Recent content by Puddlebiker

About three weeks ago I caught my Tiger Barbs fighting and found that the gill flap on one of them was sticking out and exposing the gill as if it was an injury from the fight. I have since removed this fish from the rest of the barbs and placed it in another tank with Danios and Rummynoses. The...

Yes there was one direct attack, and I saved the victim and have it in my hospital tank right now. With all the aggression the other fish are stressed and stuck hiding all the time, so at some point they can easily develope an illness that could wipe out the entire tank. I'd just as soon give...

It's a 20 gallon tank and I have 8 Tiger Barbs and that's all in that tank. He's dominated the tank so much that they all keep hiding behind the plants. A few people have told me that either he has to live by himself or I should get rid of him. I don't believe in flushing a living fish and I...

One aggressive male Tiger Barb I made the mistake of putting 3 Tiger Barbs with Zebra Danios and Rummynose. 1 Danio died of unknown cause, and 2 Rummy's died of fungal growth. I couldn't directly link these deaths to the Tiger Barbs, but I suspected they were stress related so I set up a second...