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Cherry Barb
Puntius titteya
Family: Cyprinidae
📍 Kelani River, Sri Lanka
Male cherry barbs turn a vivid deep red when breeding-conditioned, making them one of the most colourful small barbs available. Unlike many barbs they are peaceful and non-nippy, suiting them to community planted tanks with other peaceful species.
Keeping this species
- diet
- Omnivore – flake, micro pellets, daphnia, blood worms
- lifespan
- 5–7 years
- max size
- 5 cm (2 in)
- tank size
- 10 gallons minimum
- school size
- 6+
- temperament
- Peaceful
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Water it likes
- ph
- 6.0–7.5
- ammonia
- 0 ppm
- nitrate
- <20 ppm
- hardness
- 2–15 dGH
- temperature
- 73–81°F (23–27°C)
Natural Habitat Temperature
75°F — 82°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Apr high)