Black ruby barb is a fish species, endemic to Sri Lanka and endangered in their natural habitats. However, seeing how the species thrive in the ornamental fish industry and breed successfully in captivity is interesting.
The nippiest barbs are the store bought farm raised tiger barbs , it is a boisterous species , but the aggression comes because most common ones are hybrids, between tigers, t spanners or ruby's So like your fancy tigers or the green tigers and even the common ones are all hybrids , which exponentially increases aggression, if you want barbs , buy a species , not a hybrid ex buy ruby Barbs, or two spot barbs , or t spanners or buy cherry barbs get a real species that exists in nature, they do have real tigers but mostly only from one location point and very rare in the hobby
I love these breeding how-tos. Maybe you should invest ($$$$) in a macro lens for close-ups of the eggs and fry. How do you select which fish to put in the breeding tank? Plump females and the most colorful males??
Great job pal... congrats.. !!!!! I do the same as you but not eggs... I have a question, at how many months the black ruby barbs reach the breeding age...???
Really depends how big the female really is but 5 days should be good. Yes it's best to feed live brine shrimp while breeding them it can help them spawn
thank you so much for this video! this species is now extinct in their native country of Sri Lanka! so glad there is a thriving aquarium population of them! God Bless You!
@@Aquadiction I would describe it as manageable large barb , I would not keep a larger barb or Cyprinid without a pond or crazy larg tank , I hate the fact that tinfoil barbs , red tail black sharks , black sharks and bala sharks are some of the most common asiatic Cyprinids , they are tank busters and basically unkeepable for the majority of aquarists Spanner barbs max out around 9-10 but many prolly don't make it that big , have s group now and absolutely love them , powerful swimmers though , I am debating whether to build a large plywood or buy a large glass tank . If you were worried about size you can find slightly smaller and even more colorful Dawkinsia on wetspot tropical or imperial tropical , I am holding out for d. exclamato or d. Rubrotincus also love Rohani What is your passion for barbs , do you or have you kept any ??? Let me know your favs I also like striped barbs and Borneo pink tail sharks
@Knyght Ryder that’s really interesting experience you have there, I’ve had red tail black sharks all my life and they never grow more than maybe 6 inches for me, I have seen them larger but never grow them larger myself… currently have one in a 450ltr and he’s maxed out at about all the red tail sharks we have ever had! I have stayed away from the black shark for this reason though! Barbs are just fantastic, love them all but mainly the smaller to mid range ones! Borneo red fin silver sharks maybe our personal favourites, a bit bigger than a denison Barb! Thanks for the reply dude, love hearing other people’s experiences
@Knyght Ryder forgot to say we currently own red panda barbs, denison barbs, janthochir barbs, black ruby barbs, narayan barbs, indian high fin barbs,. We have just ordered long fin cherry barbs, golden barbs, and chequered barbs, so yeah, we love our barbs, lol!! We really really want Arulius barbs also, but every time we try and get them, we come across problems so hopefully one day we will get them 😀
Most underrated fish in the aquatics hobby.
It is a cool looking fish with tons of personality!
I have 10 and god I love them so much they are so fun you can watch them for hours !
Some of my favorite fish. Not as aggressive as tiger barbs, and the males are stunning when ready to breed.
Black ruby barb is a fish species, endemic to Sri Lanka and endangered in their natural habitats. However, seeing how the species thrive in the ornamental fish industry and breed successfully in captivity is interesting.
black ruby barb A fish endemic to Sri Lanka 🐠
Hi Jason, I love all the barbs. Beautiful fish and great information. Can they go with angels or are they too nippy?
The nippiest barbs are the store bought farm raised tiger barbs , it is a boisterous species , but the aggression comes because most common ones are hybrids, between tigers, t spanners or ruby's
So like your fancy tigers or the green tigers and even the common ones are all hybrids , which exponentially increases aggression, if you want barbs , buy a species , not a hybrid ex buy ruby Barbs, or two spot barbs , or t spanners or buy cherry barbs get a real species that exists in nature, they do have real tigers but mostly only from one location point and very rare in the hobby
Thanks for the tips. I learnt some new things today.
Thanks I really appreciate it!
I love these breeding how-tos. Maybe you should invest ($$$$) in a macro lens for close-ups of the eggs and fry.
