Thank you SOOOOO MUCH!! This video changed what I chose for a new tank. It took years to save my weeding money for GOOD substrate, GOOD light, etc. I traded veggies for mystery crypts from friends. 4 months ago I set up a 20 tall with otocinclus & cherry barbs. Today I find my cherry barbs have spawned! I have fry and I've never had any kind of fry before! I'm so stinkin' excited!!
I've had a steady population of these fish in my 55 gallon for more than a decade by just keeping the tank heavily planted. Now and then, a couple of fry make it on their own, and so the population overall continues with no special breeding effort on my part. They are great fish. You might also notice their behavior changes a little with the population numbers. With fewer fish, each male will show off to defend his own little patch of plant territory. With more fish, the males sometimes team up, so 2 or 3 will defend a clump of plants together against other groups of males. They show off, but never actually wound each other.
Congrats! :) My panda cories will lay eggs on the glass every once in a blue moon, but I don't have a breeding tank and the eggs never hatch if left on their own, so either they're not fertilized or likely getting eaten.
My beautiful Cherry Barb, Orange, lived for 16 years! From the time I was 9 up until this last Saturday (I'm almost 25). We loved him and will miss him dearly. Forever swimming in our hearts....
Did he live alone? Our 9 year old son had 2 cherry barbs but one was always behind the other nipping at him then he died 😬 now he’s swimming energetically alone should I get another one?
I recently got given 7 cherry barbs (4 males, 3 females) as a suprise along with a betta that I was rescuing! I knew they were barbs just by looking at them, but this is my first time owning them & so far they've been a pleasure to keep! Thanks for all the info on them, It really helped me out! Xx
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I immediately fell for the cherry barb when I saw him. Cherry barb has been my favorite type of fish since I got one. They are in a communal tank with tetra's and ancistrus. It has never been a problem.
I always tell people that are new to the hobby to get cherry barbs or white clouds. Both are great fish that are hardy and have great personality. I have a 10 gallon live planted tank with just 6 cherry barbs. I just put in a spawning mop and they freaked out over it so hoping for some more free fish :D
The different about ch ferry barbs , they have something you cant tell. normally tetras doesnt look clever you know (how much fish can be ) but these guys are different some intelligent spark you can see from them. i have 30 of them in my tank my all the fav fish by far..
I went with cherry barbs after visiting here. I put thirteen into an ADA 34 gallon tank that is 24"x 18" x 18" that is heavily planted with good but gentle filtration and a bit of aeration. All is well after several months. Its fun the watch the males display and fidget fight. The females seem much more retiring than the males.
I just subscribed, You are totally the best. I would have never bought cherry barbs because of it being a barb, I'm thinking fin nipper etc. What a wonderful and beautiful fish! I've been doing fish keeping a long time. Until I got a job that required me to move quite a bit. Well you know how difficult moving with aquariums must be, so I unfortunately had to give up the hobby. Now that I have retired, what better time to start up again. Long story short. I have watch A LOT of TH-cam trying to catch up. Why I subscribed to you is, frankly, there is no BS. No whats playing on football, no pushing products, just to the point, you don't lose track of what your taking about, and you use basic and layman's terms. Thank you!! I enjoy your videos.
I know this is a older video you have done, but I got some cherry barbs because they are beautiful fish. I currently have a out break of ick, also to go along with that a few of my females and one of males now have red marks on their sides. I understand it's a infection. I'm treating them with ick-x and melafix, I also have betta and a Albino bristlenose plecostomus that are in fected with ick. I'm going on day 4 with treatments. How long do I treat them for the ick? They are in their ten gallon hospital tank. I went and bought a new tank of 20 to move them into. When will it be safe to move them, they are getting extremely stressed I feel. They are just swimming up and down rapidly, I'm pretty sure it's stress. I have not had fish in 20 years. Thank you so much for sharing your fish room and such.
I know this is an older video but I was considering getting some cherry barbs to replace the neons tetras I got (there was some misinformation I was fed and they aren't a good fit for my tank parameters). How many MAX could I put in a 20 gallon? 10 by themselves? How about with a couple 2in tankmates like guppies or mollies?
