What are the best Barb/Tetra species and why?

[ccichc]

I'll start.


Rosy Barbs are the best barb IMO, always doing something and will nibble my hand and fingers during water changes!!

Tetras? Gotta hand it to the Exodons. Those things make red belly piranhas look like jokes.

What about you?

 

[Justepic]

Well i am biased because I keep rosy barbs but imma gonna say rosy barbs. beautiful and active.

 

[angelcrze]

I haven't kept barbs, but Columbian tetra for color, size, personality (swimming and shoaling style) and activity. They were the only tetras I've kept to procreate in the community tank on their own.

 

[esoxlucius]

I didn't realise until I saw this thread just how many barbs I have. Small stuff I have rosy and odessa. Medium I have dennisons, filaments and my recent aquisitions are beardless barbs, which I started a thread about, and will update as I go along.

For the big boys I have a tinfoil and a lemonfin.

So I guess you could say i'm a fan of barbs, though I have no tetras.

 

[FESHMAN]

Redlines for me, they're active, beautiful, and get to a decent size. At one point a had a nice group of twenty or so and one of them was luecistic. Very fun to watch and feed, had them with rainbows and congos.

But others that interest me include: mascaras, checkers, Cyclocheilichthys janthochir. There are too many cool ones, these are just the one I can think of right now.

 

[BIG-G]

Cherry barbs and tiger barbs
Blood fin tetra are my favorite schooling tetra.
Congo Tetras and Emperor tetras, love the fins and color on these two.

 

[jeaninel]

Love my Dennison barbs! For tetras I like Congos and Rummynose.

 

[Hendre]

Check these Congo tetras! Best things. From 55s to 1:06

 

[Justepic]

Check these Congo tetras! Best things. From 55s to 1:06

Damn, I need to go there someday. Never knew there were freshwater aquariums.

 

[Hendre]

Damn, I need to go there someday. Never knew there were freshwater aquariums.

Apparently the section closed a while back, no clue if it is open again.