Striped Rosy Barbs?

[xamy_valox]

So after a looooong time doing not much with my tank other than desperately trying to get my levels back on track since upgrading I have finally been able to buy some new fish.
I have always loved the look of Tiger Barbs but have never bought them because of their tendency to nip and be generally aggressive, I was therefore pointed in the direction of Rosy Barbs, they are lovely looking and at the moment are very small.
However, my Rosy Barbs are very stripy. I thought nothing of this at first as I have never really looked into them, but looking on the net after purchasing them to look at how best to care for them I am pretty sure I have been sold Pentazona Barbs, which I'm fine with as I know these to be docile community fish also. Just wanted to know if you could actually get striped Rosy Barbs or is it more likely to be Pentazona? I can't get a pic of the little buggers as they scurry off so quickly but they have two stripes at each end and then a kind of blob in the middle? At the moment they are like a whitish red with black stripes.

Any help identifying them will be appreciated!
Amy

 

[MBOU]

A photo would be helpful!?

Are the stripes horizontal (sideways) or vertical (upright)?

Upright would suggest pentazona or partipentazona (much larger and look much like tigerbarbs, often mislabled as such) Sideways would suggest lined barbs...

If upright bar is part of upright circles it could be rhombo or arulius etc!

Its 100% NOT Rosy Barb if it has stripes and i would be makinga complaint, whether you keep them or not! Rosies are temperate and have different requirements to tropicalfish.

 

[xamy_valox]

I'll try and grab a pic but the stripes are vertical and I can't see any circles, just the middle 'stripe' is more blurry and less a stripe and more of a marking?

Here is the best I can do with pics Im afraid!

 

[MBOU]

They are Ruby barbs, males are stunning as they grow!! Still little nippy as barbs are and certainly wont appreciate high temps, not above 24-25 deg C.

Gorgeous fish and easily confused! Rosy/Ruby Barbs!

 

[xamy_valox]

Ahh! At least they have a name now! I have my tank at 25-26 deg, will it matter too much? At the moment they seem to be fine, I fed them for the first time yesterday and all got a look in.
There is just one that seems to hang out in the plants a little more where as the others are all around the tank.

 

[MBOU]

Should be fine, just mean they are more sub tropic than full tropical but it is really hot at the moment!

You'll enjoy them as they settle in, give them a few weeks and they will seem different fish! (in a good way!)

 

[xamy_valox]

Ahh wonderful!
I have an Angel in my tank, when I first put them in she (I don't know the sex, just decided she was a she haha) kinda showed them who is boss, chased them around a little but since then has left them be.
As you say they are nippy, will they bother my Angel as they grow bigger? As I say, I purposely bought them thinking they weren't nippy fish!

 

[Moby-Krib]

Ahh wonderful!
I have an Angel in my tank, when I first put them in she (I don't know the sex, just decided she was a she haha) kinda showed them who is boss, chased them around a little but since then has left them be.
As you say they are nippy, will they bother my Angel as they grow bigger? As I say, I purposely bought them thinking they weren't nippy fish!

Barbs are Quite nippy almost always.. a large enough group and they may keep it to themselves but not likely.
Rumors abound that barbs could actually hold their own with cichlids.. Never tried, never will, but could see it due to the attitude of the fish.

 

[ParadiseGuerrero]

I have a group of 9 Ruby Barbs and they have never nipped at any other fish and I kept a Betta in with them at one point. I can't imagine they would bother an Angel especially if the angel has already shown who's boss. From what I've read they are also concidered a less nippy barbs species. But they can be a little boisterous sometimes.

 

[MBOU]

Keep an eye on them just in case as here are always exceptions but generally, Ruby barbs are one of the 'not really nippy' barbs

 

[xamy_valox]

Ok, I'll be sure to keep a close eye. They are generally keeping themselves to themselves at the moment, staying in their little group.
I have cherry barbs as well and have never had any trouble with them to hopefully it will be the same with the Rubies!

 

[fishprotector]

I have got 16 of these in my tank. They are fully grown and they are a stunning fish, the best shoaling fish i have ever had. The males are gorgeous when they are fully coloured. Mime are nippy, but only with each other. Nice buy

 

[Lateral Line]

>>> Barbs are Quite nippy



The barbs are a very large group of harmless peaceful fish punctuated with a VERY few "nippy" species. It riles me when I see this preposterous statement.

 

[fluttermoth]

^^ Agreed! There are lot more nippy tetras than there are barbs!