Cyprinidae: Barbus Cumingi

Monday 9 July 2012

Barbus Cumingi

Barbus CLively barb that is very suitable for the community aquarium. They like to play with each other. The aquarium should be densely planted. It is not recommended to put the aquarium at a sunny place. You should use some floating plants to bring out the colours of this fish. A regular changing of the water is necessary. The fish is omnivorous. You should give them a great variety of live, frozen and dry food.
Breeding is not very easy because you need a good matching couple. So it is important to observe the fishes well previously. You should set up the breeding tank with marbles and fine leaved plants. At higher temperatures up to 400 eggs are laid and fertilized between the plantsumingi