are barbs warm water fishes or cold?

Question

if they are warm water fishes can they live in a 66 degrees cold water fish tank

Answer 1

warm. I wouldn't keep them in anything lower than 73 degrees.

Answer 2

Bettas can live almost anywhere. Their natural habitat are puddles in Asia. they really don't like being too cold, but if you're comfortable, probably so are they in a room temp tank. They actually prefer bowls. They're very territorial. All they want in life is their own space. You might just want to get a mini tank or bowl and use your fighting fish as a desk ornament or centerpiece. Contrary to popular belief, you CAN put these fish with other fish, but you can't have more than one of them in the same tank, or even near eachother. Petstores run into this all the time- they try to get at eachother by jumping into eachother's bowls. You can't keep them in with anything with a flowy tail, though. They'll interpret that as another fighting fish and attack. You can, however, make a nice tank community made up of female fighting fish and male guppies.

Answer 3

Barbs are warm water fish but can live in cooler water than other tropical fish. They are related to the same species that goldfish are,but need warmer water.66 degrees is too cool. 72 is much better. They might not eat if it's too cool.

Answer 4

Barbs are a warm water fish. 72-74 degrees is ideal.

Answer 5

There's one barb that is a "cool water" fish. It was just introduced to the hobby in 2005, so not everybody is familiar with it yet. In my area it's being called the "rose line shark". They get to about 6" and are absolutely GORGEOUS! Unfortunately, they go for about $25-40 apiece! One reason for the high price is that these haven't been bred in captivity yet, so all fish are wild-caught specimens imported from India. And they require a long acclimation time - they don't take to fluctuations in their temperature. I'm enclosing some links related to the species - the photos don't do them justice!

http://www.aquascapeonline.com/store/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=227
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/profiles/6_47_en.html

Answer 6

low 70's is best for most barbs. 66 would give most if not all species of barbs problems

Answer 7

They are tropical freshwater fish