which one is a fin nipper????
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Most people would say its the tiger barbs. I dunno because I would have to observe your fish tank. Fishes have different personalities. My batch of 6 tiger barbs are very peaceful towards other species. They only rumble with themselves. Its the serpae tetras that nip fins in my tank. You should watch your fishes very carefully to see which ones are displaying signs of fin nipping. Maybe you can catch them in the act.
Thanks for you responses I am still confused because, it is my geen tiger barb that is missing his whole tail and my largest tiger barb also has fin damage. I also observed my rainbow shark chasing but never nipping. He has been in the tank since the beginning and has plenty of hiding spaces. We have watched the tank for many hours, but have not seen any aggressors. the other thing I am suspious about now is that 5 of the 7 cherry barbs have also died, is it linked?? or just coincidence??I had BAD problems with my Tiger Barbs. They went back to the store because they were nipping. I had a heard of them in an attempt to keep them to nipping among themselves. The irony is that when I had fewer, they did not nip. It was when I added more that this became a problem.
But watch your tank. That is the best way to see who is doing what. It might take some time to figure out who is being naughty.
But watch your tank. That is the best way to see who is doing what. It might take some time to figure out who is being naughty.
10 to 1 it is the danios. My two blue danios chase and nip everyone, they are very indiscriminate.
But with the combination of fish in your tank, it could very well be individuals of all your species who nip. Many barbs within schools will be aggressive with each other to the point of death of the omega fish. I've had that happen with a school of green barbs. One barb simply chased down and killed the other four. Now that one barb is pretty doscile, and I see more nipping from my danios than I do it.
If the fin-loss becomes wide-spread across species, it could also be a disease. Keep that in the back of your mind, especially if you are having fish die. Certain bacterial/protozoal diseases start as a fin rot on larger fish, and may progress to a sepcemia in small fish like cherry barbs, killing them without any clinical signs of illness.
It really requires a whole lot of patience to catch your fish in a moment when they are unware of you watching them. My fish are all perfect angels when I sit down in front of them and they think they'll get fed. But if I sit down in front of the tank at a time during the day when I'm not usually home, and I keep the hood lamp off and give them no indication that I'm there, I can usually watch "normal" interactions, find out who is dominate over whom, and learn the territorial boundries of the different individuals.
~~Colesea
But with the combination of fish in your tank, it could very well be individuals of all your species who nip. Many barbs within schools will be aggressive with each other to the point of death of the omega fish. I've had that happen with a school of green barbs. One barb simply chased down and killed the other four. Now that one barb is pretty doscile, and I see more nipping from my danios than I do it.
If the fin-loss becomes wide-spread across species, it could also be a disease. Keep that in the back of your mind, especially if you are having fish die. Certain bacterial/protozoal diseases start as a fin rot on larger fish, and may progress to a sepcemia in small fish like cherry barbs, killing them without any clinical signs of illness.
It really requires a whole lot of patience to catch your fish in a moment when they are unware of you watching them. My fish are all perfect angels when I sit down in front of them and they think they'll get fed. But if I sit down in front of the tank at a time during the day when I'm not usually home, and I keep the hood lamp off and give them no indication that I'm there, I can usually watch "normal" interactions, find out who is dominate over whom, and learn the territorial boundries of the different individuals.
~~Colesea