ErthFall Horror I have 4 2 inch cherry barbs and three green swordtails in my twenty gallon and I wouldn’t go with more than 6 imo they actually get pretty big and thick and need lots of room to swim I honestly with I had two more but I feel like that would be pushing it for my parameters personally
I got a 30 gallon tank with nine corydoras. I want to add a shoal of 14, either cherry barbs or harlequin rasboras, just can’t decide. Of course I could have seven of each but a bugger shoal would be better. Which one do you think?
Added some cherry barbs to my 36gal bowflex a couple months ago, and noticed two fry swimming the tank day before yesterday. Lol, was so excited, never any fry of any kind in my tank before. Just the two, so imagine the rest unhatched or consumed. So far the little critters are holding their own. Tank mates include 5 adult cherry barbs, 5 black neon tetras, 5 hatchets, 2 otto cats and 3 panda Corys.
Your Cherry Barbs seem to have a much longer tail than the ones I've always kept. Mine have a more "standard" tail. They overpopulated my 37 gallon to the point I had to trade with my local fish store. They were really fond of Java fern 'windelov' as were the fry.
I was trying to decide if I should get odessa barbs in addition to cherry barbs in my future 75 gallon, but didn't know if the odessa males would overpower or comparatively wash out the cherry males red color. But I managed to glimpse at 3:42 a pair of both species, in same video, and decided to indeed get both. Thanks!!!
It was fate that I bought two of these yesterday. I know there should be more but these were the only two the store had and I figured I'd give em a good home in my 60g. They seem to like to hang with an orange platy I got. I think they think that he is one of them. Haha I wanna check out the gold barb next. When they get old there colors are awesome.
Hi Rachel. Nice video. I have something to ask you. I got new discus and they haven't eaten in a couple of days. I tried feeding them Discus Bio Gold. Can I try with live tubifex worms instead?
Hi, thank you for all the information! Question, could I get 6 Cherry Barb's, 6 Neon Tetra's and 3 Coridories, plus one Betta? All in a new tall 24 gallon tank?
I just purchased 3 cherry barns, and 3 green striped barns. To go in my 20 gallon tank. I also have two albino cory cats and one green cory cat. My question is do I need to put a few more barbs into the tank or would it be safe to put in a few tiger barbs. I had different verities platys before who eventually died of old age and my cory cats were all that remained in the tank. My levels of nitrate, ammonia ect were in great shape but I didn't want to rock the boat by adding too many fish at once. This is my first experience with barbs so hopefully I am doing it right.
Hi Rachael, love your videos, so informative. What are those plants in your tank, the one on the left reaches up to the surface & there's one on the right & they look sort of spikey ?
Do you think they would be suited to the fluval flex 15 gallon planted tank. I was looking at the chili Rasbora but I think the current would be too strong. I have the 9 gallon flex as a small community tank but thinking of making a colourful species tank with the 15 gallon. If you think they would work, how many do you think I could have if I had a piece of drift wood and love plants.
We have become convinced they would be cool to keep. We've just purchased a Juwel Vision 180 to put them in, lots of plants. Any ideas for what to go with them - we were thinking penguin tetra.
Any reason these shouldn't go with Chili Rasboras? In a super heavily planted 29 gal, ideally with Cherry Shrimp too (tons of little hiding spots for them)
i recently got 2 males and 3 females. i want to add another female but im thinking of getting two straight away. my basic question is: can there be too many females in one tank if i have two males and 80x40cm tank footprint or can i safely add some?
Are there any know occurrences of sex change in adult cherry barbs? I have only females for some time now but recently 2 of them started behaving like males: their coloration has darkened, they got territorial and circle around each other with their fins spread out. I know some fish species can exhibit sex change but can't find any info about cherry barbs dealing with this topic.
I have about two dozen outside in two of my unfiltered water container gardens. It's heavily planted so a few babies survive. I started out with 5.. I love these fish. I want to set up stock tanks in galvanized livestock tanks, once I can get them shipped here. Do you know if the metal troughs affect the water ph?
Hey Rachel, who does the welding on your tank stands please??? I'm welding one for my hundred gallon and needed some feedback and a small brain storm!!!😉😊👍 Michael
What would you say is the minimum tank size appropriate for cherry Barbs and how many would you stock in a 33 long with maybe 6-7 Panda Cory's and a pearl gourami?
