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Puntius sachsii
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| Gold Barb | |
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| Gold Barbs | |
| Species | Puntius sachsii |
| Family | Cyprinidae |
| Difficulty | Easy |
| Min. Tank Size | 45.425 liters 45,424.941 mL 12 US Gallons (45.4L) |
| Size | 3.15 in
7-8 cm (2.8-3.1") |
| sg | Freshwater |
| pH | 6.5 - 7.5 |
| Temp. | 296.15 K 73.4 °F 533.07 °R 300.15 K |
| Water Hardness |
6-16 °d |
| Stocking Ratio | 1:2 M:F |
| Availability | Uncommon |
| Diet | |
| Life Span |
3-5 years |
| Habitat | |
| This animal is available captive bred | |
Contents |
[edit] Alternative names
- Gold Barb, Golden Barb, Goldfinned Barb, Neon Barb, Chinese Barb, Sachsi Barb, Schuberti Barb, Half-banded Barb
[edit] Synonyms
- Puntius schuberti, Barbus sachsii, Puntius semifasciolatus
[edit] Sexing
- Males have more black patches along their flanks, females are larger. An egg-scatter, adult barbs will spawn around a hundred eggs. This breeding occurs at the first light in the early morning.
[edit] Tank compatibility
- A shoaling fish that should be kept in groups of 5 or more. Can be kept with other peaceful, but robust, community fish. Do not keep with slow-moving long-finned fish.
[edit] Diet
- Typical small omnivore, will eat most types of food that slowly sinks including pellet and flake as well as live/frozen food such as brine shrimp and bloodworm.
[edit] Feeding regime
- Feed once or twice a day a small quantity of food.
[edit] Environment Specifics
- This fish prefers a spacious tank with some dense planting as well as open swimming space.
[edit] Behaviour
- Very peaceful and active shoaling fish that is best kept in groups of its own kind.
[edit] Identification
- Often mistaken for a Tetra-like fish when small, these golden yellow fish have red-tinted fins, a highly reflective upper body with black patches along their flanks with the males having a more patchy line.
- The popular gold strain available to the hobby was developed by hobbyist Thomas Schubert of Camden, New Jersey in the 1960s through selective breeding.
- Other colour strains that have emerged include albino, discovered in the 1970s by Dennis Wilcox in USA, pure gold with no black markings, first observed by Stanislav Frank in late 1960s/early 1970s in Eastern Europe, pink/white (flesh) with black markings, this appeared in the 1990s, and tri-colour, head and caudal peduncle have white/pink (flesh), while the back is in the original normal gold with black speckle markings.
[edit] Pictures
 Young female |
 Young male |
 Mature male (2.5" (6.4cm) long |
[edit] Video
