Where to buy wild type gold/Chinese barbs

[Snafu1507]

Hi guys,

For my first ever post I just want to know if anyone has ever had success finding green wild type Chinese barbs. I've been looking for about a week for a 90 gallon mixed community and have not found anything either at LFSs or online. I enquired about special ordering them through my LFS and they said they have never seen them in 40 years. So now I'm lost and want my green Chinese barbs with only dead ends. Any help is greatly appreciated!

 

[Mr Limpet]

The Wet Spot in Portland OR has them.

 

[Snafu1507]

The Wet Spot in Portland OR has them.

Good find! I'm ordering a dozen tomorrow morning!

 

[Mr Limpet]

I had a group of them many years ago. Beautiful, bulletproof fish, much nicer than the gold form, which IMHO is kind of blah. It’s getting difficult to find wild-type ANYTHING these days, which is a pity.