How do you select which fish to put in the breeding tank? Plump females and the most colorful males??
Hi Jason how long does brine shrimp live for after hatching
If you keep them in the right conditions you can raise them up into full adults. Tons of videos out there on how to do it
Great job pal... congrats.. !!!!! I do the same as you but not eggs... I have a question, at how many months the black ruby barbs reach the breeding age...???
Great video like always 😃 I’ve been breeding Limia Perugiae gonna have to do a video on it lol 😂
Awesome! I've got some Humpback Limia I am working on right now
Jadren Aquatics
That’s awesome 😊 I’m hoping to get all of the Limia strains lol
you are going to get a bunch of species bred this year!!!
I'm working on about 20 right now, so hopefully!
is't possible the tiger barb to cross breed the Glo tetra?
how many days should I condition them? Should I feed them while breeding?
Really depends how big the female really is but 5 days should be good. Yes it's best to feed live brine shrimp while breeding them it can help them spawn
@@JadrenAquatics is it safe to feed them tubifex worms and mosquito larvae?
Where do you sell your fish and snails?
I don't sell to often and it's usually locally thanks!
That's too bad. I always looked at your stuff on getgills. Hopefully one day you will come back to selling online.
thank you so much for this video! this species is now extinct in their native country of Sri Lanka! so glad there is a thriving aquarium population of them! God Bless You!
Wow I had no idea
Dude dont tell lies.there is plenty of them here
these are my fav barb
Any thoughts on T spanner barbs???
@@knyghtryder3599 They grow pretty big spanner barbs?
@@Aquadiction I would describe it as manageable large barb , I would not keep a larger barb or Cyprinid without a pond or crazy larg tank , I hate the fact that tinfoil barbs , red tail black sharks , black sharks and bala sharks are some of the most common asiatic Cyprinids , they are tank busters and basically unkeepable for the majority of aquarists
Spanner barbs max out around 9-10 but many prolly don't make it that big , have s group now and absolutely love them , powerful swimmers though , I am debating whether to build a large plywood or buy a large glass tank . If you were worried about size you can find slightly smaller and even more colorful Dawkinsia on wetspot tropical or imperial tropical , I am holding out for d. exclamato or d. Rubrotincus also love Rohani
What is your passion for barbs , do you or have you kept any ??? Let me know your favs
I also like striped barbs and Borneo pink tail sharks
@Knyght Ryder that’s really interesting experience you have there, I’ve had red tail black sharks all my life and they never grow more than maybe 6 inches for me, I have seen them larger but never grow them larger myself… currently have one in a 450ltr and he’s maxed out at about all the red tail sharks we have ever had! I have stayed away from the black shark for this reason though! Barbs are just fantastic, love them all but mainly the smaller to mid range ones! Borneo red fin silver sharks maybe our personal favourites, a bit bigger than a denison Barb! Thanks for the reply dude, love hearing other people’s experiences
@Knyght Ryder forgot to say we currently own red panda barbs, denison barbs, janthochir barbs, black ruby barbs, narayan barbs, indian high fin barbs,. We have just ordered long fin cherry barbs, golden barbs, and chequered barbs, so yeah, we love our barbs, lol!! We really really want Arulius barbs also, but every time we try and get them, we come across problems so hopefully one day we will get them 😀
The males are stunning but the females are 👍
Loved it nice job
I am surprised by low number of eggs you got from them. I set up one pair for spawn about one week ago and got around 200-250 hatched fry.
Wow that's a lot of eggs!
@@JadrenAquatics pair of odessa barbs produced even more.
my males spend more time other males
These are Sri Lankan fish 😍
Rainwatet works better than ro i thoughy theyd basically be the same how could i get my ro to better immitate rain
Alluring....
Awesome...👍👍👍🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹...
Hey big j when can I buy some stuff off u
What are you wanting?
@@JadrenAquatics do you have a green barb sir J?
Hello sir J i'm from the phillipines..just want to know if the tiger barb can breed or cross breed to glo tetra and how?
@@caesarguillergan9139 no sorry
Endemic to Sri Lanka
dope
My males seem more interested in chasing each other than in chasing the females.
Those look like tiger barbs
it is also a beautiful fish which we can see in the natural catchment areas of rivers in sri lanka (^-^)(^-^)(^-^)