I was just woundering if I could put a school of barbs in a community tank. Its a 55 gallon and right now there is only 4 danios in it because thats all I had in my other tank. I want to start to slowly putting fish in and i would like a variety of schools and on or two centerpeices. The barbs would be albino, green or tiger barbs. Also the tank is done cycling...i transfered everything from a 10 g to help cycle.
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Those are all tiger barbs, just color variants... As long as you get at least 5-6 tiger barbs they should be fine with the danios. Also I would add a few or even double the size of your danio school just to make them more secure and it would look a lot better. If you get tiger barbs though you need to be careful with your center piece fish(s).. any ideas?
Were I live it is really hard to get a good selection of fish without going 2-3 hours away....So how is ordering online? I have never tried it and im thinking it will be my best choice to get those less popular species. Also if i was to get a chichlid or a pair would that not really limit what i could put in the tank in the future? E.G school of small tetras?
oh, right; I had south american cichlids in mind; which would eat the barbs when big enough. Most african cichlids would work. They might not tolerate the tiger barbs aggression and have mini-wars 
I'm not sure never really heard of anyone mixing them up
I'm not sure never really heard of anyone mixing them up
I have been thinking, and I think that I will leave the cichlids out of the tank for now. Maybe when i get another tank ill make it a cichlid tank. So for now im gunna have 6 tiger barbs, 8 zebra danios, a small pleco of some kind and maybe a school of some kind of fish with a little colour and a male betta or something like that and Oh ya and I receved a lonley little red-eyed tetra so im gunna get 3 more of them to make a small school so he feels more safe. sounding good??any other thoughts?? im going to get the barbs and tetras today and put them in my QT tank.
No Betta, No No No To The Betta
it has 'fancy tails' and is way too slow for the barbs' it will get pwned! XD It is a community fish but never a community fish when you have a community of fin-nippers (tiger barbs are one of them). Bettas are "fighting fish" but they really only quarrel with other bettas. I mean it might put up a fight with the barbs but it has no chance imo
it has 'fancy tails' and is way too slow for the barbs' it will get pwned! XD It is a community fish but never a community fish when you have a community of fin-nippers (tiger barbs are one of them). Bettas are "fighting fish" but they really only quarrel with other bettas. I mean it might put up a fight with the barbs but it has no chance imo