BearUniverse
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hi there!
So Just yesterday I removed a ruthless bully from my school of 5 Rosy Barbs. I donated him to the petstore with the intent of adding atleast two new females of the same barb into my tank. The shop that I was at was apparently out of Rosy Barbs, so I decided to purchase three female Odessa Barbs in hopes that once they get a little bigger they would school with my Rosies. On further inspection after adding them to the tank, they do look a bit different from my other fish. They developed a nice bright orange stripe after settling in the tank, previously when I had purchased them and added them they appeared to be silvery green with just a bit of orange, which was definitely comparable to my two greenish colored Barbs that were already stocking the tank. I originally thought that if my Odessa females looked similar enough to my Rosy girls, that they would school comfortably. Do you think after reading the information above that my plan could still work? Or are the new girls just too diferent in coloration to have them join the school.
I think the reasoning for me jumping in and buying them so quickly is because I was afraid of aggression between my 4 females after removing the male. Maybe I should have just waited for my petstore to get more Rosy Barbs..
This is the best example of what my greenish Rosy barbs look like that I could find without taking a picture
And my new Odessas look similar enough to this
Excluding the orange stripe and red eyes, my Odessas do have greenish bodies.
So Just yesterday I removed a ruthless bully from my school of 5 Rosy Barbs. I donated him to the petstore with the intent of adding atleast two new females of the same barb into my tank. The shop that I was at was apparently out of Rosy Barbs, so I decided to purchase three female Odessa Barbs in hopes that once they get a little bigger they would school with my Rosies. On further inspection after adding them to the tank, they do look a bit different from my other fish. They developed a nice bright orange stripe after settling in the tank, previously when I had purchased them and added them they appeared to be silvery green with just a bit of orange, which was definitely comparable to my two greenish colored Barbs that were already stocking the tank. I originally thought that if my Odessa females looked similar enough to my Rosy girls, that they would school comfortably. Do you think after reading the information above that my plan could still work? Or are the new girls just too diferent in coloration to have them join the school.
I think the reasoning for me jumping in and buying them so quickly is because I was afraid of aggression between my 4 females after removing the male. Maybe I should have just waited for my petstore to get more Rosy Barbs..
This is the best example of what my greenish Rosy barbs look like that I could find without taking a picture
And my new Odessas look similar enough to this
Excluding the orange stripe and red eyes, my Odessas do have greenish bodies.