Can I add Tiger Barbs to my Community Tank?

[Orca]

Hi,

I have a 75 gal community tank with the following occupants, and am wondering if it would be safe to add a school of 8 Tiger Barbs:

3 Dwarf Gouramis
4 Black Mollys
4 Spotted Corys
5 Hatchet Tetras
2 African Dwarf Frogs
4 Neon Tetras
1 Rubber Lip Pleco (future resident currently in QT)

Are any of these likely to get beat up or harrassed by a gang of Tiger Barbs?

Thanks!

 

[Menagerie]

Barbs have a nippy rep and may go after the gouramis and hatchets. I don't keep barbs in my community tank, I opted for tetras. One day, I would like some barbs, but I will probably keep them in their own community.

 

[Fruitbat]

I think you could probably get away with keeping a small school of Tiger Barbs in that tank. I've got 8 of them in my community tank with other fish (see my signature for a list) and haven't had a bit of trouble. They haven't even taken an interest in the ventral fins on my Blue Gouramis! Tiger Barbs are a lot less aggressive toward other fish if you keep them in a school of 6 or more.

 

[Christmasfish]

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=17791&highlight=tiger+barbs
more about barbs..

since added after the rest, they may be alright...
you dwarf gourami , if there is a male, may also take exception to them and be the harassERS

I have deja'vu here becuase I know his came up with a very similar tank about 2 months ago. But yours is bigger ^_^

But wouldn't neons become barb chow? (as they are for everything more than double their size?..heh)

 

[Fruitbat]

The neons shouldn't have many problems with the Tiger Barbs. For some additional information....I wrote a profile on Tiger Barbs that you might have a look at. Here's a link: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=19556

 

[Orca]

Fruitbat, I had read your Tiger Barbs profile, and that's what gave me the idea that they might work in my tank. I also borrowed (stole?) the school size of 8 from your signature list.

Thanks everyone else for your responses as well.

My original plan was to have a large school of Neon Tetras, but that ended in disaster. I lost 15 of them within a week of introducing them to the tank. The 4 I have left are the survivors. Haven't lost anything else, so I assume I was the victim of a bad batch.

I hoping to have more success with Barbs.

 

[Strikh]

Hey, fellow Coloradoan.

I have barbs in with my neons, but they are gold barbs and cherry barbs.
The barbs are fine with the tetras in my tank.

 

[Fruitbat]

Orca....glad the profile was of some assistance. As you can see from my signature, I have my Tiger Barbs in with Red-tailed (Brilliant) Rasboras which are roughly equivalent to tetras in personality. The Rasboras were small when I got them and the Tiger Barbs weren't in the slightest bit interested. Now that the Rasboras have grown....the Tiger Barbs are even LESS interested!

 

[Christmasfish]

That is neat to know..I really like the look of the tanks at my lfs that have clowns, tigers and convicts mixed. But I know barbs are almost always the second biggest culprit for tearing up labyrinths in a community.
So large groups of 7+. w007!