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Has anyone have experience with these? I've bought a few of these and as far as I know, they would be okay and not aggressive. They are small at the moment but after the first day, mainly two males have taken to chasing my green barbs - who I may add are four times bigger than them! Would they settle down eventually? I would hate to return them as they are nice fish.

I have one in my tank (had more but they died over time and he is the survivor) and he is very inquisitive - tries to shoal with any other fish and likes to try a fin-nip occasionally. Not very aggressive though, so yours should settle down.

I have 4 Odessas (1m/3f) in my 58g. The male CONSTANTLY chases the females, and does stress out some of the more timid fish (honey dwarf gouramis, cardinal tetras, etc).

Actually, I used to have 6 of them (2m/4f); the currently-living male fin-nipped one female to a stressful death, and chased the other male OUT of the tank (the deceased male swam up so fast, he launched himself through a tiny space I didn't have blocked at the time).

When you see them at the pet store, watch them for about 10-15 minutes; the "harrassers" should make themselves apparent in that span of time.

I do love the coloration of the males, but they lose their color if females aren't present; yet if females are present, they are semi-agressive (my observations, not scientific fact). A definite double-edged sword!

Yep, I have some... the males do like to chase the females around... they've even bred in my 10 gallon tank (although I didn't know it, I transferred an egg by moving one of the plants into an empty 10 and hatched in there and I realised what happened...

Anyway, odessas are pretty easy barbs to take care of. I haven't had too many problems with the males getting too out of hand... currently I am down to two males and one female and the female still seems fairly healthy (although no longer in breeding condition, but for a two or three-year-old barb that's not bad!)

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As above these barbs are very peaceful and in my experience, not nippy for barbs. They are best kept in shoals to see their colour at its best.

They are not found in the wild and is said to be a colour variety of the Ticto or Stoliczks barb.