I absolutely love tinfoil barbs! Easily one of my favourite freshwater fish. Unfortunately i don't have a big enough freshwater tank to keep a school of them long term.
Tinfoil Barbs also come in a Gold Morph. Tinfoil and Lemmon-fin Barbs are excellent fish, I never get tired of them. They grow large and you can keep them with almost anything.
I recently bought 3 tin foil barbs and they crack me up with their behavior. 1 of them will seperate from the group and swim with the other fish like its one of them but always comes back to the group. They seem very social but very close to each other. Very cool fish. Easily becoming some of my favorites.
They are very awesome! I just pulled mine from my pond and now its 9 inches; but in the pond they get along perfectly with the koi and goldfish I have!
The Bronx Zoo has some huge Tinfoil Barbs (over 2-feet) in their JungleWorld building. They share a huge river exhibit with Giant Gouramis, Iridescent Sharks, an Asian Arowana, turtles and Indian Gharials.
I sadly had to get rid of my five 4-5 inch golden tinfoil Barb's cause I was moving. And I miss them dearly they truly are beautiful fish and I strongly recommend having them
I grew up with a tinfoil barb. He “Mikey” grew to 17.5 inches long. I could hand feed him, pet him gently, and at times I would feed him earthworms I’d find (12) after a good rainfall. He finally died after living to 19 years old. Mine might be an extreme but it’s not unusual for them to grow well beyond 12 inches.
the tilapia found out they was punks & don't mess with them no more ,my type of fish, u can't get brownie points picking on the week ,amazing update as always happy fish keeping bro tank on poof I'm gone 💥 3822
I fall in love with tinfoil fishes 😍and I have 6 tinfoil.. 4 silver and 2 gold tinfoil 😍....but I do have a doubt in their feeding can any let me know how much time can we feed a tinfoil in a day?...bcz I don't want to over feed and miss them 🤷♀
i have a 2 inches albino tinfoil and he is not growing since i bought him 5 months ago what shoudl i do?i kept him in 10 gallon tank and its not possible to upgrade the tank any further
Can anyone tell me from which size and age a red tail tinfoil barb's fins get completely red? My one is about 1.5 inches and his fins are turning little red
They are very social fish and they need to be kept in groups otherwise they van misbehave and bully other fish or do the opposite and become extremely timid
I have two of the red fin typer and they are about 4" now. I had one that was very aggressive and it went on a killing rampage when I was at work. It killed a Ciclid a big cat fish and several others. I had 6 fist floating dead and my cat fish had it's skin ripped off. So they can be very aggressive if they are picked on by other fish.
Me Either. This was a case of a smaller Ciclid picking on the barb and it finally went crazy and took care of the problem. It was just swimming around like nothing to see here. So after I got new fish I put the barb in a tank by itself, just didn't trust it.
One of my albino tinfoil barbs died, they were a school of 10. They eat everything but after one die, the remaining ones don't eat much anymore. What do I do??
It could possibly be a disease in the tank. With a school of 9 one dying shouldn't bother them to the point of not eating; so check the current fish for any sign of disease and recall If the one that died had any sign of disease. With all diseases I usually first try a salt treatment and big water changes, if that doesn't work you'll have to figure out what disease it is and probably look for some meds.
Yes that was because I kept 1 filament barb and just like most barbs if you don't provide a school they misbehave. I'm pretty confident that a school of filaments would have solved my problems
@@dwsdarius that's so interesting. Wonder how big it got? I'm currently having a grow out of filament barbs in a small tank. Hoping to put it in with the geophagus and odoe pike once they reach atleast 4 inches.
Hi, is the tin foil compatible with african, american cliclids or parrot fish? i got 4 tin foils in a 50 tank gallon and i want to put more fish there, greetings !
Hello, they are compatible with parrot fish and other American cichlids. I've seen them in tanks with African cichlids, but African cichlids like a higher pH than what they prefer. I kept and keep mine with American cichlids, the cichlids are aggressive to them but with their speed its usually nothing to worry about! Remember that they get pretty big, mine is almost 9 inches now!
