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    Puntius nigrofasciatus - Black Ruby Barb

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    One of my favorite barbs, from Y618 LFS! The body gets a bit darker than the picture when they are horny. They usually look drab in the LFS, but look how they colour up once they settle in!!



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    Last edited by Quixotic; 13th Oct 2008 at 00:03. Reason: Added LFS info

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    wah seh!!! wasted the caudal lobe is torned.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    Give it 3 more days and it will heal back nicely. Or else, there is always photoshop....

    BTW choy, I have seen some images of these barbs with long dorsal fins. Is it normal for mature specimens?

    Apparently from what I read, these are used to create hybrids "tiger barbs". Can't imagine why anyone wants to do that when the original is so gorgeous!

    One more of the dominant male after settling down a bit more. Interestingly, the subdominant male is more red than black.


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    natural ones should not have extended fins. wait for it to grow back and shoot again lah.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    don't think its naturally occuring.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    That's a selectively-bred job for sure CK. Why oh why?

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    Another male.


    The female.


    Quite a bit of chasing and flaring in the group. Caught myself staring at them for a long time this morning...
    Let's see if the LFS stocks more of these beauties.

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    Oh. I found fries!



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    Wow ck you must be doing something right all your fishes are spawning.

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    ck mistook the blue pill as substrate fert tab
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CK Yeo View Post
    Oh. I found fries!



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    ck: nice
    What fish are you keeping with these barbs?
    koah fong
    Juggler's tanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by hwchoy View Post
    ck mistook the blue pill as substrate fert tab
    huh? What blue pill? I no use substrate fert tabs.

    Quote Originally Posted by juggler View Post
    ck: nice
    What fish are you keeping with these barbs?
    I was keeping them with Puntius tambraparniei until I realized they were the reasons why my foreground plants keep getting uprooted. The fries appear when I banished all to the cory tank. Now there are nothing else with these fries and I have no idea how many of them in there.

    On a note of caution, they could be jolly well be Puntius tambraparniei fries, but for now, they look more like black ruby barb. Let's wait and see.

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    ahhh actually I was about to say they don't "feel" like nigrofasciatus to me. one kopi says they grow up to be tambra
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    i would tend to agree with choy.

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    Beautiful barbs!

    This is one of my males. It's difficult to get a decent picture of them.



    Hmm, I think I have to clean the glass a bit.

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    The color of your black ruby is very intense. nice piece.

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    Ok this is how they look like now. The are more tambra now. I think that's what they actually are.



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    wah , nice shot
    lets deep into the jungle

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    Re: Puntius nigrofasciatus - Black Ruby Barb

    Where did you get this in SG bro??

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