🐡 FOTM VOTE NOW - February 2026 Fish of the Month Contest(Barbs)

[connorlindeman]

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PLEASE VOTE!
We have 4 awesome fish entered into our February 2026 Fish of the Month Contest. View all the entries and descriptions below and then go to the top of page - click on your choice for FOTM and then click the "cast" button.

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The winner is awarded a neat banner in his profile area and will be featured in a Winner Thread for all to see and to comment. The winner also will be added to our FOTM Wall of Fame .

Poll will close on February 28 at 6:23 PM ET (US).

Good luck to our entrants in the Fish of the Month contest. We at fishforums.net thank you for your participation.

 

[MattW]

This is my eldest female Sawbwa resplendens. Which currently resides in a 90L tank with 10 other Sawbwa, 5 loaches and 5 amanos. This fish is of great personal importance, as it was the only female to survive when I got the first group of females back in March '23 (at the time, a very hard fish to find). She was used in the first breeding project I've ever done with fish. She managed to give me 21 fry to expand my colony and have some left to move on to others

 

[Innesfan]

OK, here goes. This is the not-often-seen Pethia setnai. A female, one of a shoal of nine P. setnai in my office 75g.

Pethis setnai, first described in 1992, is a native of India's Western Ghats. It's one of the smaller in the genus with females barely reaching 2" and males less. So they are smaller than their more famous fellow pethians, the Black Ruby, Rosy and Odessa Barbs. In addition to the red dorsal, males have red caudals and ventrals and, when in condition, a purple-ish overlay that inspired the trade name "Indigo Barb." While very attractive, the indigo mutes the bright gold and red areas so I actually prefer the female coloration. There's a male pictured in the lower section of my certification photo. I took the photos last night. This morning, this female was the object of a spawning circus amid the Java Ferns. So a note to breeders: you can get your fish to spawn by first terrorizing them with an I-phone.

 

[Magnum Man]

OK... my male Sahyadria denisonii ( Denison barb ) he lives with his harem of 4 females, and he dances with them all at 1st light... he's about 3 years old... will add a placard a little later...

 

[connorlindeman]

Entering one of my Odessa Barbs. Got this shoal a year ago and they have been some of my favorite fish so far. Very interactive and swarm the glass whenever i enter the room.

 

[connorlindeman]

End of Entries:
Slowly scroll upward as you review the 4 awesome entries and then in the poll at the top of this thread, click on your choice for Fish of the Month. Be sure to click the CAST button to register your vote.