Sir can i add live plants in my single tinfoil barb tank? Will they eat the plants? Please note that my tinfoil is very small and only 2 inches in size Plz reply fast
I had a Tin foil barb. I gave it away yesterday because it ate a red Molly, made my big gold fish no 1 eye less, Ate my small gold fish's tail and made my Big gold fish no 2 finless
My tinfoil is growing at a rapid rate lol. I need to get another two at least to keep each other company. His not interested in the flagtail as a buddy lol
Sorry for the late response, but its hard to tell difference between males and females... the only difference I've seen with mine is that females are slightly thicker. Breeders just keep them in large groups and when they spawn they will pair off
Sounds like it may have taken some serious damage like a broken bone...I'm honestly not sure what would help in that case. I would just separate that fish and provide aquarium salt and time to hopefully heal
I have a tinfoil barb! He is in a 60 gallon aquarium with GloFish (2 danios, 5 tetras) 2 tiger barbs, a golden chinese algae eater, 4 corydoras, 3 hifin black skirts, 1 lone rosy barb and 2 rainbow sharks. I wish to give the danios, tiger barbs, and the rosy barb bigger schools. I also wish to give the tinfoil barb a monster tank with mates of his own species. My tinfoil barb is a gift from a friend who used to come to my school, then he had to move to another place. He along with the rosy barb, one of the rainbow sharks, the 3 hifin black skirts, and the tiger barbs were a gift.
BTW, I am giving away my tinfoil barb this weekend because: 1. He is getting too big. 2. He is alone. 3. He is still in 60 gallons 4. I suspect that he ate my danios. Yet, he will be greatly missed. Nowadays, I have: 1 danio (Sunburst Orange) 3 GloFish Tetras (1 Moonrise Pink, 2 Galactic Purple) 3 Hi-fin Black Tetras 4 corydoras (2 wild, 2 albino) 1 rainbow shark 1 tinfoil barb (who will be given away) I made a mistake, my rosy barb is a gold barb.
Yes, just make sure you use secure it to the bottom well...my tinfoil barbs loved cucumber but they were very rough and would always make it float to the top.
I currently have mine in my pond with koi and turtles and this is the happiest I've seen them. Just remember they can't handle the colder temps as koi and if you plan on having them with turtles in a tank that the tank is big enough otherwise they can become turtle food
tinfoil barb ae SOO cool they will not attack other fish,, but they can disturb them, by entering her territory frequently , and they will intercept most of the food you will throw in the tank, so other fish can be hard to feed whit tinfoil around
They do dig through the substrate looking for leftover food which would be problematic in a planted tank so probably only tied plants like java fern, moss anubias etc.
You didn't suggest types of fish to keep with them ? Talked and talked about it, would actually be helpful if you were to suggest specific tank mates. Meanwhile you are keeping it with a much more aggressive fish ? Not very helpful at all. somewhat contradictory in fact....
I said that they are great dither fish, and that they can get along with just about any fish as long as its not small enough to eat....shouldn't be too hard finding fish in that category! 😱
They are not so peaceful My tinfoil barb killed my goldfish at his young age But i have seen that as he kept getting old his aggressiveness reduced quite a lot Now he is very peaceful So peaceful that my tiger barb kept chasing and nipping his fins I needed to seperate the tiger barb
My two albino eaten about eight zebradino ! so now i feed them little but 3 to 4 times from morning to till night and they are growing speedily ! one is about 7 inches ! other one is looking bit smaller. they are living happy in 1.2x4 feet tank with, 1 blue line shark 2 shabunkin 2 golden barbs 2 gold fish 2 tetra fish 1 rainbow shark 1 diamond koi 1 high fin koi 4 silver corps previously 4 tiger barb were also living with them but when their size start increasing i feel that tiger barbs started taking side from Tinfoil and sometime try to hide ! now i am planning to make separate big tank for them about 2.5x6.5 feet and then i would like to keep pair of kids/small sizes Oscar, Gouramy and Parrot fish, Bala Shark and possible with them disk fish ! is that will be fine ?
