Description
Five-Banded Barb
aka Fiveband barb
(Desmopuntius pentazona)
Desmopuntius pentazona
aka Barbus pentazona, Barbus pentazona pentazona, Puntius pentazona, Capoeta pentazona, Systomus pentazona
Native to: Borneo, Sumatra, Malaysian Peninsula
Biotope: Asian
Group: Cyprinidae
T°: 24 to 26°C or 75 to 79°F
pH: 6 to 6.5
Hardness: 1 to 10°dGH
ideal schooler for tanks around 20 gallons or more.
The male 5-Banded Barb is more colourful, thinner and slightly smaller than the female. This is actually a very good community fish to stock in numbers that is not aggressive and will do great with most other species of Tropicl Fish, super easy to care for, and why haven’t you added these to your cart yet? lol Have fun and enjoy!