@@RachelOLeary thanks so much for the reply... Do you think cherry Barb's or serpae tetra are a better choice to get a good pop of red color with the pearl being the centerpiece for that tank?
When I had my tank, I found that the Cherry Barbs would be hidden in and amongst the plants, when I went to feed them they'd emerge all of a sudden and chow-down. They're very easy to care for, mild mannered and colorful.......
We had 2 cherry barbs but one was always behind the other nipping at him then he died 😬 they were both the same species but one was clearly more energised than the other. Now he’s swimming energetically alone. Should I get him a friend or leave him on his own?
we moved a hour move.from our one home to our other, our forty gallon has about thirty small fish. our cherry barbs are over a year old. about three weeks into the move everything was fine then all of sudden all my cherry barbs died. no clue, any comment on this?
One of mine chased another barb out of the aquarium (40x25x25).... after that got even more aggressive and chased a Chinese Danio also out of it. Took the other Danio out and put it in a smaller bowl. One other red barb left in and that one stays hidden in the plants. Not sure if I want to put more barbs in to get the schooling going. I'm afraid it will make it worse. Those two in there now are both males.
You really need a larger group, at least 10 or so (at least 6 females), and a lot of different plants and nooks. They will then concentrate on showing off for each other, claiming tiny territories, and ignore everyone else most of the time. In a proper ratio or sufficient numbers, the boys show off for the girls all the time and mostly ignore everyone else.
Ok I started with the top table welding solid in the flat position. The legs got welded today and it's just to tack in the bottom platform for filter and other items to rest on. I'll keep the fit and tack method in mind for the other two stands I'll be doing soon. Trying to avoid welding in positions!😉
This is precisely the type of setup I plan for this spring (when I get back from Costa Rica (ah! the pleasures of retirement.) I plan on using a 100 gal. tank with dense planting. Cherry Barbs have always been a favorite. I plan on using Microgeophagus (I still want to call the Apistos.) ramirezi but basically the same idea, a largish tank with little fish. I do have a question, has anyone here had success keeping shrimp with rams?
Would these be a good fit to go with my white cloud mountain minnows? I've found that it's much harder to find tank mates for them than I thought it would be.
This is funny because I'm about to get cherry barbs for my 29 gallon with a paradise fish, but my paradise fish even though it's a male it's kinda peaceful. I've had him with really colorful platies and he left them alone.
I have a cherry barb (male) and he is supper aggressive and chases any fish that comes near him. He also has made other fish commit suicide and chase them out of the tank (rimless). He nips fins of other smaller fish, any suggestions on how to calm him down? Thanks!
+Rachel O'leary yeah I know but they are just so cute I am planning on up grading my tank soon but to get the size tank I was told I would need to house 2 clown loaches is expensive so I figure I will upgrade as needed it the best I can do right now but my tank is understocked and I wanted to add barbs but I have my loaches so I have to be careful
Thank you SOOOOO MUCH!! This video changed what I chose for a new tank. It took years to save my weeding money for GOOD substrate, GOOD light, etc. I traded veggies for mystery crypts from friends. 4 months ago I set up a 20 tall with otocinclus & cherry barbs. Today I find my cherry barbs have spawned! I have fry and I've never had any kind of fry before! I'm so stinkin' excited!!
Hurray!!!
I've had a steady population of these fish in my 55 gallon for more than a decade by just keeping the tank heavily planted. Now and then, a couple of fry make it on their own, and so the population overall continues with no special breeding effort on my part. They are great fish. You might also notice their behavior changes a little with the population numbers. With fewer fish, each male will show off to defend his own little patch of plant territory. With more fish, the males sometimes team up, so 2 or 3 will defend a clump of plants together against other groups of males. They show off, but never actually wound each other.
Congrats! :) My panda cories will lay eggs on the glass every once in a blue moon, but I don't have a breeding tank and the eggs never hatch if left on their own, so either they're not fertilized or likely getting eaten.
I know this is old but that’s so awesome. I’m
Jealous
I really appreciate all the work you put in to this channel. I love learning about different species. Thanks.
My beautiful Cherry Barb, Orange, lived for 16 years! From the time I was 9 up until this last Saturday (I'm almost 25). We loved him and will miss him dearly. Forever swimming in our hearts....
