because ive noticed them crowding the cat fish and nipping at them.
2007-05-07 08:20:04 · 5 answers · asked by bluepixie1982 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
Tiger barbs! Well Tiger barbs, I had four of them months ago, and I got rid of mine just for that reason. They kept pestering my Gourami and that Gourami was much bigger then they were. The Tigers are very wonderful cleaners and hardy to have for cycling, however, it is thier nature to nip. I think they only will do it out of thier nature and size won't matter on the other fish.
2007-05-07 08:24:59 · answer #1 · answered by I am Legend 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
YES! Tiger barbs do not do well except by themselves with other tiger barbs. They will nip a fish to death. I have seen a small school of barbs kill a full grown cichlid. I would remove the catfish before there is a death. Good luck!
2007-05-07 08:28:20 · answer #2 · answered by lilith 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yep, Tiger barbs are great tank bullies and don't hold back on the fin nipping. They generally give barbs a bad name.
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2007-05-07 08:26:50 · answer #3 · answered by magicman116 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Be carful i had a tigger barb and a balla shark and the barb nipped at the bala shark after a couple of weeks the shark had some parts of his fins bitten off and then adventully it died.What i'm saying either take the barbs back or take the catfish back if you don't the catfish will probably die
2007-05-07 08:26:12 · answer #4 · answered by Kurt Son&trade: 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
definite, they could pass jointly they are merely colors (type of like Guppies), they should be in communities of a minimum of 5-6 and +, yet in case you haven't got the room on your tank, 5 should be the max. How vast is your tank? What different fish do you've? in case you intend on getting different fish make effective they have compatibility with tiger barbs, because tiger barbs are undesirable fin nippers, and could harm your different fish. good success
2016-11-26 00:59:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