tiger barb tank
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A school of 6 or more is usually recomended. This reduces their aggressivness towards other fish in the community tank because they spend more time chasing eachother than paying attention to the other fish. As for what to put with them...I personally wouldn't put tiger barbs in a community myself due to their aggressive nature, but if you really must make sure whatever you put in is larger than the barbs. Make sure you add the barbs to your tank last as well. That may help them from picking on other fish because they have no staked territory.
go with atleast 6, but the more you have the less aggression there will be. you could add fish that swim at other levels than the barbs, that way they do not come in contact as much, like a group of cories. A bigger fish doesnt always mean the barbs wont pick on it, especially if it has long fins, like an angel fish
Don't know what to tell you. Some people house a group of tiger barbs and have no problems with them at all...but a lot of people do have issues with them. Just look on the net. Most comments people make about this fish are that they're aggressive fish and tend to terrorize the tank...just like red tailed sharks. If you're determined to house tiger barbs, red tailed or rainbow sharks would actually be a good choice for tank mates. What you do have going for you is a nice large tank. The barbs will be a little less aggressive in a large tank. They may also do well with giant danios, dwarf chilchids, and I have a friend who has his in with some clown loaches.
, maybe this is not the norm and I was just unlucky!!! Keep they with somthing short finned and fast. *thumbsups
you guys are making tiger barbs sound horrible, i olny have 3 at the mo and there fine ( getting more soon though ), i had mine with harlequins, zebra danios, swordtails, rts, opaline gouramis, plecos and clown loaches and theres never been any problem. Yes tiger barbs can be mean son of a b*****s, but you are making them sound all bad when most of the time they're really there not..
I never said that they're all bad. I just warned that many people do have problems with them. Some people don't follow the rule of 6 or more and keep them in small aquariums with long finned fish and have no problems at all. Those people are lucky. But in general barbs are considered to be aggressive. I'm just giving a heads-up.
Why don't you get something that you can also put with your angels in the other tank if things don't work out? You never know...your barbs may end up being totally fine with other fish. But if they aren't you can always transfer your fish over to the angel tank. Just make sure you leave room in your angel tank for other fish until you've decided if the barbs and what you get are compatible or not.
I think I'd consider tiger barbs semi-aggressive and not aggressive...just like red-tail and rainbow sharks. In fact, I too was going to suggest red-tail or rainbow sharks. Stevie 'may' have been the exception to the rule, but when you're dealing with semi to aggressive fish you never know how they are going to react to one another. Besides, the bigger the sharks get the meaner they get. It usually becomes noticeable when they get to be around 3.5-4" long. I say try that and if it doesn't work out take the red-tail/rainbow sharks back.
