getting to know the "torpedo"...

[Magnum Man]

Acrossocheilus fasciatus​

there is next to nothing on them out there that I could find...

they list them on Wet Spot... they only picture juvenal's, and call them railway barbs... ( the seller I got them from calls them... Red Fin Torpedo Barbs )

but they go through quite a transformation, to adult colors...

everything I can find say 8 inch at full length... nothing on Seriously Fish... but looking up 2 cousins they list both are the sameish length...

I bought one... the seller has pretty basic information...

"This amazing fish is rarley seen in the hobby. The adult colors in the scales are golden with black horizontal bar and bright red fins. They start with a juvenile color of gold and black stripes then change with age. This impressive fish is a species of cyprinid fish from the Pearl River basin in southern China. This beautiful fish reaches 8 inches in length. It is a peaceful fish that does well when in groups or by itself."

mine seems fine with only one... but looks like it would be more comfortable with friends... I think I'm going to order a 2nd... mine came in as an adolescent... color changing... I'll get some better pictures, later… the picture below is day one, FOB & it looks more like a Perch or Walleye, except for around the mouth... it has colored up a little more since it's been in the tank


if anyone has any information, I'd appreciate it...

 

[Magnum Man]

 

[Magnum Man]

Coloring up a little more today… this fish is between 6 and 7 inches long

 

[TwoTankAmin]

@Magnum Man
Knock yourself out
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0,33&q=Acrossocheilus+fasciatus​&btnG=

 

[TwoTankAmin]

And now you know why I have spent so much time over the past 20+ years on Google Scholar.

 

[Magnum Man]

I don’t get to sit and watch my barb tank as much as I do the bigger group of tanks… but I saw the torpedo working the sand like an earth eater Cichlid, tonight… interesting, because it’s body type, looks predatory… the spot tail algae eaters still give that one a lot of space… and speaking of the spot tails… they mostly hang out around the pots, and pothos roots, or in the bubbles , from a large air stone…
I was thinking about an Asian bumblebee catfish to graze over the sand… but that was before I saw the torpedo working it over???

Pseudomystus siamensis (Asian Bumblebee Catfish) — Seriously Fish

www.seriouslyfish.com

 

[Magnum Man]

Well, I’m pretty sure the torpedo is not going to work out, and frankly I’m afraid to order anymore hoping that would tame the chasing… it’s fine with the bigger Tin Foils, and the Cory’s, and smaller Dragon Plecos, but it almost continually chases the Mascara Barbs… but that is something you learn, when buying out of the box fish… it’s eating a lot, and thickening up, but probably 25 % of the time, it’s chasing a Mascara… so anyone following along, the seller says peaceful, and can be by themselves… I’d highly question that… maybe if I was prepared to put 4 or 5 of them in the tank, they would settle… but it’s not a risk I’m willing to take right now…

… and winter is here, an it’s not a good time to ship… I just got 6 clumps of Java fern today… at least half the leaves got too cold… being as tough as Java ferns are, I’m hoping they’ll come back, but thinking I’ll hold off on the couple Anubis I’ve been wanting…

 

[GaryE]

I had a chance to order some very cool fish this week, and backed off because of the cold. Fishing season is over for me.


You would have gone crazy in Gabon. I set a 3 inch limit on myself for how large fish I could keep, but we saw so many very nice barbs in the six inch range. There was one with red fins that was as nice as anything in the aquarium, but the barb expert in the group thought it reached 8-10 inches.

In general, no matter the size, you have to buy 6 to 10 barbs minimum to see their behaviour. It could be a very peaceful fish, but a lone barb is only a small percentage of itself. They don't function well outside of their social group. Individuals don't work well.

 

[Magnum Man]

Fish seem to transport better, with heat packs, shipped overnight… they put a heat pack in these plants, but it took a week for them to get here… much longer than the heat pack lasts… once it quits heating, I think it’s actually is worse than nothing at all, acting like an ice cube in the package… we’re getting artic cold, with lots of wind… if things stabilize and it’s not below zero, I may try a small fish order again, since they ship them before the heat packs wear out… but no more plants, shipped normally, until spring

 

[Magnum Man]

Fish seem to transport better, with heat packs, shipped overnight… they put a heat pack in these plants, but it took a week for them to get here… much longer than the heat pack lasts… once it quits heating, I think it actually is worse than nothing at all, acting like an ice cube in the package… we’re getting arctic cold, with lots of wind… if things stabilize and it’s not below zero, I may try a small fish order again, since they ship them before the heat packs wear out… but no more plants, shipped normally, until spring

 

[GaryE]

I'll consider airport to airport, but the cargo airport is 4 hours' drive each way. In Canada, an overnight box via UPS from Montreal to here is reliable, but comes in at $169. There have to be a lot of good fish in the box to average out those costs.

 

[Magnum Man]

remember this skinny kid??? it has put enough girth on, that it looks like a nice "keeper" sized North American Perch... it's pretty shy, just having one, and typically if it can see me, it goes in it's hollow log... I'd buy a 2nd, but the tank is full, and they grow too large... it's 8 - 9 inches long right now, but doesn't bother the little Cory's, spot tail algae eaters, or the smaller Rosy barbs... he's not going to come out of the shaded side of the tank, with me sitting here