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Rosy Barb
Pethia conchonius
Family: Cyprinidae
📍 Bangladesh & Northeast India
Rosy barbs are large, hardy barbs with males turning a vivid pink-red during breeding. They are cold-tolerant, active, and peaceful in larger groups, though they may nip fins of long-finned fish. An excellent choice for cooler community aquariums.
Keeping this species
- diet
- Omnivore – flake, pellets, algae, daphnia, bloodworms
- lifespan
- 5 years
- max size
- 14 cm (5.5 in)
- tank size
- 30 gallons minimum
- school size
- 6+
- temperament
- Peaceful in groups; may nip fins
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Water it likes
- ph
- 6.0–8.0
- ammonia
- 0 ppm
- nitrate
- <20 ppm
- hardness
- 5–19 dGH
- temperature
- 64–79°F (18–26°C)
Natural Habitat Temperature
64°F — 84°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Jun high)