20" Tinfoil Barb?

[TheEelKing]

According this the link below, tinfoil bars can reach 20". Has anyone ever seen one that size?
http://www.tfhmagazine.com/details/...l-barbs-for-larger-aquariums-full-article.htm

I've also heard of bala sharks reaching 2 feet in length. Anyone else ever heard of that or maybe seen that?

 

[fishhead0103666]

I’ve never heard of a bala shark hitting 2 feet, half that yes but not 2 feet...

 

[TheEelKing]

I’ve never heard of a bala shark hitting 2 feet, half that yes but not 2 feet...

Thanks. I think I heard something about someone seeing 2' bala sharks in Las Vegas.

How about the tinfoil barb thing? Ever heard of a 20 inch tinfoil?

 

[fishhead0103666]

Nope but perhaps in the wild? Dont quote me on it though.

 

[TheEelKing]

Nope but perhaps in the wild? Dont quote me on it though.

Thanks! Anyone else heard of these things?

 

[Go_redfish]

Just my humble opinion, but if the writer hasn't seen them for himself he shouldn't reference some rumor as fact in an article meant to educate...

 

[dogofwar]

I have no doubt that tin foils can get to 20". I've grown them to 15-16" in a 180g in a couple of years. Room + good food and they get massive.

 

[esoxlucius]

The person in your link reports, "While I haven't seen them with my own eyes, I have HEARD of breeder tinfoils in florida EXCEEDING 20".

Unless you've seen, in the flesh, a tinfoil barb exceeding 20", or at worst saw a photograph, then i'd take it with a pinch of salt.

The biggest tinfoils i've ever seen were around 15". Bala sharks max out at a similar size as well. And these max sizes are usually achieved in the wild, though both of these species can also reach similar sizes in very large public aquariums.

For both of these species to max out at 15" in a home aquarium, even a large one, i'd say, is very very rare. But as dogofwar pointed out it can be done if conditions are very good.

 

[Bonytang]

Check out some of these Thailand Fishing resort sites. You'll see Hypsibarbus Wetmorei the yellow fin tinfoil barb hit 15"-20" easy //

https://www.fishsiam.com/species/barb-golden-belly-2/
This one here spans her beyond shoulder to shoulder probably just at 20"

http://www.palmtreelagoon.co.uk/golden_tinfoil_barb_gallery.html
In the 6th pic that barb is over 20"

http://huahinfishing.com/the-fish/
these here i guess are pretty average

golden belly tinfoil looks bigger than schwandenfeld barb in every one + most places that keep giant siamese carp will have both barbs there most likely also huge.

20" for tank raised barbs will be a challenge but they're out there. would be sick to keep the puntioplites proctozysron.

 

[TheEelKing]

Thanks for your responses, everyone!