Description
Common name: Tiger Barbs
Latin Name: Puntigrus tetrazona
The tiger barb or Sumatra barb, is a species of tropical cyprinid fish. The natural geographic range reportedly extends throughout the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo in Indonesia, with unsubstantiated sightings reported in Cambodia. The Tiger barb is an active, reasonable peaceful species well-suited for a community aquarium. It is considered one of the hardiest barbs, undemanding and beautiful, and most impressively colored during the mating period.
In the wild their omnivorous diet consists of worms, insects, crustaceans, and plant matter – will take all types of food.
Max Size: 8-10cm
Tank: 75 liter
Strata: mostly middle
Temperament: mildly aggressive
PH: 6.0 – 8.0
Hardness: soft to slightly hard (dH: 5-12)
Temperature: 18-26 C
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