we just got a new gold gourimie and 1 out of our 6 tiger barbs chases it wuts with that? its a 20gl tank
2007-06-13 02:43:49 · 8 answers · asked by tkerbag 4 in Pets ➔ Fish
Tiger Barbs can sometime be nippy towards other fish. Make sure there are plenty of plants and some caves for the fish to hide in and re-arrange the layout of the tank to break up any territory the fish may have established prior to the Gourami being added.
If you have never re-arragned the tank, or havent in a while, I can almsot guarantee that is the cause.
Another thing that has always helped me with ANY nippy fish is feeding the fish 2 small meals a day (morning and night) rather than 1 large meal each day.
Hope this helps :) Good luck!
2007-06-13 03:00:10 · answer #1 · answered by Josh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i had ten tiger barbs in a 75 gal tank with 3 red belly piranhas.(i wanted something else in there that would school n not get ate) well the little jerks nipped at the red bellies so much thier tail fins were all jaged.their not suppose to be so bad in groups of 8 or more . wrong . i had to get rid of the little jerks . their just not a good idea sorry.
2007-06-13 08:07:25 · answer #2 · answered by steven c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That tank is so horribly overstocked it particularly is ridiculous. 2 gal is bare minimum for merely the betta on my own. of direction the tiger barb is nipping on the betta they're nippy fish and much greater so whilst no longer stored in ideal sized faculties of 6 or greater. return or provide away each and all of the fish however the betta.
2016-10-07 10:23:56 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's the nature of tiger barbs for you. It might stop, but I seriously doubt it. Your only real option will be to remove one of the two fish.
MM
2007-06-13 02:58:51 · answer #4 · answered by magicman116 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some fish do not get along with others do you have a place in the tank for the fish to hide like a rock with a large hole in it???
2007-06-13 02:46:56 · answer #5 · answered by kim t 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He shouldn't be in that tank! Tiger barbs are agressive and should not be with slow moving fish!
2007-06-13 02:59:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i don't know thats very strange. Try looking at fish expert websites
2007-06-13 02:47:27 · answer #7 · answered by ashman 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
separate them...they might kill each other.
2007-06-13 02:53:51 · answer #8 · answered by noreen 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