Rasboras, danios, and barbs
Five-banded Barb
Desmopuntius pentazona
Photo: NasserHalaweh · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature23–28 °C
- pH5–7
- Minimum tank60 l
- Adult size5 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 8 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Origin
- Malaysian Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo
- Size
- 5 cm
- Temperature
- 23 – 28°C
- pH
- 5.0 – 7.0
- GH
- 1 – 10 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- medium
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 8
- Minimum aquarium size
- 60 L
- Diet
- omnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Calmer than the tiger barb, with five dark bands on a coppery background. Requires soft, acidic water and a heavily planted aquarium.
