Barbus fasciatus originate from Southeast Asia, and are not often seen in the aquarium shops.
George obtained the Barbus fasciatus when they were young from Bernie Halverson, and Bernie called them by the common name of Panda Barb, which when you look at them they certainly have that “Panda” appearance.
Eventually one could see that twelve of them were the Barbus fasciatus and were about 1/8-inch long, clear bodied with a fl spot on their dorsal.
In Sumatra Barbus oligolepis occurs mostly in the highland, where the water temperature varies from 19 to 25 degrees celsius Fishes from the lowlands are in general a bit smaller, and live at higher temperatures(21-27).
Barbus oligolepis dislikes extremely fresh water, so the water used for waterchanges should be aged well, or frequent small changes should be performed.
Barbus oligolepis is best bred in pairs, in groups the males start bothering eachother more than to show an interest in the females.
One of the things we need to bear in mind when we talk about barbel and stillwater, is that we are talking about 'Barbusbarbus', the species found here in Britain.
I mention that because there are 38 species of 'Barbus' in Europe, and not every one of that number requires the habitat that our own barbel does.
Remember that although they bear the name barbel, they are not the same species as 'barbusbarbus'.
Reproduction: Barbus capensis is a multiple spawning species per season and within each spawning period lasting a day or two it can be a repeat spawner (Cambray et al.
Barbus capensis belongs in the following reproductive style as defined by Balon (1975): ethological section of non-guarders, open substratum spawners (A.1) and the guild lithophils (A.1.3.) Which are rock and gravel spawners with benthic free embryos.
Barbus capensis spreads its reproductive effort over the dry season and spawning cues may be any increased flows (Cambray et al.
Their easyness to keep and raise make them very attractive to beginners as well as more experienced hobbyists who are interested in breeding an easy oviparous species.
Some other varieties of Barbus Tetrazona are green (dark green patches), golden (no fl bars) or albinos.
Breeding: Barbus Tetrazona is quite easy to breed for an oviparous species.
Moreover, Oliver & McKaye (1982) showed that a diverse assemblage of swamp-dwelling fishes is associated with the "floating islands" of swamp vegetation that commonly drift around the Lake's southwest arm.
Barbus johnstonii Boulenger, 1907 — Nonendemic (Treated as Labeobarbus johnstonii by Snoeks, 2004b)
Barbus litamba Keilhack, 1908 — Endemic (Treated as Labeobarbus litamba by Snoeks, 2004b)
Barbus Schwanenfeldii is widely dispersed throughout Southeast Asia including Borneo, Sumatra, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Their space requirements reflect these characteristics making it necessary to house them in a tightly covered 30 gallon (minimum) tank when young, and later moving them to a 90 or 120 gallon tank depending on the shoal population.
Barbus Schwanenfeldii will eat aquarium plants, but it still is desirable to include plants in your tank for control of nitrogen compounds in the water.