January Rowe no way :o
How big did he get🤔💭
Did he live alone? Our 9 year old son had 2 cherry barbs but one was always behind the other nipping at him then he died 😬 now he’s swimming energetically alone should I get another one?
@@kellsmum1 just picked some up and there's one doing just that
Don't lie
I recently got given 7 cherry barbs (4 males, 3 females) as a suprise along with a betta that I was rescuing! I knew they were barbs just by looking at them, but this is my first time owning them & so far they've been a pleasure to keep!
Thanks for all the info on them, It really helped me out! Xx
I love this video. I first watched it a few months ago. It sold me on cherry barbs and I love them! Thanks for the tips😉
White clouds and cherry barbs are my all time favourites, adorable and well tempered :)
Thank you for additional information. I just bought two today for my daughter and son and they care awesome so far!
THANK YOU!
(I got my first Cherry Barbs in 1967 - And I've kept a lot since - And I may again, someday.... And I may try and breed them, finally!)
How aggressive are they? I've heard they're very peaceful from some and others say they're very aggressive
These are one of my favorites, I always like the small community fish,
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I immediately fell for the cherry barb when I saw him. Cherry barb has been my favorite type of fish since I got one. They are in a communal tank with tetra's and ancistrus. It has never been a problem.
Thank you Rachel , enjoyed this video . Gives me a better insight to the Cherry Barb.
I always tell people that are new to the hobby to get cherry barbs or white clouds. Both are great fish that are hardy and have great personality. I have a 10 gallon live planted tank with just 6 cherry barbs. I just put in a spawning mop and they freaked out over it so hoping for some more free fish :D
great to see cherry barbs getting some love
Hi , im from Sri lanka..this is good video !
Same as the cherry barb!
Just got our first lot of cherry barbs. Great little additions to our tank
The different about ch ferry barbs , they have something you cant tell. normally tetras doesnt look clever you know (how much fish can be ) but these guys are different some intelligent spark you can see from them. i have 30 of them in my tank my all the fav fish by far..
I went with cherry barbs after visiting here. I put thirteen into an ADA 34 gallon tank that is 24"x 18" x 18" that is heavily planted with good but gentle filtration and a bit of aeration. All is well after several months. Its fun the watch the males display and fidget fight. The females seem much more retiring than the males.
I just subscribed, You are totally the best. I would have never bought cherry barbs because of it being a barb, I'm thinking fin nipper etc. What a wonderful and beautiful fish! I've been doing fish keeping a long time. Until I got a job that required me to move quite a bit. Well you know how difficult moving with aquariums must be, so I unfortunately had to give up the hobby. Now that I have retired, what better time to start up again. Long story short. I have watch A LOT of TH-cam trying to catch up. Why I subscribed to you is, frankly, there is no BS. No whats playing on football, no pushing products, just to the point, you don't lose track of what your taking about, and you use basic and layman's terms. Thank you!! I enjoy your videos.
I know this is a older video you have done, but I got some cherry barbs because they are beautiful fish. I currently have a out break of ick, also to go along with that a few of my females and one of males now have red marks on their sides. I understand it's a infection. I'm treating them with ick-x and melafix, I also have betta and a Albino bristlenose plecostomus that are in fected with ick. I'm going on day 4 with treatments. How long do I treat them for the ick? They are in their ten gallon hospital tank. I went and bought a new tank of 20 to move them into. When will it be safe to move them, they are getting extremely stressed I feel. They are just swimming up and down rapidly, I'm pretty sure it's stress. I have not had fish in 20 years. Thank you so much for sharing your fish room and such.
So informational, so beautiful! Absolutely love your channel ❤
+Victoria Reynoso thanks Victoria!
Perfect video Rachel I love the cherry barb there colours are amazing 🤗🤗
These guys picked on my Corydoras!
How dare they! Thanks for that info. Loveven corys
I know this is an older video but I was considering getting some cherry barbs to replace the neons tetras I got (there was some misinformation I was fed and they aren't a good fit for my tank parameters). How many MAX could I put in a 20 gallon? 10 by themselves? How about with a couple 2in tankmates like guppies or mollies?
