Adding tiger barbs back to tank

[Sebastienb]

Hi Guys,

I have a 55 gal with the following fish:

- 1 elephant nose
- 1 black marble angel
- 3 mollies
- 6 zebra danios
- 3 clown loaches
- 1 pleco

3 weeks ago i had the same ( except for the clown loaches) and 8 tiger barbs. They were bought at the same time but in the tank they seemed to stay divided into small groups and some would randomly try to nip my angel. I saw one succeed once so i moved them to a 10 gallon tank while. Now, 2 have died, seemed to be 2 that were weak since i bought them and the rest 6 are always together in the 10 gal. I want to add them back to my 55 gal as they were always very active and fun to look at.

My reasoning is that since they are now a pact that they might leave the angel alone. My tank also has a lot more plants so there is now a lot of different areas for them not to run into each other.

What do you think ? might try it tonight since i can be home over the weekend to keep an eye on them.

 

[Darkseid76]

My advice is NO. Tiger barbs are notorious fin nippers. I like them too but I had a batch so bad that they were nipping each other do death. I gave them away.

 

[bigbanker]

You posted awhile back about randomly losing fish out of the tank. Have any in the display tank died since you removed the tiger barbs?

 

[Sebastienb]

Not sure it was me, I had lost a clown loach once but found him the next day, he tends to hide a lot more then the other 2 but comes out to eat