African banded barbs anyone?

[fish 321]

Hey guys been out of the hobby for a while but am starting up a tank again. Was thinking of ordering some African banded barbs, does anyone here have experience with them?

 

[Redshark1]

I've only kept one (sold to me as a Striped Barb) but it was a good calm easy to keep fish. A bit bigger than the usual shoaling fish in the hobby. But I haven't kept a shoal (as they were unavailable to me). The only thing that comes to mind is whether they are a bit boring? But that may be a good thing when compared to the behaviour of some other barbs.

I hope someone can comment who has kept a group as I would very much like to know what that would be like.

 

[fish 321]

I've only kept one (sold to me as a Striped Barb) but it was a good calm easy to keep fish. A bit bigger than the usual shoaling fish in the hobby. But I haven't kept a shoal (as they were unavailable to me). The only thing that comes to mind is whether they are a bit boring? But that may be a good thing when compared to the behaviour of some other barbs.

I hope someone can comment who has kept a group as I would very much like to know what that would be like.

Hmm yeah I didn’t expect much people to have them since they seemed pretty uncommon.