new barb! very bright!

[12 Volt Man]

okay, as far as I understand it, there are two subspecies:

1. the so called red tail tinfoil, with no black lines on the caudal fin or black on the dorsal, that is always claimed to only reach 8" which is total BS as you can see my old ones were a foot long.

2. the standard tinfoil which has the black lines and black on the dorsal that gets to 14"


the gold variety is a colour morph of one of these two species.

not sure which kind I have yet:

they have black on the dorsal, but no black lines on the tail yet.


sooooo...which kind do I have??

 

[steve_58]

I'd say you got the very good looking kind,lol. Those are some very good looking barbs.

 

[12 Volt Man]

thanks.

 

[piggy4]

Hi there Sbuse, nice fish , what are the long slim silvery fish ,are they native Cyprinids ?

 

[ceejaye23]

well, i found a red fin tinfoil barb with really good color, im happy!

here he is, quick lil devil, sorry for the blur haha

ive been looking for a barb with such deep color for along time, the pics dont do it justice

i have 3 of those. the fins are way deeper red than yours. if you were close by, i could sell them to you. you have a very nice tinfoil! gratz on the pick up!
my tinfoils are getting annoying thats why im looking to sell.

 

[ceejaye23]

okay, as far as I understand it, there are two subspecies:

1. the so called red tail tinfoil, with no black lines on the caudal fin or black on the dorsal, that is always claimed to only reach 8" which is total BS as you can see my old ones were a foot long.

2. the standard tinfoil which has the black lines and black on the dorsal that gets to 14"


the gold variety is a colour morph of one of these two species.

not sure which kind I have yet:

they have black on the dorsal, but no black lines on the tail yet.


sooooo...which kind do I have??

mines are the same as yours! i think these are the ones that get to 14"! i hope!

 

[12 Volt Man]

why are your tinfoils getting annoying?

 

[indiana.dutton]

Lookin good!

 

[ceejaye23]

why are your tinfoils getting annoying?

they are eating like pigs! and they never get "full".. the other bottom dwellers
cant eat because these tinfoils stay on top and are always on the food. the other fishes cant eat.

aside from that, they are good dither fish and teacher fishes..

 

[12 Volt Man]

I can relate. the LFS had some amazing red severums today (gold severums but they are now breeding them with much more red) that I had to pass on because I know they would starve in my tank..