fish48
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Gold barbs spawned. a total of 900 eggs
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Gold barbs
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That's cool. They're really under-rated as barbs go. I just hope you want 900!
In aquarium conditions, you could end up with 50.
In aquarium conditions, you could end up with 50.
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fish48
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I agree they are under-rated but still a nice looking fish. Not all of the eggs are good. Approximately 250 may hatch.Between 30 and 50 would be a good number to work with.
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fish48
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Often they turn up in his shops looking a bit ropy and washed out colour .That's a good looking fish. Well done for keeping them slim. Barbs have a see-food diet.
It took some time to find decent fish for breeding
Gold Barbs . I haven’t seen one in many , many years .
I don't visit fish shops much these days. Are Gold Barbs not "in" anymore?
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fish48
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Almost every fish shop have them. I've never seen a green version
The gold barb is a sport of the green, (now Barbodes semifasciolatus). When I started, (1960's), the green was a regular, but they drifted out of fashion compared to the gold, ("Schuberti"), which largely replaced them. A good quality green is a great looking fish.
Another fish, Pethia gelius, is also called a gold barb, often with a "dwarf" added, another great fish. It has been bred to present several variations of the ground colour, copper, red, blue I recall, they are all vague variations on the basic fish, upped by marketing twits.
Things were so much easier when barbs were all "Barbus xxxxxx".
Another fish, Pethia gelius, is also called a gold barb, often with a "dwarf" added, another great fish. It has been bred to present several variations of the ground colour, copper, red, blue I recall, they are all vague variations on the basic fish, upped by marketing twits.
Things were so much easier when barbs were all "Barbus xxxxxx".
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