Wild-type gold barb or Odessa barb?

[WhistlingBadger]

...for a 55 gallon hillstream tank with moderate flow and plenty of hiding places to rest. Both are available; both would fit the environment. Tankmates include choprae danios, hillstream loaches, and sand loaches.

Discuss.

 

[Magnum Man]

Sounds like at maturity, they are nearly the same size & colors... but the gold barbs being gold when they are younger might be nice, unless they get kind of ugly for a while, when they start changing colors

 

[WhistlingBadger]

These are wild type (green) barbs, which are actually a lot prettier than the gold-types. They are rare in the hobby, so I'm leaning toward them...but I really like odessas and I've always wanted to keep them, too. Don't have room for both, sadly.

 

[Byron]

Assuming the species are Pethia padamya (Odessa) and Puntius semifasciolatus (Golden), either should be OK with respect to environment/conditions. The latter is a tad larger, but this is a 4-foot 55g so fine.

 

[Ichthys]

I love Green Barbs, one of my favourite barbs. Bottom line is do you want green fish or red fish? Or both?

 

[WhistlingBadger]

I love Green Barbs, one of my favourite barbs. Bottom line is do you want green fish or red fish? Or both?

Are they pretty bright? I already have the choprae danios which are primarily orange. Wish I had room for both, but I don't.

 

[Ichthys]

Are they pretty bright? I already have the choprae danios which are primarily orange. Wish I had room for both, but I don't.

Which ones? Odessa males(?) can get pretty bright. I wouldn’t call Greens a bright green, more of a blending in green.