How Many Tiger Barbs?

[Bettababe1011]

I've been trying to come up with ideas for a stock list for a seventy five gallon. How many tiger barbs could I put in there? I'm interested in a species only tank, because I know of their aggression issues. I saw a YouTube video of some and fell in love with the species. Any advice would be very welcome. Thanks.

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[George9]

You could put a lot of Barbs in there. I don't know An exact number but maybe in the 40-45 range. But not all at once! Adding too many at once will trigger a mini-cycle and all of your fish will DIE.

 

[Bettababe1011]

Yeah, I will do research and see what our lfs has. What barbs go good together? The tigers are a definite though.

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[Tim Wheatley]

It depends on your filtration and upkeep.

With good filtration and 50% per week water changes I would think 30-35 would be easily within the bioload of a 75 gallon, perhaps as much as 40-45.

One thing to note: Don't add that many fish all at once, add a maximum of 5-10 at a time and then wait at least two weeks. With a species tank (or with any tank, but especially a species tank) you will need to quarantine...

 

[Bettababe1011]

Yup, adding that many fish at once would be a catastrophe. Can you say most definite mini cycle? Yeah, I know the add a few rule.

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[Lonewolfblue]

You could easily do 35-45 in a 75G. I had about 35 in a 55G with no issues, and had a fire eel in with them. And like mentioned above, only a few at a time. I probably wouldn't do more than 5-6 myself every 10 days to 2 weeks. I think 10 would be pushing it at one time.

 

[cinnamaldehyde]

Yeah, I will do research and see what our lfs has. What barbs go good together? The tigers are a definite though.

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I've never had luck with putting Tiger barbs with any other barbs. The tigers just chewed all the fins off the others.

I do have neon rosy barbs with cherry barbs, and they are doing very well together. I'm going to be adding more cherry barbs and some redline barbs (roseline sharks).

 

[reefdiver]

It will depend on luck if they are nippers. I have 4 n a 36 GL with 8 black skirt tetras. They al get along.

 

[Tim Wheatley]

I've had luck with the following fish with Tiger Barbs:

Serpae tetras.
Neon tetras (yep, and I can't explain why).
Giant Danios.

 

[Bettababe1011]

I've had luck with the following fish with Tiger Barbs:

Serpae tetras.
Neon tetras (yep, and I can't explain why).
Giant Danios.

Thanks. I wish I could find just a list online. A simple list would be super helpful. Maybe someday I'll have to make one online.

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[Tim Wheatley]

You probably can't see my signature on your iPod, so take a look at this:
Fish I've kept: Tiger Barbs

Every fish/shrimp/snail I kept with them while I had Tiger Barbs I wrote down my experiences with each combination.

 

[Bettababe1011]

You probably can't see my signature on your iPod, so take a look at this:
Fish I've kept: Tiger Barbs

Every fish/shrimp/snail I kept with them while I had Tiger Barbs I wrote down my experiences with each combination.

Oh, thanks. I could see the signature, I just didn't look closely.

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[Bettababe1011]

And actually, Tim, it was your video on YouTube that made me fall in love with these fish.

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[Tim Wheatley]

And actually, Tim, it was your video on YouTube that made me fall in love with these fish.

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hah! Nice.