ErthFall Horror I have 4 2 inch cherry barbs and three green swordtails in my twenty gallon and I wouldn’t go with more than 6 imo they actually get pretty big and thick and need lots of room to swim I honestly with I had two more but I feel like that would be pushing it for my parameters personally
Guppies is a bad idea they get harassed by the barbs but mollies would be fine
Alright thanks Eric!
I got a 30 gallon tank with nine corydoras. I want to add a shoal of 14, either cherry barbs or harlequin rasboras, just can’t decide. Of course I could have seven of each but a bugger shoal would be better. Which one do you think?
Added some cherry barbs to my 36gal bowflex a couple months ago, and noticed two fry swimming the tank day before yesterday. Lol, was so excited, never any fry of any kind in my tank before. Just the two, so imagine the rest unhatched or consumed. So far the little critters are holding their own. Tank mates include 5 adult cherry barbs, 5 black neon tetras, 5 hatchets, 2 otto cats and 3 panda Corys.
Hurray!!
@@RachelOLeary, thanks
Could I fit 5 of these in a 30 gallon tank with 2 mollies and 5 golden barbs?
Hello -- Is there any information on whether cherry barbs can be kept with shrimps? Or will they eat the shrimps?
Your Cherry Barbs seem to have a much longer tail than the ones I've always kept. Mine have a more "standard" tail. They overpopulated my 37 gallon to the point I had to trade with my local fish store. They were really fond of Java fern 'windelov' as were the fry.
+Chuck Troast yea, I was working on making a long fin variant with some stock I got from my friend, Ricky
I was trying to decide if I should get odessa barbs in addition to cherry barbs in my future 75 gallon, but didn't know if the odessa males would overpower or comparatively wash out the cherry males red color.
But I managed to glimpse at 3:42 a pair of both species, in same video, and decided to indeed get both. Thanks!!!
It was fate that I bought two of these yesterday. I know there should be more but these were the only two the store had and I figured I'd give em a good home in my 60g. They seem to like to hang with an orange platy I got. I think they think that he is one of them. Haha I wanna check out the gold barb next. When they get old there colors are awesome.
Hi Rachel. Nice video. I have something to ask you. I got new discus and they haven't eaten in a couple of days. I tried feeding them Discus Bio Gold. Can I try with live tubifex worms instead?
Hi, thank you for all the information! Question, could I get 6 Cherry Barb's, 6 Neon Tetra's and 3 Coridories, plus one Betta? All in a new tall 24 gallon tank?
I love those barbs Rachel!
What temp do you keep them at?
I'm assuming also the plants you keep are more accommodated to the temps?.. just an assumption.
I just purchased 3 cherry barns, and 3 green striped barns. To go in my 20 gallon tank. I also have two albino cory cats and one green cory cat. My question is do I need to put a few more barbs into the tank or would it be safe to put in a few tiger barbs. I had different verities platys before who eventually died of old age and my cory cats were all that remained in the tank. My levels of nitrate, ammonia ect were in great shape but I didn't want to rock the boat by adding too many fish at once. This is my first experience with barbs so hopefully I am doing it right.
Hi Rachel, I have a 50 gallon with 5 angels and a school of Corys. Im planning on getting 6-10 cherries. Will the nip at my Angels?
I love cherry barbs; I kept them with white clouds as well. Odessa barb and emperor terra are all great too.
Hi Rachael, love your videos, so informative. What are those plants in your tank, the one on the left reaches up to the surface & there's one on the right & they look sort of spikey ?
I love Cherry Barbs! They're really interesting fish and have great color. I agree that they are overlooked way too often.
Is that a corydora sodalis at 0:40? They are amazing, I love mine! I would like more of them but I can't find them anywhere!
Do you think they would be suited to the fluval flex 15 gallon planted tank. I was looking at the chili Rasbora but I think the current would be too strong. I have the 9 gallon flex as a small community tank but thinking of making a colourful species tank with the 15 gallon. If you think they would work, how many do you think I could have if I had a piece of drift wood and love plants.
We have become convinced they would be cool to keep. We've just purchased a Juwel Vision 180 to put them in, lots of plants. Any ideas for what to go with them - we were thinking penguin tetra.
Any reason these shouldn't go with Chili Rasboras?