I absolutely love tinfoil barbs! Easily one of my favourite freshwater fish. Unfortunately i don't have a big enough freshwater tank to keep a school of them long term.
+Fishkeeper63 Tinfoil barbs are awesome! Thanks for watching!
I love Tinfoils 👍👀😆
yes! I love tinfoil barbs they are awesome guys I have 3 and they make my tank the way they school and are always very active ...👍👍👍
Thank you, yes these fish definitely bring a lot of activity to their tank!
best fish ive ever had. they are always active
Yes they are, I'm keep mine in my pond during the summer and he's not stop moving all day!
I love the red tail tin foil. They are so beautiful.
Yes they are!
Tinfoil Barbs also come in a Gold Morph. Tinfoil and Lemmon-fin Barbs are excellent fish, I never get tired of them. They grow large and you can keep them with almost anything.
Monster scooling fish... very awesome! :)
Ocean Truth Thank You!
Beautiful fish great job🤗🤗🤗🤗
Thank You!
I recently bought this fish :D
One of the great "goes with big cichlids" other kinds of fish.
colinbarsby Definitely!
tinfoils are awsome to watch. great video man
Dan Spriggs Thank You!
great info. beautiful fish.
Harrison Murray Thank You!
Great information here thanks!
Thank you for watching!
I love t.barb fish.
One of my favs when I had one. They do grow so fast. I like their shiny scales w/ the red & black finnage.
Jon G. Thanks, Yea these fish grow very fast!
They are very nice, i hope one day i will have a big enough aquarium so i could get some, they look awsome :)
Thank You, they are very cool...very active!
THEY'RE NICE!
redlion1612 Thank You!
You're welcome. ...
I recently bought 3 tin foil barbs and they crack me up with their behavior. 1 of them will seperate from the group and swim with the other fish like its one of them but always comes back to the group. They seem very social but very close to each other. Very cool fish. Easily becoming some of my favorites.
They are very awesome! I just pulled mine from my pond and now its 9 inches; but in the pond they get along perfectly with the koi and goldfish I have!
DWSDARIUS FISH TANKS What part of the country you live in? I did not know you can keep these outside?
The Bronx Zoo has some huge Tinfoil Barbs (over 2-feet) in their JungleWorld building. They share a huge river exhibit with Giant Gouramis, Iridescent Sharks, an Asian Arowana, turtles and Indian Gharials.
Everyone keeps telling about them, I have to take a trip over there
The albino tinfoil is cool
I have one
awesome tank! i love those barbs they are looking amazing:)
I sadly had to get rid of my five 4-5 inch golden tinfoil Barb's cause I was moving. And I miss them dearly they truly are beautiful fish and I strongly recommend having them
I grew up with a tinfoil barb. He “Mikey” grew to 17.5 inches long. I could hand feed him, pet him gently, and at times I would feed him earthworms I’d find (12) after a good rainfall. He finally died after living to 19 years old. Mine might be an extreme but it’s not unusual for them to grow well beyond 12 inches.
Love these...funny how you beat me before I post some of the same fish lol
Mbuna Marcus - Aquariums, Cichlids and More Wow...you keep some too?
I don't but shot some video of a variety closely related at the zoo the other day. Tinfoils are great though.
the tilapia found out they was punks & don't mess with them no more ,my type of fish, u can't get brownie points picking on the week ,amazing update as always happy fish keeping bro tank on poof I'm gone 💥 3822
6feetunderwaterwithbatman Yea if they were fighters the tilapia would be on them all day! Thanks for watching!
Awesome!
Cadens Pet Room Thank You!
Nice!
Sweet fellows.. Active fellows ☺
Yes I love these fish, just bought 3 more!
