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Tiger Barb

Puntigrus tetrazona (Precedentemente Barbus tetrazona o Capoeta tetrazona)

The *Puntigrus tetrazona*, iconic and infamous Tiger Barb, is one of the most beautiful, recognizable and sold cyprinids in the world. It reaches 6-7 cm (2.5 inches) and boasts a stubby, compressed and massive brilliant gold or peach body, clearly marked by four thick raven black vertical bands (hence the name 'tetrazona' or 'tiger'). The fins, especially in dominant males, light up with a blazing blood red. Despite being beautiful and very lively, its fame is historically and sadly stained by its irrepressible and instinctive behavior as a "Fin-Nipper". It is a hierarchical, restless and aggressive fish that strictly needs precise breeding and schooling rules; otherwise, it turns into the worst nightmare for any quiet and long-finned fish in your aquarium.

Family
Cyprinidae
Origin
Sud-est asiatico (Sumatra, Borneo; abita corsi d'acqua forestali, fiumi torbidi e limpidi, e paludi con fitta vegetazione e detriti sul fondo)
Tank use
Used in 0 tanks
Temperature

21 °C - 26 °C

pH

6 - 7.5

Water type

Freshwater

Tank level

Tutti i livelli (Zona Media predominante). Si muovono a stormo come pirana in miniatura, spazzando la vasca dal basso verso l'alto con frenesia inesauribile.

Adult size

6 cm

Description

The Merry-go-round of the Upside Down Dominant Males and Bright Fiery Snouts (Proud Combative Iridescent Aesthetics Magic Tension Sumptuous Challenge Spectacle Brawl Circular Bloodless Dance Frantic Furious Acrobatic Fast Absurd Combative Fake Proud Belligerent Vanity Harmless Magnificent Choreography Ecstasy Pale Hypnosis Masterful Attraction Stupendous Wonderful Flashy Round Attraction Ineffable Divine Hypnosis):

In the schools beautiful dense round big asphyxiating thick huge thick dense infinite asphyxiating numerous deaf asphyxiating compact asphyxiating pale deaf deaf dense deaf asphyxiating round asphyxiating round asphyxiating big... the strongest asphyxiating dominant cocky asphyxiating strong deaf muscular deaf and hierarchical males will develop for the pale hormonal excitement of asphyxiating dominance deaf nose entire snout face deaf thick red asphyxiating asphyxiating scarlet burning fire live incandescent blood silly pale deaf bright asphyxiating flaming red asphyxiating. And when asphyxiating deaf two red alpha bosses asphyxiating challenge asphyxiating? No bite. They put themselves asphyxiating asphyxiating literally and surprisingly UPSIDE DOWN round straight pale vertical perpendicular round fake candle asphyxiating motionless vertical deaf pale and start to rotate turn deaf round screw themselves deaf challenging deaf in very fast tense deaf pale circular parades asphyxiating very fast tense frantic pale choreography spinning around themselves like tense deaf vertical spinning tops asphyxiating deaf in a furious magnificent deaf tense spectacular helpless fake deaf and magic and beautiful parade that will fascinate enchant bewitch and charm ecstatic fake and enraptured deaf amazed pale blissful helpless crazy deaf asphyxiating.

Care and observations

The Thugs, the Bullies and the Torture of the Short School (Three Murderous Infamous Terrorists Isolated Exhausting Tragic Deaf Harassing Exile Ruthless Bites Exhausting Heartbreaking Chase Mad Ruthless Tail to Shreds Useless Scam Fake Disgrace Lonely Lethal Sad Fallen Hero Mute Deaf Blind Smashed Inexorable Infamous Bloodthirsty Ungrateful Murderer Blind Selfish Devastating Bloody Torture Deaf and Slow Macabre Sadistic Agony):

You and the classic novice asphyxiating deaf go happily and naively buy 3 fucking miserable asphyxiating deaf and cute silly colored and funny Tiger Barbs silly pale and you mix them in your calm serene angelic deaf slow pale idyllic asphyxiating mute tank. YOU HAVE INSERTED A GANG OF THUGS, CHAVS, BULLIES, ASPHYXIATING DEAF-MUTE CRIMINALS ASPHYXIATING DEAF-MUTE AND PSYCHOPATHS IN A SLOW SILENT DREAMING AND HELPLESS SILLY DEFENSELESS WEAK ASPHYXIATING NURSERY. Since they are only in three poor sad asphyxiated, not being able to establish and discharge the dense numerous deaf deaf deaf asphyxiating asphyxiating deaf natural hierarchy among themselves, they will instantly fix deaf their criminal ravenous fast brazen irreverent insolent deaf cocky inexorable frustrations towards ALL the rest of the poor deaf helpless slow passive harmless and pale weak slow aquarium. They will dart pale fast implacable ruthless harassing like furies raging raging raging constantly assiduously stubbornly fiercely perversely on the very long colored wide and wonderful majestic veil fins of the deaf poor helpless and defenseless subdued blindly slow disabled exhausted depressed frustrated terrified Betta Splendens or the proud Majestic big peaceful clumsy Angelfish (Pterophyllum) deaf. In a single fucking night they will pluck them ruthless amputating them biting them nibbling fraying blindly brutally horridly sadly pale and exhausting the luxurious fins reducing them asphyxiating bleeding deaf frayed destroyed sad worn out holed stumps horrid shreds asphyxiating deaf deaf sad bare helpless sad, leading the deaf Angelfish to hide depressed exhausted trembling getting sick dying stressed. The divine magic foolproof and mandatory sacred asphyxiating life-saving secret? INSERT 20 OF THEM! If there are 15 or 20 asphyxiating... they will fixate and vent only among themselves pale deaf chasing each other pale sad and deaf exhibiting themselves totally ignoring the rest of the aquarium miraculously asphyxiating pale placid blissful calm helpless fake slow blind indifferent isolated immune!

