Rasboras, danios, and barbs
Striped Barb
Striuntius lineatus
Photo: Staudacher · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature22–26 °C
- pH5.5–7
- Minimum tank120 l
- Adult size6 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 6 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Origin
- Malaysian Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo
- Size
- 6 cm
- Temperature
- 22 – 26°C
- pH
- 5.5 – 7.0
- GH
- 2 – 10 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- middle
- Behavior
- peaceful
- Minimum number of individuals
- 6
- Minimum aquarium size
- 120 L
- Diet
- omnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Dark horizontal lines on a gold background. A peaceful softwater barb.
