bulalo said:20 gallon long tank planted right now i have 9 tiger barbs and i need a good cp fish if possible any ideas what i should get?
bruinsbro1997 said:I WOULD NOT recommend silver dollars for a 20 gallon. They will outgrow that tank as fast as you can say overstock.
As mentioned, I would add nothing to the tank. Not that it's too much bioload, it's that all the swimming room will be taken up by the tiger barbs and a lot of good CP fish for a 20 G will be ripped to shreds by them.
Fishie said:Mumma is right about being overstocked because my brother has 20G and only 3tiger barbs with like 3 or 4 small fishie but maybe silver dollar fish or something .
Oh my bad my brother has some in his tank (small size for now) and they are doing fine. BTW I didn't know!
No no no. Silver dollars get huge and need 30 gallons alone. They would prefer to be
Kept in schools of 6 at least so that option is out. Every fish will get wrecked by a school of tiger barbs.... I dont no if there are many options
Fishie said:Ok I will tell him
Nu-Nu the eel said:How big is his tank and how many does he have in there?
bruinsbro1997 said:Perhaps they aren't silver dollars. Are you sure they are? There's a lot of silver fish out there. If it's 3-4 I would move them in to your planned upgrade tank.
Mumma.of.two said:Fishie - start another thread about the silver dollars so we don't hijack.
20 gallon long tank planted right now i have 9 tiger barbs and i need a good cp fish if possible any ideas what i should get?
jcolon said:I'm a bit late for this thread, but are your TigerBarbs juveniles(about 1 inch)? I'm assuming so because 9 in a 20gal will become too overcrowded for them as they mature. If you can upgrade to a 30gal at minimum, that will be better down the road. Once they start vying for top fish on the shoal, you'll see them go nose to nose and they'll be a fair amount of chasing.
bulalo said:yes they are still juveniles
ejaramillo01 said:On top of that, tiger barbs a fin nippers, so if one day you upgrade your tank (bigger tank), you need to be careful selecting tank mates for them.