I fall in love with tinfoil fishes 😍and I have 6 tinfoil.. 4 silver and 2 gold tinfoil 😍....but I do have a doubt in their feeding can any let me know how much time can we feed a tinfoil in a day?...bcz I don't want to over feed and miss them 🤷♀
Thanks for the info, you earned a sub
i have a 2 inches albino tinfoil
and he is not growing since i bought him 5 months ago
what shoudl i do?i kept him in 10 gallon tank
and its not possible to upgrade the tank any further
What are you feeding it, normally they grow at much faster rates.
@@dwsdarius pellets
once a day
Can anyone tell me from which size and age a red tail tinfoil barb's fins get completely red?
My one is about 1.5 inches and his fins are turning little red
Your welcome👍👍👍👍👍
What food do you feed them?
Can i buy just 1 tinfoil barb? Then i will put him in community tank?
They are very social fish and they need to be kept in groups otherwise they van misbehave and bully other fish or do the opposite and become extremely timid
Can I keep tinfoil barb in a 20 gallon tank
I have two of the red fin typer and they are about 4" now. I had one that was very aggressive and it went on a killing rampage when I was at work. It killed a Ciclid a big cat fish and several others. I had 6 fist floating dead and my cat fish had it's skin ripped off. So they can be very aggressive if they are picked on by other fish.
Wow, I've never heard of them behaving that way, mine were the opposite!
Me Either. This was a case of a smaller Ciclid picking on the barb and it finally went crazy and took care of the problem. It was just swimming around like nothing to see here. So after I got new fish I put the barb in a tank by itself, just didn't trust it.
Soooo aggressive?
Its unbelievable
Maybe u are mistaking
My one is aggressive but not that much
hello , can tinfoil live with a blue gurami? its smaller than the tinfoil but not that much... greetings for Guatemala! Nice video by the way .
Thank You! Yes they should be able to get along fine, and shouldn't have to worry about them being eaten because those gourmi can reach 6 inches!
this fish inst suitable for most home hobbyists
One of my albino tinfoil barbs died, they were a school of 10. They eat everything but after one die, the remaining ones don't eat much anymore. What do I do??
It could possibly be a disease in the tank. With a school of 9 one dying shouldn't bother them to the point of not eating; so check the current fish for any sign of disease and recall If the one that died had any sign of disease. With all diseases I usually first try a salt treatment and big water changes, if that doesn't work you'll have to figure out what disease it is and probably look for some meds.
what should I feed them, mine not eating pellets
What type of pellets have you tried? Try sinking pellets, I use hikari sinking cichlid gold
DWSDARIUS FISH TANKS thank you brother, I'll try it out, and I subscribed to your channel
Try earthworms.
Wow I had a albino tinfoil and I never knew it could’ve reached this size but it died when it got to about 7-8 inches
I have 4 all between 12-14 inches, they get massive 😎
Tank is too small. I have three gold tinfoil barbs in a 180 gallon tank. Filtration is a Fluval FX6,Eheim 2260,and an emperor400.
Yes, as of today they are in my 210 gallon
Have one Tinfoil 90 gallon 11 inch & 12 tiger barbs & one cat ..all good 2 - 400 bio wheels & air-pump ..feed everyother day water 20% every 2 weeks
Hey, did I hear it right, the filament barbs attack the tinfoils?
Yes that was because I kept 1 filament barb and just like most barbs if you don't provide a school they misbehave. I'm pretty confident that a school of filaments would have solved my problems
@@dwsdarius that's so interesting. Wonder how big it got? I'm currently having a grow out of filament barbs in a small tank. Hoping to put it in with the geophagus and odoe pike once they reach atleast 4 inches.
@@dwsdarius how big are the tinfoils nowadays?
Hi, is the tin foil compatible with african, american cliclids or parrot fish? i got 4 tin foils in a 50 tank gallon and i want to put more fish there, greetings !
Hello, they are compatible with parrot fish and other American cichlids. I've seen them in tanks with African cichlids, but African cichlids like a higher pH than what they prefer. I kept and keep mine with American cichlids, the cichlids are aggressive to them but with their speed its usually nothing to worry about! Remember that they get pretty big, mine is almost 9 inches now!
true, mine is getting bigger and bigger, thank you for your help :)
Sir can i add live plants in my single tinfoil barb tank?
