tetras and tiger barbs?

[shayfish]

Together in schools in a community tank?

Yea or nay?

 

[rich311k]

Depends on the kind of tetra, the size of the tank and the size of the schools.

 

[shayfish]

I don't know the kind of tetra (they are being donated to me), but they are the same size as danios. 55 gal tank, schools of 6ish. I'd like to have a school of larger tetras too, like black skirts or something.

 

[rich311k]

I would imagine black skirts and tiger barbs would do ok together. Keep at least 8 barbs to minimze aggression.

 

[shayfish]

Okay. I guess I've got to figure out what kind of tetras my donors are

 

[CaptnIgnit]

I wouldn't go with Neon's, but I think any other type of tetra should be fine. The real key is having enough tiger barbs so they don't pick on the tetra's. I would suggest doing atleast 10, but you might be able to get away with 8.

 

[shayfish]

Thanks guys.

In other news:

What kind of tetra is this?

The colour in this shot is horrible. There are some black/white horizontal stripes on his tail that didn't come out and the eye is a little more reddish.

 

[rich311k]

Looks like a variety of very stressed out Rummy Nosed tetra.

 

[shayfish]

Yeah, that shot was right after I put him in his new home last night. He was a little freaked out for a while but this morning is swimming around like he owns the place. I'm going to pick up some company at the lfs today (this was a donor fish from a friend who was sick of his tank). There were 2 tetras and one I haven't seen since i put him in. As soon as we put him in the bag to transport he flopped over like he was dying for a few minutes and then seemed fine. Then when I got home, acclimated them, and turned them loose in my tank it did the same thing and I haven't seen it since.