What is a tiger barb?
The tiger barb (scientific name: Puntius tetrazona) is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae. The body is 4-6 cm long, tall and slightly oval in shape. The body color of the tiger fish is light yellow, with red markings and small dots, and there are 4 vertical black stripes from head to tail, the first vertical stripe goes through the eye, the second is between the cheek cover and the dorsal fin, the third Three from the end of the dorsal fin to the starting point of the anal fin, the fourth at the base of the caudal fin, colorful like tiger skin, hence the name tiger skin fish.
What does tiger barb look like?
The tiger skin fish is oval in shape, tall and flat on the side. The adult fish is 4-6 cm long, 1.6-2.3 cm high, 0.3-0.5 cm in eye diameter, red snout, and 0.2-0.3 cm long. The eye diameter (ED) occupies 0.05-0.1 of the body length (BL), and the snout length (SL) occupies 0.03-0.06 of the body length (BL). The gill filaments are comb-like, closely arranged, and the number of gill rakers is between 20 and 23. Body color is light yellow, the back is golden yellow, the dorsal fin consists of 1 spine and 6-10 branched rays, the first spine is thick, the distance from the origin of the dorsal fin to the snout is greater than the distance from the tail base; the pelvic fin consists of 1 to 2 The branched fin rays and 7 branched fin rays do not reach the anus; the caudal fin consists of 8-10 unbranched fin rays and 9-11 branched fin rays; 4 unbranched fin rays and 5 branched fin rays form the anal fin, The anus is close to the origin of the anal fin. There are 4 vertical black vertical stripes on both sides of the fish through the eyes, the front of the pelvic fin, the front of the dorsal fin and the front of the caudal fin. The dorsal fin is between the 2nd and 3rd stripes, and the caudal fin is deeply forked.
living habits of tiger barb
Tiger-skinned fish are active, agile swimmers, and like to live in groups. There are often fights and chasing and biting between tiger fish. Adult fish will attack slow-moving tropical fish and love to bite filamentous fin rays, so it is not suitable to be too dense, and it is not suitable for fish with filamentous fin rays (such as Angelfish) mixed culture.
Tiger skin fish has a wide diet and is an omnivorous fish. It especially likes live food such as fish and insects, water earthworms, etc., and dry food can also be eaten. However, the fertilized eggs can be fed live food, such as Artemia, about a week after hatching the egg membrane. During this period, fry fed Artemia grew faster due to their higher protein requirements for growth. However, the effect of feeding Artemia during the adult period is not good, and the cost is high, so feeding common ornamental fish feeds can meet the growth needs.
tiger barb feeding
The breeding water temperature is 1-2 ℃ higher than the normal breeding water temperature, and about 28 ℃ is the more suitable breeding condition. In addition, the water hardness at 4-6°dGH is beneficial to stimulate the fish to estrus and obtain a higher spawning rate. To adjust water hardness, add 1/2 ion exchange resin water or distilled water to the existing breeding water. pH range 6.6-7.2.
