Data sheet Angola / Blue Barbs
German name:
Angola / Blue Barbs
Scientific name:
Barbus fasciolatus
Origin:
Southern Africa; in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola and Zimbabwe
Size:
Body length 5 cm
Aquarium
Length:
Length from 80 cm width
Contents:
from 54 liters
water values
Temperature:
approx. 26° C
pH:
6 – 6.5
GH:
6° – 12° dH
Behave
Area:
lower third
Lining:
eat almost everything: live food, frozen food and flake food, tubifex, water fleas
Behave:
They like to swim and chase each other in schools and do not bother other fish
Number:
Schooling fish, at least 6 animals
Difficulty level:
Novice Citron, Barbus fasciolatus, CC BY-SA 3.0
Behavior of Angola / Blue Lined Barbs
Blue barbs, Barbus fasciolatus, like to swim and are very active. They like to swim and chase each other in schools. They prefer to stay in the lower third of the aquarium. Other fish are not bothered.
Feed blue barbs
Blue barbs eat almost everything that comes in front of their mouths. Live food, frozen food and flake food. Drosophila are also eaten. They also rise to the surface of the water.
breed
For targeted breeding, the rainy season is simulated in approaches. The carbonate hardness in the aquarium is increased by 1-2° and the temperature is lowered to 20°. Of course, this is only possible if the roommates tolerate these changes. When the females start spawning, the sexes are separated.
The selected breeding pair is placed in a spawning tank that is as covered with algae as possible. The spawning tank should not be too bright. Java moss covered with sludge and algae serves as a spawning substrate and as a feed basis for the first few days. The water should be soft and peat should be added to it. The temperature should be around 26°C.
When transferring the breeding pair, the pH value in the two tanks must not be too different. The pH value may have to be adjusted with CO2 or other options.
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During courtship and mating, several males chase after a female. The eggs are simply released into the water.
Blue barbs always spawn in the morning.
The rearing
The young are eaten by the parents and other fish.
If a spawning tank was used, the parents are fished out. In the first week, the young find enough food in the java moss. Artemia nauplii are fed from the second week.
When spawning has taken place in the community tank, the young are caught from the aquarium. You can e.g. B. be placed in a spawning box. The openings in the spawning box must be so small that the young cannot slip through.
First dust food, then Artemia can be fed.
Artemia may be spat out first because the young have to get used to it. When the young are so big that they can no longer be eaten by the other fish, they can be placed in the aquarium with the other fish.