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| Date: | 5/22/2013 10:07:55 AM |
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Tinfoil Barb
Startled tinfoil barbs tend to jump out or run into the ends of their tank. You can avoid smashed mouth tinfoils by putting plastic plants at the ends of their tank. Avoid desiccated tinfoils by covering your tank tightly.
Room temp to 80F works well for tinfoil barbs. Higher temps can take the oxygen out of their water -- more on this later.In the wild, tinfoil barbs top out at 16 inches. Happily, they max out at a smaller size in our tanks. Their size and speed make them a small sport fish where they come from. They never come close to the lunker catfishes they grow over there, but they fight well and are tasty. Huge lunkers are rarely the tastiest fish in the pond. you can keep one tinfoil barb in your tank if you are so inclined. But you’ll enjoy them more if you keep several. They hang together like Goths, Slackers, and Tokers. When one zips off, the others are in close pursuit. Singles may tend to nip a bit instead of hanging with their own kind. Of course you can mix Tinfoil barbs with other barbs. You can also mix them with non-fancy goldfish. They might pester angels and long-finned goldfish, but they get along great with most of the local toughs -- oscars, dempseys, and many assorted American cichlids. They also mix with many of the African cichlids (at least the sissy ones like peacocks and electric yellows)Tinfoil barbs rarely hide. They don’t need to. They are faster than most predators. They are more effort for predators to catch than most predators are willing to put forth. Tinfoils also school, which further confuses predators..Schwanefeldi originally came from soft, slightly acid waters. They adapt instantly to our Des Moines moderately hard, slightly basic water. However, their waste products can convert our water to yellow, slightly acid water. While your other fish are still looking over your wine list, your tinfoil barbs have already devoured their foodYour tinfoil barbs will always be first, second, and third feeding |
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