Odessa barb
Pethia padamya
Always displaying; the males light up the red band along their flanks.
3D model coming soon
Stats
- Size
- 4.6 cm
- Smallest tank
- 80 cm
- Temperature
- 16–25 °C
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Moderate
- Water layer
- Mid water
- Care
- Easy
- Group
- Happiest in a group of 8 or more
- Coral
- Reef safe
These numbers are LumaReef simulation data, not a real aquarium care guide.
Which tank it fits
- Nano60 cm · 65 litresToo small
- Standard90 cm · 180 litres51 of them
- Wide120 cm · 300 litres85 of them
- Living room180 cm · 650 litres185 of them
- Showcase250 cm · 1,200 litres342 of them
Who it lives with
Gets along
- Guppy
- Neon tetra
- Penguin tetra
- Harlequin rasbora
- Honey gourami
- Emperor tetra
- Zebra danio
- Cherry barb
- Platy
- Panda corydoras
- Black neon tetra
- Serpae tetra
- White cloud mountain minnow
- Otocinclus
- Julii corydoras
- Glowlight danio
- Clown killifish
- Black skirt tetra
- Pearl danio
- Tiger barb
- Hillstream loach
- Endler's livebearer
- Bronze corydoras
- Galaxy rasbora
- and 16 more species
Caution
- Cardinal tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Lemon tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Rummynose tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Threadfin rainbowfishNarrow shared temperature range
- Forktail blue-eyeNarrow shared temperature range
- Glowlight tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Sparkling gouramiNarrow shared temperature range
- Multies shell dwellerNarrow shared temperature range
- Dwarf chain loachNarrow shared temperature range
- Diamond tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Silver hatchetfishNarrow shared temperature range
- Sterbai corydorasNarrow shared temperature range
- Lambchop rasboraNarrow shared temperature range
- Dwarf pufferNarrow shared temperature range
- Neon dwarf rainbowfishNarrow shared temperature range
- Celebes rainbowfishNarrow shared temperature range
- Ember tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Chili rasboraNarrow shared temperature range
- Dwarf gouramiNarrow shared temperature range
- Cockatoo cichlidNarrow shared temperature range
- MollyNarrow shared temperature range
- Bolivian ramNarrow shared temperature range
- Congo tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Scissortail rasboraNarrow shared temperature range
- Kuhli loachNarrow shared temperature range
- Boesemani rainbowfishNarrow shared temperature range
- Turquoise rainbowfishNarrow shared temperature range
- Keyhole cichlidNarrow shared temperature range
- Yellow lab cichlidNarrow shared temperature range
- KribensisNarrow shared temperature range
- Sailfin mollyNarrow shared temperature range
- Pearl gouramiNarrow shared temperature range
- JulidochromisNarrow shared temperature range
- African butterflyfishNarrow shared temperature range
- Three spot gouramiNarrow shared temperature range
- Peacock cichlidNarrow shared temperature range
- Red rainbowfishNarrow shared temperature range
- Moonlight gouramiNarrow shared temperature range
- Firemouth cichlidNarrow shared temperature range
- Freshwater angelfishNarrow shared temperature range
- Silver dollarNarrow shared temperature range
- SeverumNarrow shared temperature range
- Kissing gouramiNarrow shared temperature range
- FrontosaNarrow shared temperature range
- OscarNarrow shared temperature range
- Black ghost knifefishNarrow shared temperature range
Not together
- DiscusWater temperatures do not overlap
- Chocolate gouramiWater temperatures do not overlap
- German blue ramWater temperatures do not overlap
- Green neon tetraWater temperatures do not overlap
- Betta (Siamese fighting fish)Aggressive with peaceful
- Paradise fishAggressive with peaceful
- Checkerboard cichlidWater temperatures do not overlap
- Demasoni cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Red zebra cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Convict cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Red tail sharkAggressive with peaceful
- Jack DempseyAggressive with peaceful
- Clown loachWater temperatures do not overlap