The name “barb,” meaning “beard,” comes from the whiskerlike barbules which are located in the corner of the fish’s mouth. Now, some species have two pairs of these sensory appendages and some simply just don’t have them. Barbs are egglaying members of the carp family Cyprindae, and are typically fish-shaped, and have no unique extreme shapes or scalation like the catfish species.
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This species lacks any real specializations, which points to the theory that Barbs are resourceful and actively swim in schools. They seem to have a universal taste and school because of their small size, excluding the tin foil barb(which get up to 12in or 30 cm), makes them great food for larger fish. To help avoid predators Barbs have excellent vision and are quite fast.
When it comes to reproduction there is not parental care given to the fry, or eggs.
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Although i have 2 tanks in my house.One of them is for “Barbs” only.I love this fish,a beautiful schooling fish.Right now i am keeping a large number of “Barbs” in a 37 Gallon tank infact, 42.They are pretty small right now,2′ almost but are healthy and growing steadily.I now want to breed them.I think i have perfect setup for their breeding.Tank is densly planted with intermediate level filtration system although i am planning to install a better filtration system pretty soon.Have installed 40 Watts flourescent light that is kept on for 14 hrs in a day.Fish have plenty of space to swim around and lots of bushes to hide in although most of the time they are swimming in open.They take feed very quickly.I feed them thrice a day.The temp is kept at around 28-30 C.I am now waiting for them to breed. Any comments and suggestions are welcome.