Are there more than one species of tinfoil barb?

davis101

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I have five tinfoil barbs. 2 are completely silver with black streaks in their tails and 3 are yellowish with no black in their tails.
 

Rafini

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Regular tinfoil barbs have black in their tail and can reach 14". I have seen some truly goliath ones my uncle used to have, like oscars that moved like torpedos.

Red tail tinfoils grow to around 8"-9" I used to have 12 of them in my 225 and they were all fully grown and used every single inch of that aquarium. It was 3 feet wide. So I recommend they have a lot of room
 
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