Odessa Barbs

[mattbond]

im thinking of buying some odessa barbs but i know little about them

could anyone give me some tips/information on their behaviour, compatability with other fish, requirements, breeding, etc

 

[mattbond]

im thinking of buying some odessa barbs but i know little about them

could anyone give me some tips/information on their behaviour, compatability with other fish, requirements, breeding, etc

are odessa barbs boistrous and are they fin nippers? are they suitable for a community tank?

 

[mikev]

"boistrous", but not to the same degree as, for example, tiger barbs, and fin nipping is not in their habits. If you get them, make sure that you have a sufficiently large shoal that includes both sexes (==don't get males only).

As for community setups: Odessa barbs prefer slightly cooler temperature than other fish, they are basically a subtropical species. If your house temperature does not get too low, they are going to be better off without a heater.

hth

 

[mattbond]

would they be ok with swordtails and kribs? its a 90 litre tank

 

[RushingChamp28]

would they be ok with swordtails and kribs? its a 90 litre tank

probably if kept in a large enough shoal (i would recommend 6-8, make sure there are MULTIPLE females) they would be ok with kribs and swords.

even though they are less nippy than tiger barbs i would watch carefully, the swords on the male swordtails might just be too interesting for the odessas to stay away from (barbs are just that way). I can't say ive heard of this fish combination but in a nice planted setup with the right numbers of each fish it could probably work out...