Will they eat the plants?
Please note that my tinfoil is very small and only 2 inches in size
Plz reply fast
They will eat the plants
I had a Tin foil barb. I gave it away yesterday because it ate a red Molly, made my big gold fish no 1 eye less, Ate my small gold fish's tail and made my Big gold fish no 2 finless
Wow, never heard of them doing that before
I had two tinfoil barbs of 4 inch size .
how many litres of tank should they kept in ?
Currently I had a 30 litre tank .
They get very big, as adults they'll need at least 300 liters
My buttikoferi pulling gravels and plants , what to do?
Remove that plants...that's something all buttikoferi do
My tinfoil is growing at a rapid rate lol. I need to get another two at least to keep each other company. His not interested in the flagtail as a buddy lol
Thank you, I was considering if I should get some of these for my big tank...they would bring a ton of activity!
They look awesome. My friend has 5 at nearly 6 inches along with Bala sharks and flag tails.
Yes monster fish without aggression...definitely enjoyable!
My tinfins red fin is fading...what should I do...help me out..plzzz
Add one more bro
how to know which one is male and male
Sorry for the late response, but its hard to tell difference between males and females... the only difference I've seen with mine is that females are slightly thicker. Breeders just keep them in large groups and when they spawn they will pair off
What is your tank size in inch or feet?
This tank was 4ft, currently I have mine in a 6ft tank
Hi, one of my tinfoil barb jumped out of the aquarium and unable to swim when put back. Just moving in circles the same place. Any suggestions?
Sounds like it may have taken some serious damage like a broken bone...I'm honestly not sure what would help in that case. I would just separate that fish and provide aquarium salt and time to hopefully heal
@@dwsdarius I did that already, didn't help
I have a tinfoil barb!
He is in a 60 gallon aquarium with GloFish (2 danios, 5 tetras) 2 tiger barbs, a golden chinese algae eater, 4 corydoras, 3 hifin black skirts, 1 lone rosy barb and 2 rainbow sharks.
I wish to give the danios, tiger barbs, and the rosy barb bigger schools.
I also wish to give the tinfoil barb a monster tank with mates of his own species.
My tinfoil barb is a gift from a friend who used to come to my school, then he had to move to another place.
He along with the rosy barb, one of the rainbow sharks, the 3 hifin black skirts, and the tiger barbs were a gift.
Nice! Yes a monster tank would be good for the tinfoil barb, as they get pretty big and can grow an appetite for smaller fish!
BTW, I am giving away my tinfoil barb this weekend because:
1. He is getting too big.
2. He is alone.
3. He is still in 60 gallons
4. I suspect that he ate my danios.
Yet, he will be greatly missed.
Nowadays, I have:
1 danio (Sunburst Orange)
3 GloFish Tetras (1 Moonrise Pink, 2 Galactic Purple)
3 Hi-fin Black Tetras
4 corydoras (2 wild, 2 albino)
1 rainbow shark
1 tinfoil barb (who will be given away)
I made a mistake, my rosy barb is a gold barb.
I bet these would be a great dither fish to put with Oscars in a 125++ gallon.
Yes they would...mine looked awesome with my oscar
You should do a video on how to start a monster fish tank for newbies.
Not a bad idea...and convenient since I'm going to start a monster tank soon
How old are they ?
In this video they were about 8 months from the pet store and I bought them at 1"
are they aggressive
If kept solo or in small numbers they can become aggressive...but usually they are peaceful
What is the stripey fish didn't catch the name
Butterikoferi tilapia
Do you think they would be okay with clown loaches?
Yes
Sir I have 2tinfinbabr ,1shark,1rainbow shark,..can i feed cucumber?????
Yes, just make sure you use secure it to the bottom well...my tinfoil barbs loved cucumber but they were very rough and would always make it float to the top.
My tinfoil barb had red color spot near it's fin.can anybody help me how can I cure that?
