Cherry Barb

Cherry Barb is a variety of fish, belonging to the dotted barb type of the family of Cyprinidae. This fish variety hails from Sri Lanka, and largely found both in the seawater and in the fresh water. The Cherry Barb fish is commercially significant in the aquarium business, and it is in hazard of being overfished for this business. The natural habitat of this fish is a great shaded, low, and a peaceful water body. The native substrate of this breed is muddy with leaf cover. The fish is more frequently maintained in community containers. The Cherry Barb is a schooling variety and is best maintained in clusters of minimum five fish.

Features

The Cherry Barb fish breed is a lengthened fish with a compressed body, with a maximum body length of 5 cm. The fish is fawn-colored on top with a minor greenish shine. Its body sides and stomach boast shiny silver highlights. A horizontal line widens from the tip of the nose through the eye to the foot of the tail fin. It is blue-black or brown-black with a metallic border, turning to sea green or blue toward the caudal. The male fish is redder than the female breed, becoming profound red while breeding. The overriding male fish often possesses the brightest red color. The female fish is lighter, with yellow-colored fins.

Diet

The Cherry Barb fish feeds on a variety of foods, as well as meaty foods and vegetables. They also feed on flake food, live foods and frozen foods, such as bloodworms and brine shrimp.

Breeding

While breeding, the male Cherry Barb fish will be aggressive and swims just at the back the female fish, running after the competitor male fish. The female fish will spawn roughly 200 to 300 eggs and disperse them on the substrate and on plants. The eggs hatch in a few days and the young ones, called fry, will be capable of swimming after two days. Subsequent to five weeks of the hatch, the hatchlings will have a body length of 1 cm and identifiable as cherry barbs effortlessly.

The average lifespan of the Cherry Barb fish is 4 years.