Gold barb
Brass bar ( Barbodes semifasciolatus )
The brass bar, known as xanthische ( yellowish ) cultivar also brocade Barbe, ( Barbodes semifasciolatus Syn: Puntius semifasciolatus ) is a beginner at aquarists as an ornamental fish very popular carp fish ( Cyprinidae ).
Features
Brass and brocade barbels are about 7 to 10 cm long, with the males being slightly smaller, slimmer and more colorful. The brass barbs are brass colored their names according shiny. When brocade bar the red belly coloration of the brass bar is visible or implied. You reach an age of about six years.
Occurrence
Brass barbs are found in North Vietnam and South East China, including Hainan. You can often look at the water surface, they prefer the lower body areas.
As a cultivated form of the brass bar come brocade barbels in the wilderness before not.
Hunting and
Water values
Brass and brocade barbs should be kept in a relatively large, enclosed aquarium (from 150 l at least 100 cm in length), with the water levels
- Total Hardness: 20 ° dH,
- Carbonate hardness: up to 15 ° dH,
- Water temperature: 18 - 24 ° C.
Attitude
Brass and brocade barbels are very lively and curious, they stay mostly on the lower and middle pelvic area. Most suitable is a sandy or Mulmboden with dense planting, with the growth of algae body coloration is intense. Since they are schooling fish, should be at least eight to ten individuals are kept together. Add to the pelvis and in individual housing they will quickly shy and hide behind most plants. They can handle any Fried fish, which also prefer colder water temperatures, socialize, for example with superb barbel ( Pethia conchonius ) and Ritterkärpflingen ( Xenoophorus captiva ). If the stocking density in the aquarium, however, too high, they become aggressive towards conspecifics.
Nutrition
Brass barbel feed omnivorous ( omnivores ), but prefer plant food.
Breeding
For breeding, a well overfed pair is the evening set in a breeding tank. The female spawns mostly in the morning from about Java Moss ( Vesicularia dubyana ), but since they are spawning robbers who Altfische should be then removed from the breeding tank. Until hatching in 30 to 36 hours of spawning should be protected with fine gravel or spawning rust. After two to three days, the young fish have to swim around freely. They can be relatively easy to start with microworms and newly hatched Artemia nauplii, raise later with dry food. In a densely overgrown aquarium some pups come through even if the Altfische were not removed.