The Fake Paradox of the Swim Bladder Full of Fake and Suffocating Air Greedy Silly and Blind Murderous Voracity Deaf Ingestion Vorago Asphyxiating Death Floating Tragic Fateful Wasting Pale and Deaf Fake Deception Fake Silly Fake Fake Asphyxiating Asphyxiating Tragic Upside Down Involuntary Floating Asphyxiating Gas Asphyxiating Fatal Feed Error Deaf Silly Greedy Deaf):

Being hungry crazy fake and deaf asphyxiating asphyxiating ravenous greedy gluttonous vacuum cleaners... as soon as you open the asphyxiating lid they will jump deaf to the surface deaf to suck asphyxiating the unheard of inhuman fast asphyxiating noisy implacable dry flakes like asphyxiating piranhas. Doing so asphyxiating deaf asphyxiating, due to the huge furious deaf deaf pale blind tense asphyxiating deaf greed... they swallow a lot of deaf air round asphyxiating gaseous air bubbles together asphyxiating with the dry pale silly silly feed. The asphyxiating result? With a deaf and silly asphyxiating fake stomach swollen with locked asphyxiating lethal asphyxiating intestinal air gas deaf deaf closed trap... you will see them float asphyxiating asphyxiating helpless clumsy fake helpless sadly and silly helpless upside down or turned on their side helpless transported floating silly in pale air upwards round asphyxiating hot air balloons suffering desperate panting fake dead belly up suffering blocked on the surface pale pale pale silly. Either you sink deaf the granulate in deaf water before deaf triggers... or you wet asphyxiating the flakes in a deaf way and they go asphyxiating to the bottom and don't swallow them on the surface deaf asphyxiating asphyxiating silly asphyxiating deaf or they will die silly floating asphyxiating deaf and languid pale deformed paralyzed lethargic pale slow submissive pale pale sad.

Fish profile

Temperament
Vivacissimo, Rissoso e Gerarchico (Teppista Fin-Nipper). L'indole è di base aggressiva, ma si sfoga in un'attività ininterrotta di inseguimenti, parate e piccoli morsi tra conspecifici se il branco è abbastanza numeroso da scaricare e frammentare lo stress dominante. Insetti sociali in perenne moto. Letale per pesci statici.
Diet
Onnivoro Famelico e Voracissimo (Spazzino d'Acqua). Divorano letteralmente tutto ciò che piove dall'alto o si posa. Sono ingordi all'estremo. Seccati, fiocchi, granuli, o pastiglie per pesci da fondo: le ruberanno tutte con irruenza spietata e velocissima, arrivando a mangiare dalle dita.
Tank level
Tutti i livelli (Zona Media predominante). Si muovono a stormo come pirana in miniatura, spazzando la vasca dal basso verso l'alto con frenesia inesauribile.
Minimum group
12
Adult size
6 cm
Minimum tank
80 L
GH
4 dGH - 15 dGH
KH
n/a
TDS
n/a
Conductivity
n/a
Sex ratio
Branco Numeroso Assoluto (Minimo Indispensabile: 10-12, Ottimale: 15-20). Meno sono, più diventano criminali aggressivi molesti o impauriti sbiaditi fuggiaschi stanchi; più sono numerosi, più i maschi dai nasi e pinne rosso fuoco si terranno occupati sfidandosi a testa in giù in spettacolari ma innocue giostre dominanti al centro della vasca.
Feeding frequency
1-2 volte al dì. Attenzione all'iper-nutrizione. La loro avidità ingorda spesso li porta a fiondarsi in superficie ingoiando enormi bolle d'aria insieme al fiocco, causandogli letali problemi di galleggiamento a testa in giù (affezione della vescica natatoria indotta). Pre-bagnare i fiocchi per farli affondare prima.
Bioload
Moderato. Mangiano tantissimo, nuotano tantissimo e di conseguenza inquinano discretamente. Necessitano di una filtrazione vigorosa ed efficiente.
Flow
Corrente da Moderata a Forte. La forte circolazione d'acqua li diverte immensamente: amano spingersi contro il flusso dell'uscita del filtro per "tapis-roulant" acquatico inesorabile instancabile perenne irriducibile rinvigorente frenetico.
Jump risk
Covered tank required
Reproduction
Disseminatori Aggressivi. Vanno isolati in vasche nudo vetro con griglie sul fondo perché, dopo le furibonde ed irruenti corse amorose che spargono uova invisibili adesive sui muschi folti... i riproduttori stessi, ipercicinetici e sempre affamati veloci ingordi insensibili, setacceranno il suolo ingurgitando la totalità schiacciante della propria prole in soli 2 minuti. Tasso parentale nullo.
Compatibility
Mantenimento Difficile per Errori Comunitari (Bulli Asfissianti Letali per Coinqui Lenti). BANDITI e DIVIETI TASSATIVI ed ASSOLUTI: Mai, e dico mai, mettere Barbi Tigre assieme a Betta Splendens (le cui pinne e veli maestosi diventeranno brandelli asfissiati sanguinanti sfibrati mangiati strappati corrosi tristi rovinati in 24 ore netti), Scalari / Pterophyllum (sbranati e ridotti a moncherini folli asfissiati frustrati stressati isolati terrorizzati inetti umiliati nudi strappati spennati) o Discus lenti sordi. Anche i Guppy dal codone grosso sono in letale costante spietato infame pericolo mortale logorante asfissiante tonto asfissiante inesorabile. Compagni ottimi: Pesci rudi e tozzi rapidi e resistenti asiatici come Labeo, Squali d'acqua dolce (Balantiocheilus), Botia Giganti e Rasbore enormi irraggiungibili.

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