rosy barb tankmates 44 gallon tank?

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bethie_dawn

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I went to a pet store friday and fell in love with these rosy barbs so I went to my brothers house and did a little research and went back and got 2 males and one female to start with.
So know I am not sure what else and how many would go good in my tank. I am thinking that 6 rosy barbs for sure.
Anyone can think of anything else let me know. Oh and i have low ph and soft water.
 
corys and maybe a dwarf gourami ? I don't know that would work - just thinking of a mid-top level that would add some variety...or some hatchetfish perhaps.
 
I would advise adding to the school of barbs preferably with more females then males before adding anything else into your aquarium. After the school is established then maybe add some cories and possibly another species of fish.

Marinemom
 
Do you have anything else in the tank now?
 
ok I went to the fish store yesterday to replace my female barb that died and you guessed it I feel in love again. LOL I replaced the female barb and got a raphael catfish he is only about 1 to 1.5 inches right now. I was afraid that he would not eat after researching them online but lastnight I feed the barbs and he came out and I gave him a algae tab and he ate it. So I was so thrilled. My only problem is the barbs I lost my smaller male. I am afraid that I maybe keeping the tank to warm at 82 -84 but my heater is one that automatically heats to 84 before kicking off. Does anyone know what my temp. needs to be with the catfish and the barbs?
Oh and I checked my prems and the ammonia is high so I did a water change and my ph was 7.2 and my kh was 6 and my gh was 4. I thought the ph was weird because in the winter my water was below 6 out of the faucet. So I checked out of the faucet after the aquarium water and it was around 7.1. To me it is all so weird, I wounder why it changed (I have well water) also why it was a little more alkline in the tank. If anyone has any advice please help me lol.
Oh and I am thinking of putting bio-spira in this tank has anyone tired it and if so how was the experience?
 
Rosy Barbs are hardy little fish. They are good for beginners, as it is not fussy about water conditions provided they don't become to warm. The temp in the tank should be no less then 64 degrees and no higher then 73 degrees. Try and keep them closer to 73. Rosy Barbs are peaceful and tolerant of other species and mix well with similar size barbs.
 
Just be aware that 1F with a bunch of males is going to be tormented to no end to breed once they get in the mood. Put at least 2F 3M in a group to spread it out a bit.
 
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