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Cherry Barb

Puntius titteya

Max. size     5 cm / 2 inches
pH range     6 – 8
dH range     5-19
Temp          27 °C /73-80.5°F
Care           Moderate

Common names - Crimson Carplet

The Cherry Barb is popular amongst new and experienced aquarium keepers and is a great first fish as it is quite hardy and can live up to seven years. The bright colours and shoaling nature have also added to its popularity.

The wild Cherry Barb is comes from the tropical waters of Sri Lanka but have also been introduced into Mexico and Colombia.

Cherry Barb thrive in streams that are usually well shaded by vegetation and will appreciate a tank that is set up with plants that will cover the surface and create similar conditions to that experienced in the wild.

Although they appreciate a well planted aquarium they will also happily swim around in open areas of the tank. The Cherry Barb will nibble on plants so choose quite resilient species when planting.

Minimum aquarium size is 20 gallons with a good filtration system and a strong current. Cherry Barbs should always be kept in groups of at least five or six fish, ideally more if tank size allows. Any Cherry Barb that is kept alone will become stressed.

Good filtration and a quite a strong current are recommended. Cherry barbs live in slow flowing waters in the wild. The Cherry barb is a peaceful calm fish that will mix well with most small non aggressive fish so is ideal for a community aquarium.

Cherry Barbs are really middle-tank species, but they will visit the bottom and top of a tank especially if the surface is covered by plants.

The average Cherry barb life span is 4 years, but they can live up to at least 7 years. Wild Cherry Barbs are omnivorous and feed on a wide range of food. They can be kept quite happily on flakes or other forms of prepared food suitable for tropical fish, but also appreciate extras such as brine shrimp, daphnia, plankton and blood worm.

During breeding Cherry Barbs will produce around 200 eggs that are scattered among plants. Around two days later the fry will hatch and will soon start to swim around.

Unless you want them all eaten by their parents and other fish, make sure that there is plenty of weed for them to hide in.

Read about the Gold Barb next

photo - Wikipedia

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