Anyone have experiiance with Panda barbs?

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Allan01230

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Hey all just wondering anybody ever keep panda barbs, I read they get to 5 inches. Just would like to know what is their temperment like? Thanks
 
Me neither sorry. I once tried Odessa Barbs. I don't know if it was because I didn't have enough of them together, (5) but they by far were the meanest barbs I've ever had. They beat up everything in my tank and each other. They are some of the only fish I've returned due to aggression. They were beautys though.
 
I don't have community tank anymore but I used to have a shoal of panda barbs with shoal of rainbow fish, they are peaceful as long their tank mate at similar size, the bigger shoal you have the less aggression since they are grow quite large so I don't recommend community them in any tank less than 75 Gallons (125 Gallons tank would be best)
 
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