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[Angela G.]

Woke up this morning to find that my Gold barb males have donned their mating colors. I guess they like their new 120 gallon home.

[PreppyStudMuffin]

Wow, that's a beautiful looking fish , I want one, do they all look that color, could you take a picture of a female? And do you know how much they cost, they look really cool!!
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-Joey, aka, AsianSensation, you know it

10 gallon w/ 3 Guppies, and 23 tiny fry
4 Betta tanks

[Angela G.]

I'll post the picture of a female below. They are very similar. The main difference between them is that the female are stockier and larger than the males and don't get the bright orange-red bellies like the males do. However a couple of my females have a very faint red-orange line. I'd post some pictures of this but it appears my card reader just died on me

Gold barbs are between $2 and $3 per fish depending on where you get them. I find that they can be a bit difficult to track down sometimes. The only place that has them around me happens to be Petco which isn't my first choice of a place to get fish. I kind of get backed into the corner though when I want more barbs.

Anyway here's a picture of a female:

[PreppyStudMuffin]

Oh sweet, the female looks cool and colorful too, but I prefer the males, they look better, haha.

I definitely want to get some of those, I'm going to my local Petsmart to see if they have any
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-Joey, aka, AsianSensation, you know it

10 gallon w/ 3 Guppies, and 23 tiny fry
4 Betta tanks

[Ryan101]

Not only are they nicely colored they are very active as well. Mine don't show that much color tho. They are a lighter gold with red fins. The color on your little guy is amazing.

[haname]

The males are more colorful but they will show off their best colors and behaviors if they have females to impress. Gold barbs are really great fish and in a tank that large you can have a really big school of them. I love how they school tightly together.
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Happy fishkeeping!

~Haname

[Angela G.]

I have 8 in there that I transferred from my 55 gallon. My males were not that colorful in the 55 gallon, but they seem to like their new living quarters. I purchased 8 more today that will be joining the original 8 in the 120 gallon soon.

[PreppyStudMuffin]

Aww man, ANgela I envy you. I can only afford a 10 gallon, haha, but I guess thats because I'm 15.

How do you get enough money for a 120 gallon aquarium, they're expensive, setting up my 10 gallon tank costs over 100 dollars
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-Joey, aka, AsianSensation, you know it

10 gallon w/ 3 Guppies, and 23 tiny fry
4 Betta tanks

[Angela G.]

Well, I'm 25, married, and work full time. That's basically how I get money, but it's still not easy coming up with all of the money. It'll probably take me a few months to get it paid off on the credit cards, but that's what I wanted so I decided to work it into my budget...I don't know if that plastic money is such a good thing sometimes

[nonamethefish]

Walmart carries them a lot, and usually very cheap $1-$2. Its weird as I seldom see them at major petstore chains.
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