Cyprinidae: Barbus melanympyx

Wednesday, 11 July 2012

Barbus melanympyx

We first became aware of these remarkably beautiful animals when Paul McFarlane surprised us by joining the unofficial 'Barb of the Month Club'. He wrote an excellent Breeder's Report called "A Winter's Barb" and published it in the Hamilton and District Newsletter. It was reprinted in the Feb. 1996 edition of our own Scat and, a bit later on, Paul generously gave us a bag full of young, healthy Embers for our very ownOur problems with breeding Barbs are pretty well known within CAOAC so, although we intended to try to breed them right away, it got put off and put off. In the meantime they made themselves at home in a 15 gallon tank and schooled and ate and the males began more and more to resemble their common name.