I have 4 with 7 other fish mostly tera in a 55 gallon tank.
2007-01-31 07:06:18 · 11 answers · asked by sassy1011984 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
Tiger Barbs, especially Ruby and Red Tipped as they are called on the West Coast are the most aggressive of the family. These should be kept in Shoals not schools. A mixed shoal is the best bet. A shoal usually consists of 8 or more of the same species. You can mix barbs together to create a mixed shoal which can be very alluring to the eye. This depends on the size of your tank. A typical mixed shoal for a 55 would be:
3- Red Tipped Tiger Barbs
2- Albino Tiger Barbs
2- Red Ruby Barbs
2- Green Barbs
You want to avoid Tin foil and rosy barbs and cherry Barbs in these shoals as they are less aggressive and will not school with the shoal.
2007-01-31 08:15:22 · answer #1 · answered by ariesespo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Barbs in General are nippy fish but they are also a schooling fish. I recommend you add at least 2 more and see if it helps any. The more you have the less they will nip at your other fish.
The Tiger barb should not be kept with slow moving fish, as it will constantly nip the fins of slower fishes. This barb mixes well with other small barbs, as well as small tetras. They are hardy fish, somewhat tolerant of temperature fluctuations.
Never listen to people at petsmart, petland etc... They are not very well trained and rarely know what they are talking about. If you want to talk to someone go to a smaller family owned pet store in your area. You will get better info.
2007-01-31 07:55:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well what you need to do is take all of them out. Barbs are naturally like that. Also avoid putting barbs in with any fish that have long fins like swordtails or lyretails. Danios do well with Golden barbs because they chase right back. But other than that they will just keep nipping until you get rid of them.
2007-01-31 08:07:53 · answer #3 · answered by ryansdad_661 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would suggest having at least 6 in the tank, but even then it may not stop all of the nipping. Tiger barbs just seem to love to nip.
2007-01-31 07:10:58 · answer #4 · answered by magicman116 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is just a general nature of barbs. Having more sometimes helps.. try having at least 6+, if that doesn't help, you may have to remove the barbs, or the other fish.
2007-01-31 07:12:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-03 07:07:54 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, tiger barbs are notoriously nippy fish. They may never stop nipping at your other fish.
Generally, though, the more you have the less they nip at the other fish. I would get four of them and see if that changes their behaviour enough.
2007-01-31 07:12:34 · answer #7 · answered by Zoe 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
tiger barbs are naturally an semi agressive fish, they most likely will keep nipping
2007-01-31 07:15:03 · answer #8 · answered by Randall K 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have 6 and they nip from time to time. However they haven't seemed to do any noticeable damage to the other fishes' fins.
2007-01-31 07:12:27 · answer #9 · answered by tmerce80 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
zero. lol that's just what tiger barbs do
2007-01-31 07:10:21 · answer #10 · answered by codylynn_03 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