If ur one is red tailed tinfoil than
As he will grow his fins will keep getting red
Ur intro is too long
It was...but check out the new intro in my later vids
Can I keep them with a large pleco with turtles and koi
I currently have mine in my pond with koi and turtles and this is the happiest I've seen them. Just remember they can't handle the colder temps as koi and if you plan on having them with turtles in a tank that the tank is big enough otherwise they can become turtle food
tinfoil barb ae SOO cool they will not attack other fish,, but they can disturb them, by entering her territory frequently , and they will intercept most of the food you will throw in the tank, so other fish can be hard to feed whit tinfoil around
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Can they live a plecostomus?
Yes they can!
i have one agressive tinfoil isolate whit a pleco,,, and he dont toutch it
your saying the name wrong. its tin foil like what you have in the kitchen
In a 125 gallon how many can go in there.
These guys as adults will make a 125g look tiny, so probably a max of 5
@@dwsdarius thanks and are they plant safe?
They do dig through the substrate looking for leftover food which would be problematic in a planted tank so probably only tied plants like java fern, moss anubias etc.
Tinfoil barbs can grow to quite large, up to 14 inch (35cm) in length
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When buying tinfoil barbs you need to buy at least 3 for a school. 1 is not going to be happy and with 2 they will be separated much of the time
I got one to test if i'm skilled enough to keep them. It keep trying to school with my goldfishes xD
1;06 i'm out I cant get over your odd pronunciation of tinfoil
I gotta 50k litres tank bro
What name of black fish
Butterkoferi tilapia
also its tin -foy -al barbs
I have 2 and 1 big placo 🐟😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇
Nice! They are very enjoyable fish!
You better have battery operated tanks for emergency. they die in blackouts.
i wish they where really aggressive.
Why?
You didn't suggest types of fish to keep with them ?
Talked and talked about it, would actually be helpful if you were to suggest specific tank mates.
Meanwhile you are keeping it with a much more aggressive fish ?
Not very helpful at all. somewhat contradictory in fact....
I said that they are great dither fish, and that they can get along with just about any fish as long as its not small enough to eat....shouldn't be too hard finding fish in that category! 😱
Tank is too small.
+Craig Vickers I know I have a 90 gallon empty prepared!
My goldfish are more aggressive than these fish. I like them a lot, great hardy fish. I have three of them and they are the three stooges.
I thought they all were that peaceful but if you read some of the other comments some people have had opposite experiences! Thanks for watching!
They are not so peaceful
My tinfoil barb killed my goldfish at his young age
But i have seen that as he kept getting old his aggressiveness reduced quite a lot
Now he is very peaceful
So peaceful that my tiger barb kept chasing and nipping his fins
I needed to seperate the tiger barb
myn are mean as **ck to anything that swims at there level and eat any live fish that go there that can fit in there mouth
+Some dude Wow...how big are they?
Not that big, but big enough to eat a large mosquito fish, they really hunt them down chasing them all around the tank
they also ate one of my two *Acestrorhynchus falcirostris*
Some dude Wow...I guess I haven't seen that aggressive side because I keep mine with more aggressive fish
My two albino eaten about eight zebradino ! so now i feed them little but 3 to 4 times from morning to till night and they are growing speedily ! one is about 7 inches ! other one is looking bit smaller.
they are living happy in 1.2x4 feet tank with,
1 blue line shark
2 shabunkin
2 golden barbs
2 gold fish
2 tetra fish
1 rainbow shark
1 diamond koi
1 high fin koi
4 silver corps
previously 4 tiger barb were also living with them but when their size start increasing i feel that tiger barbs started taking side from Tinfoil and sometime try to hide !
now i am planning to make separate big tank for them about 2.5x6.5 feet and then i would like to keep pair of kids/small sizes Oscar, Gouramy and Parrot fish, Bala Shark and possible with them disk fish ! is that will be fine ?
the intro is so annoying.
You loved it
+dwsdarius nope.
c'mon....tell the truth
+dwsdarius new intro?
Lol yeah I got tired of it too...my last few amazing fish videos has the new intro