Tiger barb information:
Scientific name: Puntius tetrazona
Common name: Tiger barb, Sumatra barb
Max. size: 7.0 cm / 2.8 inches
pH range: 6.0 – 8.0
dH range: 5 - 19
Temperature range: 20 – 26°C / 68 – 79°F
The Tiger barb is one of several barb species frequently kept by freshwater aquarists. Figures from 1992 showed that 2.6 million Tiger barbs where imported to the United States that year, which made the Tiger Barb number 10th on the list of the most frequently imported ornamental fish species.
Today, you can find several different captive bred hybrids in the aquarium trade. These hybrids are usually bred for their colour, and you can for instance purchase Albino Tiger barbs, Gold Tiger barbs and the highly melanistic Green tiger barb. The Green tiger barb looks green because of the so called Tindall effect.
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