tiger barbs

[Dunken]

i have a 35 gal tank with heater and two 200 aquaclear fliters.

i want to put a very large school of tiger barbs..well im thinking of about 20...will they school in a very large group

if theres any problem or question about doing this please let me know..

oh also i wont add all at the same time about 3 at a time

thanks alot

 

[Gnome]

[quote author=Dunken link=board=freshwatergeneral&num=1034700717&start=0#0 date=10/15/02 at 07:51:57]
i have a 35 gal tank with heater and two 200 aquaclear fliters.

i want to put a very large school of tiger barbs..well im thinking of about 20...will they school in a very large group

if theres any problem or question about doing this please let me know..

oh also i wont add all at the same time about 3 at a time

thanks alot


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They will definitely school in large group...I suggest you to get the smallest size you can find because they're not so aggresive during this period and try to get similar size, otherwise and likely the biggest barb will dominate or bully other smaller size barb. so what kind of tiger barb will you have? my fav. is the Green tiger barb *thumbsupsmiley* (a.k.a. moss tiger barb)

 

[Dunken]

i want just the tiger barb..silver and black stripes.. i love

well i will get them as small aa i can and all of  the same size

how many u think i could fit in a 35 gal full grown

 

[colesea]

20 tiger barbs will not fit into a 35gallon tank when full grown. Twenty babies seems even crowded to me. But if you wish to keep all 20 to full maturity, you're looking at 60 to 75 gallons to house all of them.  Tiger barbs can get a nice round 3 inches or more if well cared for and fed properly.

Personally as well, as a side note, I would only get maybe five to six tiger barbs. You might love the fish now, but having 20 of the same fish in one tank is going to get boring real quick. Tiger barbs come in a wide variety of color species from the albino tiger barb (white and light orange), green tiger barbs (green shiney), red tiger barbs (bright cherry red), ruby barbs (black with red noses), and black tiger barbs (black with very little orange or red). Get five each of four different species to add a bit of spice to your tank. Tiger barbs are usually orange and black, I've never seen a silver and black tiger barb, so perhaps what you are looking at are not really tiger barbs at all.

Beware the painted albino tiger barb. If you see any tiger barb that is pastel blue, purple, an unnaturally bright orange, yellow, pink, or anything else, don't buy them. These fish have been artificially colored, a process very stressful to them as well as one that will fade over time.
~~Colesea

 

[Dunken]

well if i follow the rule of 1 inch of to 1 gallon
35 inchs of in there

right

 

[colesea]

The one inch per gallon rule is total fallicy and a very grey area for many aquarist. Certainly if you follow the one inch per gallon rule you could have a 20" koi in a 20 gallon tank. Unforunately you will have one dead 20" koi if you do that because koi require at least three times that amount of water volume to handle what they eat and how much oxygen they require.

Same thing, technically on that rule you could have a 20" oscar in a 20 gallon tank. Unforunately that oscar is not going to stay 20" forever, as well as being so territorial that an oscar may need 20 more gallons just to have space.

A 20" pacu in a 20 gallon tank is going to break the thing every time it darts. A 20" bala shark will end up bashing itself against the glass to his death. A 20" pleco wouldn't even be able to turn around.

So one inch per gallon is not a good guideline to follow. Also, fish do grow, and will outgrow their tanks. Most aquarist don't notice this growth because the fish will have a shortened lifespan as the stunting affects their physiology. Also as they grow they produce more waste products, thus increasing the strain on the filter and producing toxic conditions that kill them faster.  

Fish, like tiger barbs, school out of stress. The more they are forced into school-inducing conditions, the more stressed they become, the more likely aggression and illness will result. Stocking a tank to the point where the fish cannot get away from each other is sure death to the weaker members of that school.

~~Colesea

 

[denden]

i must agree w/ the senior fish on this one i had a 20 gallon tank w/ 17 or maybe twenty baby barbs green tiger albino and cherry once they grew up it was bad for all the little ones or runts i call them stopped growing and the full grown ones were mean and nippy then the 3rd biggens one took over the tank and killed the 2 biggest and 4th now what i have left is doing great in a new to them 55 gallon tank they all school together  except for this one retarded one but that is a whole different post most of you have read allready  so my best luck has been w/ 6 of each kind of barb for your 35 i would just go w/ 17 fish though do 6 regular tigers and then try the black ruby barbs the are beautiful i think and a couple of gold or cherry barbs the cherry's look the best w/ black rocks i think now i have natural colored rocks and they dont look as red that is just my opinion though. 8)