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Tin foil barb

       There are many kind of barb fish present in the wild and they are mainly native to the Asian continent although certain breed of barb fishes are also found predominantly in the south america and north american continent. Nearly more than 200 varieties of barb fishes have been reported so far in the wild out of which some of the varieties are commonly used as pet in aquarium and have gained good demand in the ornamental fish industry world wide. Tin foil barb is one of the barb variety that has particularity has huge demand across the globe. it is presented and marketed in two varieties i.e 1) the native real wild tin foil barb and 2) Albino tinfoil barb.

      these fishes are very beautiful in appearance and are mostly kept by the aquarist in their small and medium aquarium. these fishes an tolerate the temperature ranging from 25-29 degree centigrade. they have the herbivore feeding behavior but they occasionally feed on tiny aquatic insect or the zoo plankton in absence of their primary food. but in the aquarium they happily eat the ready to artificial palleted feed available easily in the market.