Lemon Fin Barbs

[mshill90]

Don't forget about the mahseer!

haha, yes- him too!

But, I will say I am more fond of my barbs.

 

[KyleStone]

I love anything resembling a tin foil barb. <3

I have 12 tin foils @ 2" now.

I can't wait for them to get huge!!!

yep me to I always had some tinfoils in my tank from when I was a kid

 

[KyleStone]

ttt

 

[arapaimag]

I found a video on you tube once showing these barbs in the wild. They hang around Hippos and like to eat there poop! I guess cause its rich in plant matter. Mine love to eat lettuce. I used to feed all my plant clippings from my plant tank to the barbs. They would eat that up fast..

Are you sure these were the barbs hanging around hippos in the wild?

These barbs are native to the Cambodia, Thailand and Indonesia.

Hippos are in Africa.

Maybe the pics where taken in a zoo perhaps?

For anybody interested living in the Buffalo to Toronto area I saw some Hypsibarbus wetmorei for sale at about 12" at Big Al's Aquarium Services Hamilton store for about $30.00 each last week.

 

[Cichlas]

I used to have a couple of 18" ones. Great fish.

 

[justarn]

Just pulled this from seriously fish too.
My fish definitely have yellow fins.

H. vernayi is very similar to H. wetmorei, but can be told apart by possessing yellow (vs. orange to red in H. wetmorei) pectoral, pelvic, and anal fins. It thus appears likely that yellow-finned fish marketed as H. wetmorei or ‘lemon fin barb’ in the ornamental trade are actually H. vernayi, with both species are available on a regular basis. The two share a broadly similar geographic distribution, so they may even be collected together.

 

[justarn]

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