Five Band Barbs

[magash07]

Hi all, i am a newbie to fish keeping so this might seem like a silly question..... I have a new 60ltr biorb which was filled, cycled & left to stand for four days, the water was tested by my local stockist & given the green light to stock fish, I now have two sailfin mollies (the male has a fungus infection which i am treating with 'king british fin rot & fungus treatment') and seem to be v.happy (other than the fungus infection of course) and two, Five Band Barbs who are very docile & inactive. Is this normal behaviour for barbs or is something wrong???. Water Temp is 25c.

 

[VeryFatbloke]

Hi Granty

I have 5 Pentazona Barbs and have found that they are quite shy and tend to keep themselves to themselves. The only time I really see them is when I feed my fish. There's some more information about them here.

http/www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/Fishindx/barbpent.htm

Hope this helps
Gary

 

[diademhill]

Hi all, i am a newbie to fish keeping so this might seem like a silly question..... I have a new 60ltr biorb which was filled, cycled & left to stand for four days, the water was tested by my local stockist & given the green light to stock fish, I now have two sailfin mollies (the male has a fungus infection which i am treating with 'king british fin rot & fungus treatment') and seem to be v.happy (other than the fungus infection of course) and two, Five Band Barbs who are very docile & inactive. Is this normal behaviour for barbs or is something wrong???. Water Temp is 25c.

How did you cycle this tank?