Rasboras, danios, and barbs
Tiger Barb
Puntigrus tetrazona
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature22–27 °C
- pH6–7.5
- Minimum tank100 l
- Adult size7 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 8 or more
- TemperamentSemi-aggressive
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Origin
- Sumatra and Borneo
- Size
- 7 cm
- Temperature
- 22 – 27°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 7.5
- GH
- 4 – 15 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- medium
- Behavior
- semi-aggressive (bites at long fins; calms down in large groups)
- Minimum number of individuals
- 8
- Minimum aquarium size
- 100 L
- Diet
- omnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Four vertical black stripes on a gold background. Very active and hardy. Never keep with angelfish, bettas, or gouramis; best kept with fast-swimming, short-finned fish.
