What fish is this?

amcoffeegirl · 11-26-2012, 08:36 PM

Identification please.

devilduck · 11-26-2012, 08:38 PM

Looks like some type of barb. What color is it?

amcoffeegirl · 11-26-2012, 08:45 PM

Grey or silver with black stripes. 3-4 inches. It's at the doctors office. I pride myself on being able to ID fish but I don't know this one.

ADJAquariums · 11-26-2012, 10:18 PM

Can you guestimate length and or get a less blurry picture? size would probably help the most though

fishboy199413 · 11-26-2012, 10:25 PM

Looks like a Spanner Barb (Puntius laterstriga) which is a larger species of barb.

amcoffeegirl · 11-26-2012, 10:48 PM

Thanks i googled spanner barb and thats what it is. i have never seen this fish before good to know. thank you.

**Fdsh5** · 11-26-2012, 11:34 PM

They get big and cam be obnoxious towards other fish. I had to rehome three I had in my 75 gallon. They wouldn't let anybody else eat.

LB79 · 11-27-2012, 12:40 AM

Barbs... do that. They're great as dithers for mid-sized cichlids but not much else, unless it's a biotope species tank.

11-26-2012, 08:36 PM	#1
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ADJAquariums Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Albany, New York Posts: 959	Can you guestimate length and or get a less blurry picture? size would probably help the most though __________________ 40 gal http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/showthread.php?p=2194146#post2194146 Breeding fish and Genetics thread http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/showthread.php?t=214906

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fishboy199413 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Northern Va Posts: 347	Looks like a Spanner Barb (Puntius laterstriga) which is a larger species of barb. __________________ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...50-gallon.html Eheim Pimp #520

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LB79 Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: South-central Washington State, USA Posts: 1,784	Barbs... do that. They're great as dithers for mid-sized cichlids but not much else, unless it's a biotope species tank. __________________ "It's not who you are that makes you great; it's what you do." –Batman Begins

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11-26-2012, 08:38 PM	#2
devilduck Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: May 2012 Location: Chicago,IL Posts: 140	Looks like some type of barb. What color is it?

11-26-2012, 08:45 PM	#3
amcoffeegirl Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: May 2009 Location: iowa Posts: 676	Grey or silver with black stripes. 3-4 inches. It's at the doctors office. I pride myself on being able to ID fish but I don't know this one.

11-26-2012, 10:48 PM	#6
amcoffeegirl Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: May 2009 Location: iowa Posts: 676	Thanks i googled spanner barb and thats what it is. i have never seen this fish before good to know. thank you.

11-26-2012, 11:34 PM	#7
Fdsh5 Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (27/100%) Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 1,047	They get big and cam be obnoxious towards other fish. I had to rehome three I had in my 75 gallon. They wouldn't let anybody else eat.