HELP!! A gift for my girlfriend

swarvegorilla wrote:
rosy reds are called rosy barbs by most people.
just for info of others

Rosy barbs are a different fish.
Koi-Lo was talking about Rosey Reds..aka Rosey Red Minnows.
The Barbs are Puntius conchonius, and come from parts in India,and the
Rosey Reds are Pimephales promelas and are native to the United States,
Canada and Mexico.

"swarvegorilla" wrote in message
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rosy reds are called rosy barbs by most people.
just for info of others
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Oh, the locals call them bullheads for some reason and use them for bait.
:-( Another thing. Mine died out in tubs without water movement. I keep
a filter running in their 150g pond now. It appears they don't eat their
own eggs or fry either.
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Aquariums since 1952.
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swarvegorilla wrote:
rosy reds are called rosy barbs by most people.
just for info of others

Rosy barbs are a different fish.
Koi-Lo was talking about Rosey Reds..aka Rosey Red Minnows.
The Barbs are Puntius conchonius, and come from parts in India,and the
Rosey Reds are Pimephales promelas and are native to the United States,
Canada and Mexico.


cheers
over here they share the same common name as the neon rosy barbs
another warning on da dangers of common names I spose!
We have many many local coldwater fish over here that you guys would prob
never see.
Although maybe ya might get the odd empire gudgeon or crimson spotted
rainbow.
Shame too as most of the interesting behaviour is on the drab coloured fish!
But then it's always the way hey?

Golden medaka's, white clouds.... hell even the old glass blood fin tetra
can handle reasonably low temps.
For me though a paradise fish is the real perfect cheap and low maintence
fish.
Just be sure to settle for one and not give it stuff to kill.
heh heh