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Tiger Barb
Puntigrus tetrazona
Family: Cyprinidae
📍 Sumatra & Borneo, Indonesia
Tiger barbs are energetic, striking fish with four vertical black stripes on a golden body. They are notorious fin-nippers when kept in small numbers, but large groups of 8 or more redirect aggression within the school and become safer community fish.
Keeping this species
- diet
- Omnivore – flake, pellets, bloodworms, vegetables
- lifespan
- 6–7 years
- max size
- 7 cm (2.75 in)
- tank size
- 20 gallons minimum
- school size
- 8+
- temperament
- Semi-aggressive; fin-nipper in small groups
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Water it likes
- ph
- 6.0–7.0
- ammonia
- 0 ppm
- nitrate
- <20 ppm
- hardness
- 5–15 dGH
- temperature
- 72–79°F (22–26°C)
Natural Habitat Temperature
75°F — 81°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Apr high)