Rosy Barbs Are Comfortable in Their Own Group
Rosy barbs originate from eastern part of India.
In scientific terms, they are called Puntius Conchonius.
They are very popular among fish keepers for a very long time.
Rosy barbs have a stocky body.
However the females are stouter than the males! They can grow up to 6 inches when they are in the open nature but if they are kept in a closed aquarium, they can grow only up to 3 inches.
The name 'Rosy barb' is given to them because of the color of their fins.
The fins are pink with black tips.
But then in case of females, the fins are not that colorful.
They have a dark tinge.
The males will have silver belly and green or olive back.
The color of the sides is red and it has a silver lining.
The color becomes dark red at the time of spawning.
Rosy barbs are not very particular about the conditions of water and the environment around them.
They are comfortable even in soft water and the temperature of around to 70-80° F is good for them.
They will mainly eat the plants around them, insects which are flying close to the surface of the water and worms which are found in water.
As they are good jumpers, they can easily catch flying insects.
When you are keeping them in aquariums, you should provide them live food like brine shrimp and bloodworms.
Occasionally, you should feed them with flaked folder and some frozen food for their nutrition.
Sometimes you should also offer them boiled vegetables.
Rosy barbs do not require much lighting in the aquarium.
So you should avoid direct sunshine over the aquarium water.
You should provide some floating plants in the aquarium so that they will have places to hide and play around.
They often enjoy burrowing, so you should provide soft sand as the base of the aquarium.
They will often create holes in the sand and will hang around that place for a long time.
You can also provide some decorative items like driftwood or rocks so that they will be happy to play around.
They are comfortable in shallow waters so your aquarium should be big at length but need not be deep.
Rosy barbs would like to stay in the groups so you should keep at least a group of 10 to make them comfortable.
At the time of spawning, they have a tendency to harass the females.
They may hurt the females so as a precaution you should keep them in proportion of two females to one male in the aquarium.
At the time of breeding, they will lay their eggs on the plants.
Their breeding is really fast - they can lay around 350 to 400 the eggs every day.
Surprisingly, many of these eggs will survive.
The eggs will not take longer to hatch.
In about two to five days the new ones will come out.
The adults will try to eat the eggs as well as the new ones so after the eggs are laid, you should shift the adults or the eggs to another tank.
The new ones will start eating from the next day of their life.
And they will be happy to eat baby brine shrimp and they will grow very fast.
They will be fully grown up within a period of five weeks.
During this time you should provide them good food.
Once they reach adulthood, you can take them to the main aquarium.
The only thing you should remember about Rosy barbs is their tendency to live in the group of their own kind.
They are not much comfortable with the other species and if you keep them with any other type of fish, they will fight all the time.
In scientific terms, they are called Puntius Conchonius.
They are very popular among fish keepers for a very long time.
Rosy barbs have a stocky body.
However the females are stouter than the males! They can grow up to 6 inches when they are in the open nature but if they are kept in a closed aquarium, they can grow only up to 3 inches.
The name 'Rosy barb' is given to them because of the color of their fins.
The fins are pink with black tips.
But then in case of females, the fins are not that colorful.
They have a dark tinge.
The males will have silver belly and green or olive back.
The color of the sides is red and it has a silver lining.
The color becomes dark red at the time of spawning.
Rosy barbs are not very particular about the conditions of water and the environment around them.
They are comfortable even in soft water and the temperature of around to 70-80° F is good for them.
They will mainly eat the plants around them, insects which are flying close to the surface of the water and worms which are found in water.
As they are good jumpers, they can easily catch flying insects.
When you are keeping them in aquariums, you should provide them live food like brine shrimp and bloodworms.
Occasionally, you should feed them with flaked folder and some frozen food for their nutrition.
Sometimes you should also offer them boiled vegetables.
Rosy barbs do not require much lighting in the aquarium.
So you should avoid direct sunshine over the aquarium water.
You should provide some floating plants in the aquarium so that they will have places to hide and play around.
They often enjoy burrowing, so you should provide soft sand as the base of the aquarium.
They will often create holes in the sand and will hang around that place for a long time.
You can also provide some decorative items like driftwood or rocks so that they will be happy to play around.
They are comfortable in shallow waters so your aquarium should be big at length but need not be deep.
Rosy barbs would like to stay in the groups so you should keep at least a group of 10 to make them comfortable.
At the time of spawning, they have a tendency to harass the females.
They may hurt the females so as a precaution you should keep them in proportion of two females to one male in the aquarium.
At the time of breeding, they will lay their eggs on the plants.
Their breeding is really fast - they can lay around 350 to 400 the eggs every day.
Surprisingly, many of these eggs will survive.
The eggs will not take longer to hatch.
In about two to five days the new ones will come out.
The adults will try to eat the eggs as well as the new ones so after the eggs are laid, you should shift the adults or the eggs to another tank.
The new ones will start eating from the next day of their life.
And they will be happy to eat baby brine shrimp and they will grow very fast.
They will be fully grown up within a period of five weeks.
During this time you should provide them good food.
Once they reach adulthood, you can take them to the main aquarium.
The only thing you should remember about Rosy barbs is their tendency to live in the group of their own kind.
They are not much comfortable with the other species and if you keep them with any other type of fish, they will fight all the time.
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