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Thread: Black Ruby Barb

  1. 02-01-2013, 12:57 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by gsxrated98 View Post
    Yes, thats still all I have. I'm new to this so please pardon my ignorance. But I was under the understanding that barbs in general school well. So, as long as the overall school is 6+ you are good. So, 3 green, 3 tiger, 3 black ruby = 9fish school.

    Please correct me if I'm wrong. Though, the 6 barbs I currently have all get a long great.
    Barbs school with their own species. Greens and Tigers are the same species, just different color variants, so they will school together. Black ruby barbs are a totally different species so the same rules do not apply.
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  2. 02-01-2013, 01:28 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by KingFisher View Post
    Barbs school with their own species. Greens and Tigers are the same species, just different color variants, so they will school together. Black ruby barbs are a totally different species so the same rules do not apply.
    Very good to know. I guess a barb isn't always a barb.
    Shocking, the bodies are very similarly shaped, so I figured they were the same species.
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    They are also called the Purple Headed barb. For more information on this fish, heres the site I got most of the information on them from. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...41867550,d.cGE
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