In a super heavily planted 29 gal, ideally with Cherry Shrimp too (tons of little hiding spots for them)
i recently got 2 males and 3 females. i want to add another female but im thinking of getting two straight away. my basic question is: can there be too many females in one tank if i have two males and 80x40cm tank footprint or can i safely add some?
agree they are such a beauty to behold in shoal up to 20 stunning.
Rachel, I had 7 female and 3 male cherry barbs in a fairly heavily planted 29 gal. All but one of the males died. Will they kill each other
great stuff as always! would LOVE to see a vid of your breeding setups illustrated.
Would you be able to have them in a tank with a Betta ? I’m thinking of making a community tank and adding cherry barbs to it
Thanks for the awesome videos. Looking at that beautifully planted tank I'd say you were an aquascaper ;P
@Rachel O'leary i think my cherry barbs are eating new growth from my cardamine plants. Have you experienced cherry barbs eating plants.
Are there any know occurrences of sex change in adult cherry barbs? I have only females for some time now but recently 2 of them started behaving like males: their coloration has darkened, they got territorial and circle around each other with their fins spread out.
I know some fish species can exhibit sex change but can't find any info about cherry barbs dealing with this topic.
What ph do the cherry barbs like? I'm looking for a schooling fish, neon tetras I haven't had much luck with
How about rosy barbs do they make great community fish also?
I have about two dozen outside in two of my unfiltered water container gardens. It's heavily planted so a few babies survive. I started out with 5.. I love these fish. I want to set up stock tanks in galvanized livestock tanks, once I can get them shipped here. Do you know if the metal troughs affect the water ph?
i wouldn't think so
Hey Rachel, who does the welding on your tank stands please??? I'm welding one for my hundred gallon and needed some feedback and a small brain storm!!!😉😊👍
Michael
+michael alexis my husband and I do. What do you need to know?
Is there temperament good with bettas or are they fin nippers?
Thank you for sharing this,
I'm from little Island Sri Lanka..
This is originally from your country bro
How long do cherry barbs usually live?
Would cherry barbs peacefully coexist in a tank with platys?
Thanks for the temp info
What would you say is the minimum tank size appropriate for cherry Barbs and how many would you stock in a 33 long with maybe 6-7 Panda Cory's and a pearl gourami?
I would always do at least 2 males to 4 females. Maybe 3m/5f in that tank
@@RachelOLeary thanks so much for the reply... Do you think cherry Barb's or serpae tetra are a better choice to get a good pop of red color with the pearl being the centerpiece for that tank?
Cherry barbs are way more docile then serpae. Serpae can be really nippybif not in a large enough group
Would they be okay with a halfmoon betta, he's really placid with other fish and I don't want him to be bullied?
+Bridge Delany depends on tank size and how many you were to put in
When I had my tank, I found that the Cherry Barbs would be hidden in and amongst the plants, when I went to feed them they'd emerge all of a sudden and chow-down. They're very easy to care for, mild mannered and colorful.......
Will their colors dull above pool filter sand and light backdrop?
Would Cherry Barbs typically eat Molly and Platy fry?
How big should my cherry SHRIMP be so that my cherry barbs don't eat them?
+Anna Laitinen adult size
We had 2 cherry barbs but one was always behind the other nipping at him then he died 😬 they were both the same species but one was clearly more energised than the other. Now he’s swimming energetically alone. Should I get him a friend or leave him on his own?
You should have atleast 5 cherry barbs
Awesome! Having issues keeping my legs square. Have ye any tips or tricks this??
+michael alexis what type of welding machine are you using
we moved a hour move.from our one home to our other, our forty gallon has about thirty small fish. our cherry barbs are over a year old. about three weeks into the move everything was fine then all of sudden all my cherry barbs died. no clue, any comment on this?
Great spotlight Rachel!!
One of mine chased another barb out of the aquarium (40x25x25).... after that got even more aggressive and chased a Chinese Danio also out of it. Took the other Danio out and put it in a smaller bowl. One other red barb left in and that one stays hidden in the plants. Not sure if I want to put more barbs in to get the schooling going. I'm afraid it will make it worse. Those two in there now are both males.
