday August 16th, 2008 at 07:10 in freshwater fish, cyprinids, chequer barb

  Name: Chequer Barb Latin Name: Barbus Oligolepis This little sized barb is an excellent for novice fishkeepers because it is easy to keep, but be sure to buy at least 6 of them because they really do like to be kept in small groups rather than as i...

• Ruby Barb (Barbus Nigrofasciatus)

  Posted on Wednesday July 16th, 2008 at 00:50 in freshwater fish, cyprinids, ruby barb

  Name: Ruby Barb Latin Name: Barbus Nigrofasciatus Other Names: Purple Head Barbs, Black Ruby Barb The Ruby Barbs can be very misleading because only the male will exhibit the rich red colour. As you can see form above the have several names and from...

• Rosy Barb (Barbus Conchonius)

  Posted on Thursday June 26th, 2008 at 08:12 in freshwater fish, cyprinids, copper rosy barb, rosy barbs

  Name: Rosy Barb Latin Name: Barbus Conchonius This hardy little fish called the Rosy Barb is deal for the beginners, as it is not fussy about water conditions (provided not too warm) and will eat anything from algae and plants to flake,tablet,and li...