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Partipentazona Barb
Puntigrus partipentazona
Mistaken for Tiger Barb. If kept in small numbers, succumbs to terror or extreme aggression.
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Origin
- Sud-est asiatico (Thailandia, Cambogia, Vietnam)
- Tank use
- Used in 0 tanks
Temperature
22 °C - 26 °C
pH
6 - 7.5
Water type
Freshwater
Tank level
Middle
Adult size
4.5 cm
Description
The Puntigrus partipentazona is often bought in small groups of 3 or 4. This is a fatal error: their biology demands complex hierarchies and huge schools.
In low numbers, the alpha male goes insane, mutilating his own group then turning on slow tankmates.
Care and observations
DEVIANT HIERARCHY: Must be kept in schools of 12-15+. In smaller groups, internal aggression is not dissipated and turns into mutilation. ISOLATION IMMUNE COLLAPSE: The weakest specimen will hide constantly and die in days, eaten alive by bacteria due to extreme stress.
Fish profile
- Tank level
- Middle
- Adult size
- 4.5 cm
- GH
- 5 dGH - 15 dGH
- KH
- n/a
- TDS
- n/a
- Conductivity
- n/a
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