You really need a larger group, at least 10 or so (at least 6 females), and a lot of different plants and nooks. They will then concentrate on showing off for each other, claiming tiny territories, and ignore everyone else most of the time. In a proper ratio or sufficient numbers, the boys show off for the girls all the time and mostly ignore everyone else.
you're right cherry barbs I have a big school there awesome
Do cherry barbs go well with black skirt tetras?
I have littile request, please make video on breeding cherry barb ?? What we should do and what not ?? what are the requirement ???
Long fins? It looks like some of the fish have a little longer fins..
+Brian's Opinion/Comments yes. Line bred
+Rachel O'leary very nice colors and fins....
Also, do you run your diagonals from center of frame to bottom, or are they offset? Meaning you split the difference, between center and the edge???😊
+michael alexis do you mean corner braces? Not needed for welded metal stands of appropriate design
+michael alexis tack all over, rotating around before running a bead
Ok I started with the top table welding solid in the flat position. The legs got welded today and it's just to tack in the bottom platform for filter and other items to rest on.
I'll keep the fit and tack method in mind for the other two stands I'll be doing soon.
Trying to avoid welding in positions!😉
+michael alexis use a square!
Will they nip at guppies? and will they eat fry?
This is precisely the type of setup I plan for this spring (when I get back from Costa Rica (ah! the pleasures of retirement.) I plan on using a 100 gal. tank with dense planting. Cherry Barbs have always been a favorite. I plan on using Microgeophagus (I still want to call the Apistos.) ramirezi but basically the same idea, a largish tank with little fish. I do have a question, has anyone here had success keeping shrimp with rams?
How many could I put in a 36 gallon tank with an angelfish
Are they safe for cherry shrimp and amano shrimp
Would these be a good fit to go with my white cloud mountain minnows? I've found that it's much harder to find tank mates for them than I thought it would be.
+Vicky B yes
Is possible to put Cherry barbs with my Paradise fish which currently resides in a 29 gallon?
This is funny because I'm about to get cherry barbs for my 29 gallon with a paradise fish, but my paradise fish even though it's a male it's kinda peaceful. I've had him with really colorful platies and he left them alone.
I've notice that you can't put tigger barbs in the with the other fish because they will eat the fins off of the other fish.
I was always told barbs are aggresive and nippy? So you dont think they are then.? X
Not this species and especially not when kept in 2m/4f ratios
Are they ok with guppies?
Can these go in a 10 gallon tank?
Are these schooling/ shoaling? What numbers would you suggest in a 20 long with a honey gourami?
they are schoaling, my preference is 2m/4f
Rachel O'leary Thank you! I think I have my heart set on Lamb Chop Rasboras though...
Can common goldfish and cherry barb live together?
No
Are they compatible with albino long fin pleco and paradise gourami?
Yea if kept on a good group
Bought 20 of these but end up only getting 4 males lol.. cant see the color in the shop cuz most of them scared and theyre color didnt show up
can they go in with guppies?
My cherry barbs are very territorial with each other, especially the males. There are 4 females and 2 males with a dwarf gourami in a 30 gallon tank.
Noah etan I have 2 Cherry Barbs with a Dwarf Gourami too. Mine is a Powder Blue, what's yours?
Would it be fine to only have 3? or are they going to get sad :P if i get 5 my stocking list will be to much to put in otos aswell
+Nickeeefy I would not do 3
Rachel O'leary alright to bad. So they feel lonely if not in a group of 5?
Would they do well with cpd?
Hi Iam from NJ n wondering if u sell these
Love the Cherry barb!!
I have a cherry barb (male) and he is supper aggressive and chases any fish that comes near him. He also has made other fish commit suicide and chase them out of the tank (rimless). He nips fins of other smaller fish, any suggestions on how to calm him down? Thanks!
+chaszrainsford how many do you have?
I now have one male, he chased about 5 other fish out of the tank.
how well would these fish get along with clown loaches, long finned danios, balloon mollies and guppies
+Tabitha Baker perfect choice. Though clown loaches get huge
+Rachel O'leary yeah I know but they are just so cute I am planning on up grading my tank soon but to get the size tank I was told I would need to house 2 clown loaches is expensive so I figure I will upgrade as needed it the best I can do right now but my tank is understocked and I wanted to add barbs but I have my loaches so I have to be careful
I 100% agree about how underrated they are. One of my favorite fish EVER!!!
J T Agreed