A201 Dawkinsia Filamentosa Barbs

[A201]

Just happened to catch the male Filamentosa Barbs colored up after a WC.
Mature males will usually color up in th AM hours & display their black filament dorsal fin. They play fight attempting to gain the attention of the females.
Truly a beautiful species. One of my favorites.

 

[FishPlanet]

Just happened to catch the male Filamentosa Barbs colored up after a WC.
Mature males will usually color up in th AM hours & display their black filament dorsal fin. They play fight attempting to gain the attention of the females.
Truly a beautiful species. One of my favorites.

They are beautiful!

 

[Pfrozen]

Gorgeous species and new to me until now. I can see why you're into barbs lately

 

[jmaldo]

 

[Basil]

They really are gorgeous! I do plan to have some one day.

 

[A201]

I've given quite a few African Cichlids away & transferred the remaining Africans into a 65 gal.
My 120 gal. Is a real mixed bag of species.
Tiger Barbs, Altus Tinfoil Barbs, Filamenf Barbs, Buenos Aires Tetras, Diamond Tetras, Columbian Tetras, YoYo Loaches, Red Tail Loaches & a Tiger Loach.
I might even throw in a group of Odessa Barbs.
Just wanted a low stress community of some old favorites.

 

[Diane 007]

I was looking at these guy’s yesterday, beautiful fish! They get about 6 in?

 

[A201]

I think six inches would be a monster. Mine were about an inch long when purchased They are about four inches now. I think the Filaments are about 1.5 y.o. Four inches would be a good estimate for max size.
Filaments are fun to keep. Very active swimmers & voracious eaters.

 

[Diane 007]

That’s good to know. Have you ever kept scissor tail rasboras?

 

[A201]

No, never kept Rasporas. I think they are very pretty, great for planted tanks, but not a very active fish.
I like the bigger, active Tetras & Barbs.

 

[FishPlanet]

No, never kept Rasporas. I think they are very pretty, great for planted tanks, but not a very active fish.
I like the bigger, active Tetras & Barbs.

I have three and I can never get a pic of them 'cause they are so fast.

 

[BigManAquatics]

Love that blue color!! And is that green on the one? Don't trust my eyes with colors....too much sun lately!

 

[A201]

The males color up with fluorescent
greens, blues & reds, when mating, or fighting w/ other males.
This takes place usually in the AM hours. By afternoon their colors power down quite a bit.

 

[Pfrozen]

The scissortails in particular usually grow to 4 inches but can reach 6 and are typically active if they're in a suitable environment they aren't nearly as colorful as these beautiful filamentosas but I have a soft spot for scissortails