Barbus Tetrazona size ML

Male with tip of red snout and dor fins of a more intense red of that of the female.

Diffusion

Sumatra. Borneo and also Thailand.

Behavior

Pretty peaceful, if held in herds. Individual and adult specimens can become aggressive. Do not hold with fish from filamentous or particularly developed (scalars) fins, because they damage them.

Temperature

Temperature 23 - 26 ° C. Hardness 5 - 10 DGH. PH 6.5 - 7.

Habitat

Medium size tub (50 - 80 i), with a lot of space for swimming and robust plants. Important a good filtering, possibly even with peat

Feed

Omnivore. Fucks, Tubifex, Cyclops, Chironomus larvae and also vegetable feed.

Reproduction

Temperature 23 - 26 ° C. Hardness 5- 10 ° DGH. pH 6.5-7. 25 I reproduction tank, with what plant and background of coarse material. In Truducing the evening couple. In the morning, after the deposition of the eggs, immediately remove the ri producers because large devourers of eggs. Over 600 eggs are laid, which is given after 24 - 30 hours. The fry are very sensitive to the conditions of water, so it is advisable to change it often partially. Administer them the feed (rotifers, cyclops naupli and also artenia naupli) with sparsely spar. In reproduction, the results are obtained with 2-year age specimens.