Tinfoil Barb Tropical Fish Information

Tinfoil Barb Tropical Fish Learn all about the Tinfoil Barb's feeding habits and food types, its behaviour, its origins, its natural habitats, is it male or female, breeding advice and information, suitable tank mates, its sizing and growth range, minimum tank size, water PH and more. Use our fish community creator tool to plan your tank set up and ensure that the Tinfoil Barb is the right fish for your aquarium.

Tinfoil Barbs are a highly attractive and some would even say 'cute' fish when young, but these fish will grow rapidly and soon reach up to 35cm. They therefore require an aquarium at least 150cm long, making them an unsuitable purchase for most fishkeepers. If you do have an aquarium of this size the Tinfoil Barb is an excellent active and peaceful community fish that can be kept with other large fish, including cichlids. Although like other large fish, the Tinfoil Barb will dig up and eat delicate plants, in some cases they may be kept with hardy plant varieties such as Java Fern, Crinum, or Anubias.

There are two species commonly sold as Tinfoil Barb. The true Tinfoil Barb, Barbonymus schwanenfeldi, can grow to about 16”. The Red Tailed Tinfoil Barb, B. altus only grows to 8

     

 

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